Nicklas Plugin
About / Personal context

Curiosity is the through-line.

Hi, guys. Here you can find some more personal information

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Introduction

A broader view of the engineer behind the work.

Current focus
Algorithms and AI/ML
Location
Germany, near Hamburg

Around the web

Accounts & activity.

A few places to find my code, practice, and projects. Figures are dated snapshots; each platform measures something different.

Interest index

Six connected ways of thinking.

  1. 01Software engineering
  2. 02Open source
  3. 03Algorithms
  4. 04Competitive programming
  5. 05Olympiad programming
  6. 06Machine learning

Milestones

Selected milestones.

A concise chronology of the moments Nicklas has chosen to highlight.

  1. Childhood–present

    Mathematics, logic, and physics

    Classes in mathematics, logic, and physics from childhood to the present day.

  2. Age 7

    First programs

    Started coding using Pascal and Scratch.

  3. Age 12

    Building websites

    Began building websites using basic front-end development.

  4. Late age 13

    Learning Python

    Learned Python toward the end of my 13th year.

  5. Age 14

    Python and back-end development

    Advanced Python work and writing back-end code.

  6. Age 15

    Competitive programming and Go

    Started learning competitive programming and Go.

  7. Late age 15

    Machine learning

    Began studying machine learning by the end of my 15th year.

  8. August–September 2026

    IT internship

    Completed a two-month internship at an IT company.

  9. Present

    Computer science and AI competitions

    Participating professionally in computer science and AI competitions.

  10. Future goal

    Study Computer Science

    Plan to apply to the world’s top universities for a degree in Computer Science.