Adrian is a Software Engineer who treats problems like puzzles worth savoring. He claims a corner table, opens his laptop, and slips into flow. A blank page becomes a tidy plan—problem statement, constraints, success metrics. Sticky-note sketches turn into small, testable tickets. Between sips of cappuccino he profiles slow APIs, trims payloads, and adds tracing to catch edge cases before customers do. He writes commit messages like mini-stories: context, intent, and the why behind each change. Teammates know him for calm pragmatism, clear documentation, and reliable delivery. When he looks up, it’s usually to help a colleague unblock, then he’s back to shipping. He values maintainable systems and humane, readable code.