Jonathan Thaler @ lambda::bytes

Software is not a goal.

Excerpts from The Sovereign Individual If you try to put yourself in the position of a Roman of the late fifth century, it is easy to imagine how tempting it would have been to conclude that nothing had changed.

For 2.5 years, from Feb 2022 to Aug 2024, I have been working as contractor at Generation Lambda where I was part of the team that built Axo, a decentralised trading protocol on the Cardano blockchain.

From October-December 2024 I was looking for new job opportunities.

To me writing has always been an integral part of my life, that is, I wrote regularly and I enjoyed writing.

12 months ago I started working in a full-remote job as Senior Software Engineer at Generation Lambda.

I am an experienced software engineer and architect, skilled systems thinker and designer, problem solver and passionate team lead with over 18 years (as of 2025) of work experience in industry and academia.

When the rate of change inside of an institution becomes slower than the rate of change outside, the end is in sight.

From end of February 2022 to end of June 2022 I taught digital education to 10-14 year olds at the Free Montessory School in Altach, Vorarlberg.

I must not fear.

Nearly 2 weeks ago, on 15th June I gave my last lecture as lecturer in Software Engineering at FHV.

Last week the Software Engineering course I teach in the undergraduates Computer Science degree finished.

Defect Process is a 2D hack n’ slash platform game released on Steam and implemented in Haskell.

Since 22nd November 2021 we are back in Distance Learning.

The new semester is about to start soon and I will be taking my share of duties also in the computer science masters degree where I will be teaching Concepts of higher programming languages (an introductory course to functional programming concepts in Has…

TODO add Articles to my Website where i write about my technical findings: put it under research It rests on the idea and belief that software design principles and concepts are independent from the programming language.

I started my job as lecturer in February 2020.

Contrary to many people in the current Corona situation I can regard myself to be lucky: I did not lose my teaching job, nor was my working time reduced.

Life is and should be a constant learning endeavour and we should never give up on learning new things.

Today I read the great article Are we really engineers?

I have come to the conclusion that Software Engineering is primarily a learning endeavour, the working code is rather a side effect.

I am teaching Haskell in the 1st semester CS master programme course Concepts of Higher Programming Languages at the FHV.

lambda::bytes provides training, teaching, consulting and development services in the fields of Software Development and Computer Simulation.

In search for Aikido perfection, Computer Science enlightenment and of what lies beyond the Abyss. 10 Years of Industry Experience ¶ Set-Top Box C/C++ Firmware, Cobol Backend Maintenance, Java Swing Frontends, SCADA C/C++ Software, Java Spring Backend, Ja…

During my time in academy I produced a number of publications, which you find below.

For roughly eight years in my life I have taken up the pleasures and responsibilities of teaching, which I eventually quit.

Here you will find opinionated reflections on various topics.