Welcome to my website! I’m Paul Simmering, a developer from Germany specializing in machine learning and natural language processing.
Work
I work as Technical Expert GenAI Platforms & Services at Landesbank Baden-Württemberg in Stuttgart. I’m a developer on the GenAI team, building an LLM chatbot with a RAG pipeline and other GenAI services for the bank. Previously, I worked as Senior Data Scientist at Q Agentur für Forschung, where I led the development of end-to-end data pipelines for market research powered by large language models. On this website, I write about machine learning, data engineering and developer productivity and it’s my practice of learning in public.
Other interests
- Euro-style games, Magic: The Gathering, Poker, Backgammon and other games that involve luck in a single game but are skill-based in the long run. I also like games involving trading and auctions, such as Power Grid, Figgie and Bohnanza.
- Contemporary art, particularly art inspired by geometry, architecture and nature. My favorites are Kjetil Golid, Owen Pomery and Reuben Wu.
- Parks and gardens, especially Japanese gardens. I’m lucky to live close to Blühendes Barock in Ludwigsburg.
- Design and typography, in particular minimalist and brutalist design, such as U.S. Graphics.
- Practical philosophy. I keep a list of the principles that I find most useful for decision making and contentedness.
- Reading blogs. Check out my blogroll for recommendations.
- Video games. I like playing Satisfactory, Riftbreaker and Guild Wars. Playing as a trader in EVE Online as a teenager drew me to economics and programming.
Contact
The best way to contact me is via email: paul@simmering.dev.
About this website
This website is built with Quarto. The source is available on Github.
