Schmikolai
Past, Present, and Future of Nikolai Schmidt
Welcome,
I am a ... It's hard to define myself with a single title, as I have worked in various roles throughout my career. I started with game development, then the more I learned about structured software development, the more I wanted to build real-world solutions. I am very perceptive and adapt quickly to new challenges, technologies, and environments. Inevitably I also started to use AI and cloud technologies to enhance my solutions.
Nikolai Schmidt
Software Solution Enthusiast
"The only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do."
Steve JobsWhat I love to do ...
Cloud
Building efficient solutions requires solid workflows and a reliable infrastructure or platform for deployment. Since this was not always in place, I took the initiative to build DevOps workflows and the underlying infrastructure myself—and I will continue to do so whenever necessary.
AI
AI is powerful, the future, and everyone is using it, sure. LLMs, generative, vision, and other models have been applied in many applications, sometimes just for the sake of using AI. To a man with a hammer, everything looks like a nail. I want to keep the hammer in my toolbox, and use it when I stumble upon a nail that truly requires hammering.
Games and Interactive Media
Game development was my first passion with computers and the reason I began my programming journey. Although my interests have shifted away from games themselves, I still love working with Unreal Engine to create interactive experiences and productions.
Silvatya - Seele der Wildnis 2021
A third-person action RPG built by 48 students across nine degree programs at Stuttgart Media University — three semesters following twin protagonists on opposing sides of a conflict between forest tribes and an encroaching civilization.
