Studying
Computer science at ETH Zürich — algorithms, linear algebra, discrete maths and a lot of programming.
Hi, I’m
Mateo.
01 / Who I am
Who I am
I study computer science at ETH Zürich and build software that makes my everyday life a little easier — and sometimes other people’s too.
It started with small scripts and websites. Today I run my own home server, build a personal AI assistant that reads my calendar, mail and notes, and write apps for musicians that I use on stage myself.
I like the whole way from idea to product: understanding the problem, designing the interface, writing the code, keeping it running — and explaining what I learned.
Curious by default.
Finished on purpose.
- Curious
- Hands-on
- Secure
- Fast
- Well made
- Open
02 / NowWhat I’m up to
Right now.
Building
My personal AI assistant, tools for my studies and apps for musicians. Always one more side project than planned.
Playing
Drums and bass in a band — which is why some of my tools exist: I wanted them on stage myself.
03 / ProjectsThings I’ve built
My
projects.
All projects
My projects are being written up right now — they’ll appear here and on the work page soon.
04 / How I workPrinciples
Less hype.
More things
that work.
Build what I use
Almost everything here started as a tool for myself. If I don’t use it every day, it isn’t finished.
Safety before magic
AI that acts for you needs limits. My assistant asks for Face ID before it does anything that reaches other people.
Write it down
I keep a second brain with notes on everything I learn — and the best of it ends up on this blog.
Own the stack
Where it makes sense, I run things myself: my own server, my own data, no lock-in.
05 / Beyond codeMusic, video, sport
Off the
keyboard.
I play drums and bass, produce music in FL Studio and edit videos in DaVinci Resolve. And I train regularly — my watch data ends up, of course, in my own tools.
06 / Next stepSay hi
Let’s build
something.
A project, an internship or just a question about something I made — I’m happy to hear from you.