I'm Thorsten, a tech enthusiast and software engineer residing in Saarland, Germany's smallest yet most beautiful state. My passion lies in server-side WebAssembly, Containers, Kubernetes, and cloud computing, with a strong focus on Azure.
I work as a Sr. Cloud Advocate at Fermyon Technologies, where we are pioneering the next wave of cloud computing.
With extensive experience in developing cloud-based solutions, I specialize in helping organizations harness the power of WebAssembly to build scalable, resilient, and efficient applications for the future.
- 🇩🇪 Team Germany
- 🔷 I am a Microsoft MVP (Azure) since 2011
- 🔷 I am a Docker Captain since 2022
- 💜 I am all in on server-side WebAssembly
- 🐳 I do a bunch stuff of Containers and Kubernetes
- I love 💞 my girls
- I play ⚽️, 🏃🏻♂️, and 🚴🏼♂️ in my spare time
Recent posts I published on my blog
- WebAssembly and Containers with Docker Desktop - Hello World & Beyond (16 months ago)
- Wasm ahead - Joining Fermyon (18 months ago)
- A Farewell to Thinktecture (19 months ago)
- A comprehensive guide on authoring plugins for Fermyon Spin (23 months ago)
- Weekly Rust Trivia: How to use pattern matching (23 months ago)
- Weekly Rust Trivia: How to share state between threads (24 months ago)
- Weekly Rust Trivia: How to write a function-like macro (24 months ago)
- Weekly Rust Trivia: How to write an HTTP API with Actix (24 months ago)
- Weekly Rust Trivia: How to Implement the Builder Pattern (24 months ago)
- Weekly Rust Trivia: How to Implement a Generic Stack (24 months ago)
Reach out on X at @ThorstenHans or find me on LinkedIn.
last update: Thu, 17 Jul 2025