The man behind the mask
This isn't a full autobiography, just a look at the kind of stuff I like to explore, build, and occasionally overthink. Mostly driven by curiosity and a habit of going deep when something grabs my attention.
The Highlights
Being Born
I don't remember much about this milestone. The next 18 years were mostly filled with football, friends, and school. I was such a child back then. I broke the occasional computer to see what's inside, played MMORPGs on dial-up internet, and somehow managed to go into university.
Move to Athens
This is where my real life starts, this is when I found myself. I moved to Athens to study Sports Science and Physical Education in the University of Athens, since I was obsessed with football. In my three years in Athens I got actively engaged in political praxis, translating theory into direct action and community involvement. Toward the end of my time in Athens, I accidentally fell in love with physics — a classic case of one thing leading to several unsolved problems.
Life-changing decision #1: Go abroad to study Physics
Moving abroad to study physics felt like a big decision at the time — and to be fair, it was. Between learning how to make tea properly and deciphering quantum mechanics, I somehow found a rhythm. By my second year, I was already getting involved in professional research with two of my professors, which probably says more about how obsessed I was than how prepared I felt.
The best year of my life
The best year of my life was the one I spent doing my master's in particle physics at the University of Durham — though it didn't start out that way. I was easily the least prepared student in the room, constantly trying to catch up. But something clicked along the way. We covered quantum field theory, general relativity, and even string theory. My thesis was on the AdS/CFT correspondence and holographic entanglement entropy, which was as fascinating as it was mind-bending. I finished at the top of the class and picked up an award — it was the hardest I'd ever worked, and the most alive I'd ever felt.
Life-changing decision #2: Return to Greece and become a full-time programmer
After my master's, I started a PhD in Quantum Plasmonics at the University of Birmingham and made it through the first year. But somewhere along the way, I realized my heart wasn't in it. I still loved physics, but academia no longer felt like the right path. At the same time, I was already working as a developer on the side, and that work felt sharp, fast, and full of possibility. So I made the switch, moved back to Greece, and went all in.
Covid 19: A blur
Like for most people, those years flew by in a strange mix of uncertainty and routine. For me, they were defined by nonstop work — long hours, new challenges, and the kind of tunnel vision that comes with building things under pressure. I've now been working professionally as a developer for about eight years, and while I've learned a lot, I've also been thinking more seriously about what comes next.
Focus on Open-Source
After years of building things behind closed doors, I've decided my next chapter belongs to the open internet. I want to solve real problems — the kind that matter to developers, to technology, and maybe even to society. Open source is where I can do that while leaving a mark that others can build on. Public by default, driven by curiosity, focused on impact.