Branimir Valentić
I’m passionate about learning and growth. As such, some of you may recognize me as the cofounder of #labOS hackerspace (2012) or as one of the organizers of Testival Osijek, NSND Osijek, Mini Maker Faire Osijek, Arduino Day Osijek, and similar events.
Professionally, I have over 8 years of experience in DevOps and automation, and more than 12 years of experience with GNU/Linux, Bash, and IoT.
Beyond work, I enjoy reading, writing, and thinking about a wide range of topics, especially the future, and philosophy.
And just in case you missed it—yes, I am from Osijek, Croatia.
Feel free to connect on Github, LinkedIn or via [email protected]
initsix.dev
initsix.dev, as well as the now obsolete domain qaautomation.dev were meant to be mostly tech blogs. It turned out, as evident from the blog, that I liked writing about the future, philosophy, and ideas more than about technical walkthroughs, and so I did what I liked.
The articles found on initsix.dev are all written by humans, or to be more precise, they were written by one human, me, and only grammar and spelling were checked via automated tools. And while I can say that the words and thoughts are indeed mine, I am certainly not living in a vacuum and outside influences are ever so present.
When reading my articles keep in mind that I was:
- Mostly influenced by knowledge and insights acquired while exposed to the great work of others
- Sometimes I manage to get on an specific trail of thought and replicate an existing idea or process unknowingly
- On rare occasions, however, I write down ideas for which I can claim to be original
I am most proud of the thinking process established during my writing and the ideas that come out as part of this process. I think that, to have deep thoughts on any topic one needs to spend a certain amount of thinking, meditating on the topic, letting it become ripe over time, and writing the ideas down.
This way of thinking aligns well with this Richard Feynman quote:
Notes aren’t a record of my thinking process. They are my thinking process.
On value
- I am not sure how many people besides me will see value in the content of these articles as they were not well received by most of the audience, but that is beside the point. The articles are in some way like a handprint left in a cave by our predecessors. They can hardly ever be perfect or of value to everyone, but they have a meaning and a purpose to me:
- I wrote, I thought, and I even shouted into the wind-I was here once.