Paulius
Minialga
Junior full-stack engineer.
Building small, useful things in Amsterdam. Studying C/C++ at Codam (42 Network) on the side.
About
I spent the last year at Skylark, an Amsterdam MVP studio, shipping production web apps end-to-end for clients. The work taught me to move fast, cut scope honestly, and deliver something that runs in the real world.
On the side I study C and C++ systems programming at Codam Coding College(42 Network) — a deliberate counterweight to the frontend ecosystem, so I stay close to how things actually work beneath the abstractions I use every day.
I like tools that are small, sharp, and genuinely useful. Most of what I build is for myself first.
Currently
- Job huntingOpen to junior / full-stack roles in Amsterdam. Recently left Skylark after a year of shipping production MVPs.1
- StudyingC and C++ systems programming at Codam Coding College (42 Network), on the side.2
- BuildingSmall command-line tools I actually use myself. The LinkedIn poller was the first.3
- ResearchingCrypto trading strategies in Python — backtesting, data cleaning, and honest reporting of what doesn't work.4
Projects
- 2025
What's Next
Event-planning web app delivered end-to-end at Skylark. Built a multi-tab feed, in-app messaging with Stream Chat, and Supabase row-level security for a multi-tenant schema.
- Next.js
- TypeScript
- Supabase
- Stream Chat
- shadcn/ui
- 2025
Make Friends & Fire
Social onboarding flow with a 4-step wizard and accessible components. Shipped as part of a client MVP at Skylark.
- Next.js
- TypeScript
- Tailwind
- 2025
mini-serv
A tiny HTTP server written in C as part of the 42 Network curriculum at Codam. No libraries, just sockets, syscalls, and careful memory management.
- C
- POSIX sockets
Writing
Soon.
First post lands shortly — short notes on the small tools I build, what broke, and what I learned. No thought-leadership.