skovlund.dev

About

Thomas Skovlund Hansen

I'm Thomas — a software engineer from Denmark. I like building things properly: declarative systems, sharp tools, and knowing where my data actually lives.

Right now I'm into Nix, AI coding agents, and self-hosted infrastructure. My computing environment is managed as code in my nix-config setup, I run a NixOS VPS for observability and backups, and this site was built entirely by AI agents. I default to Proton, Signal, and end-to-end encryption — working toward making that the norm for everything.

Experience

Computer science at Aarhus University — BSc, MSc, a thesis on Oblivious Data Structures, and a half-year detour into studying trombone at the conservatory before I figured out I'd rather keep music as something I do for fun.

I've consulted at IT Minds (shipped code for LEGO, Danske Bank, Cordura) and built .NET microservices for energy trading at Danske Commodities. On the side: trombone in Nordkraft Big Band, chairman of TÅGEKAMMERET, competitive programming at NWERC, a TA across half a dozen courses at Aarhus University, and an exchange year in Argentina. I've covered a lot of ground — the common thread is that I'll always say yes to an interesting project.

  1. 2026 skovlund.dev + personal infrastructure via AI agents
  2. 2023 Software Engineer at Danske Commodities
  3. MSc in Computer Science, Aarhus University
  4. 2020 Software Consultant at IT Minds
  5. 2019 Studied trombone at Det Jyske Musikkonservatorium
  6. 2018 BSc in Computer Science, Aarhus University
  7. 2017 Competitive programming at NWERC
  8. 2016 First semester as a TA at Aarhus University
  9. 2014 MGK København — musical foundation course
  10. 2011 Exchange year in Catamarca, Argentina
  11. 2004 Joined Legoland Garden
  12. 1994 Hello, world!

Music

I started on alto horn in Legoland Garden at ten, switched to trombone, and never really stopped — ten years of touring Japan, the Netherlands, and half of Europe, mentoring the younger kids the way the older ones had mentored me. These days I play trombone, piano, and whatever else I can get my hands on — including DAWs for production. I've been part of Nordkraft Big Band, a 17-piece jazz big band based in Aalborg, for years — and picked up a few recording credits along the way: