Alexey Younes

Software engineer between cities

Russian–Lebanese.

About

I got into programming early, after accidentally installing a virus on the family computer. Watching an engineer track it down and fix it made the whole thing feel less like a problem and more like something you could understand and control. Since then, programming has been both my work and something I return to in my free time.

I tend to think in a structured, logical way, but I value creativity just as much. Travel helps with that. Living in different places has been the fastest way for me to see how people approach life differently. I find a similar perspective in classic literature, where ideas have stood the test of time and still feel relevant. I have also been involved in crypto since 2019, mainly because the idea of decentralisation resonates with me.

Outside of work, I spend a lot of time outdoors. Hiking is my reset, it clears my head in a way nothing else really does. There are also two cats at home, who keep their own hours and have strong opinions about the rest of mine.

Lived in (time)

Russia (12y)
Where I grew up. The first half of my life happened here. Long winters taught me patience, and the language gave me my first way of thinking about the world.
Lebanon (12y)
My second twelve years. Mediterranean rhythm, Arabic in the air, mountains that drop straight into the sea. A country that taught me how warmth and contradiction can live in the same breath.
Brazil (7m) — now
Currently here. Portuguese is arriving slowly, the music never stops, and the football culture lives up to everything I had heard about it growing up.
Turkey (4m)
Mostly Istanbul. A city that holds two continents and somehow feels older than time. Tea on every corner, and the call to prayer carrying across the Bosphorus.
Argentina (3m)
Buenos Aires. European bones with a South American heart. Late dinners, sunsets over the Río de la Plata, and the best steak I have ever had.
China (1m)
Brief but disorienting in the best way. The scale of ambition, the pace, and the sheer amount of life happening at once was unlike anywhere else I have been.