🤓 About Me

Hi, I'm Boby Santoso Freedantius — a software engineer, full-stack developer, builder, and proud new dad.

I spend most of my time coding, tinkering, and trying to keep up with the crazy advanced world of tech. When I'm not buried in terminal windows or debugging something weird, you'll probably find me on my PS4, buying discounted non-challenging games, playing them for an hour, and never touching them again. Yeah, I’m that guy.

I have a Computer Science degree, which I once thought was a scam — because honestly, I didn’t learn much at the time. But somehow, it all worked out in the end.

I love working across the stack, from React frontends to Dockerized Node.js or Python backends. I've also been wrangling some raw PHP with no framework at work, the wild west of code.

Most of my DevOps knowledge comes from necessity: I self-host a bunch of services on an old laptop. What started as a fun experiment ended up teaching me more than any online course ever could.

What I Do

CTO @ RiddleStory, leading a fully remote team building onboarding solutions for companies in the Netherlands
Architecting full-stack apps with Next.js, Express, PHP, Python, MongoDB/PostgreSQL, and Docker
Tinkering with self-hosted systems like Home Assistant, Immich, file recovery, and reverse proxy setups
Light gaming 🎮
Blogging — just getting started!

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Projects You Might Like

Image Squeezer: Compress images without losing quality. Fast, simple, and private.
URL Shortener: A clean, no-login link shortener with usage stats.
Time Tracker: Simple terminal-based time tracker.

What I'm Learning / Exploring

Using AI to automate workflows and generate personalized experiences
Building CLI tools and productivity helpers
Hosting everything myself
Improving my developer setup with NeoVim, Tmux, and dotfiles
Sharing my dev journey through blog posts and eventually, videos!

Life Outside Code

I'm a husband and a proud father to a beautiful daughter. Balancing family life and deep work has taught me more than any framework ever could, especially about priorities, patience, and productivity.