Hello! My name is Miikka Koskinen. I live in Helsinki, Finland. You might know me by the handle arcatan.

Professionally

I work as a software developer. I have extensive experience in backend development, especially in Clojure and Python. Currently I work for Oura Health. My previous employers include Metosin, ZenRobotics and Futurice. I have a Master of Science degree in mathematics from University of Helsinki.

Internet presence

• Read my tech blog at quanttype.
• Read my outdoors newsletter at Small Rapids.
• Follow me on Twitter or Mastodon.
• Look at my code on GitHub.
• Look at my photos on Flickr and on Instagram.
• Check out what I have been reading recently.

Public speaking

The talks I’ve given about functional programming:

• 2019-02-23: Pointfree Clojure (lightning talk), :clojureD
• 2017-10-25: Data, the Ultimate Abstraction, Helsinki Clojure Meetup
• 2016-09-27: Implicit Configurations, Helsinki Haskell User Group
• 2015-09-24: 20th century functional programming, Helsinki Haskell User Group