Personal Site of
Michael Kumm
(aka mkumm)
I'm a senior software engineer with a deep focus on Elixir, Phoenix, and functional programming—building systems that are scalable, maintainable, and elegant. I enjoy bringing ideas to life with LiveView, Tailwind, and a growing toolkit around AI automation. Recently, I've been expanding my expertise into infrastructure, including AWS and CI/CD pipelines.
I like to build things for fun. Sprytna.Cards is my latest side project—a smart business card platform for real-world digital sharing. I also love creating retro-style games with PICO-8, a playful fantasy (never-existed) console that celebrates creative constraints. I spend (too much) time tinkering with my development environment—Neovim, shell scripts, etc.
Lately, I've been diving deeper into the foundations of computer science: parsers, protocols, event sourcing, and low-level systems—even experimenting with building a computer from virtual chips.
Outside of computers and books, I split my time between Poland and the U.S., love walking and photography, and keep pushing through the challenge of learning Polish. I enjoy beer (especially cask ales) and have a lifelong fascination with games of chance and probability—from board to card games.
My Blog is mostly technical and related topics like First Hops With RabbitMQ and When a Hobby Project Breaks.
Shorts is more random twitter(x)-like posts. Where to get great affogato in Krakow and my experiments on building Grit for example.
My Now Page is inspired from Derek Sivers Now Pages, a short summary on
what is current in my life.
I am working on some loosely coupled ideas on creating personal fundamental change I label 99x of . Feel free to follow along; still very much a work in progress.
Let's connect if you're into Elixir/BEAM, functional systems, life as an expat in Europe, or simply enjoy creating new things.
All photos on the site are my own, available through creative commons license. DM me on twitter or instagram for better versions.