About

My name is Cliffano Subagio (@cliffano, blah@cliffano.com), I’m a software developer from Melbourne, Australia. I have a life list which I haven’t just started finally started in 2009. I believe in the good of microfinancing. I’m an avid reader, mostly non-fictions, here’s my reading wishlist. I live a nomadic Melbourne life. I enjoy Melbourne’s cafe culture on the weekends. And I occasionally travel, favourite destination: Japan.

I grew up in a small printing factory in Jakarta, Indonesia, from early 80s to late 90s. Some of my childhood memories involve playing with tiny metal type sets and spending countless hours observing the final print products. Throughout the years, I developed a fascination for design, along with an unhealthy despise for improper object spacing. I witnessed the transition from offset printing to digital with amazement, that was my first paradigm shift.

As life played out, I didn’t end up as a designer, or an architect, another childhood dream of mine. I moved to Melbourne, Australia, in 1998 to study computer science and never looked back. The world of technology is simply too exciting! Since 2010, I’ve been diving into server-side JavaScript and noSQL world, slowly moving away from the enterprisey space and some other bits and pieces I encountered during my university years. It has been a mini paradigm shift.

In my ever diminishing spare time, I maintain several hobby projects, and contribute to some open source projects. My main area of interests are productivity tools and process automation. I’m slowly plotting to use Jenkins to do more than just continuously integrating code.

I’m a huge fan of Haruki Murakami, Phil Jackson, Hayao Miyazaki, and Steve Jobs, some of the greatest minds of our time. As for the rest us, let’s stay very humble, stay very hungry, and embrace change.