# Krister Viirsaar
- Software Engineer. [Here's my cv.](/cv.html)
- Entrepreneur with 1/12 success.
## Current
- Building a software dev team at [randomforest](https://randomforest.ee/).
- Startuping an all-in-one accounting app for microentrepeneurs: [Heerold](https://www.heerold.ee/).
- Learning ML with [fast.ai](https://course.fast.ai/).
- Reading books about psychology and society.
## Recent
- Estonian news aggregator: [Njuus.ee](https://njuus.ee/).
- Helped [the Back to School NGO](https://tagasikooli.ee/) bring proffessionals to schools.
- Taught programming in IT College and the Vali IT program.
# Contact
- Keybase: [KristerV](https://keybase.io/kristerv)
- home2@krister.ee
- Tallinn, Estonia
- IBAN EE117700771002045114
# Blog
- [My best sideproject so far - shutting down](http://code.krister.ee/mybest-project-so-far-shutting-it-down/)
- [My super focused desktop](http://code.krister.ee/my-coding-environment/)
- [Mailgun + DigitalOcean](http://code.krister.ee/mailgun-digitalocean/) (most popular post of all time)
# Repos
- [Tagasi Kooli](https://gitlab.com/tagasikooli/ceiba)
- [budget.Heliumlabs.org](https://github.com/KristerV/heliumpay-budgetweb-deploy) (a Dash-like proposals
website)
- [Krister.ee](https://github.com/KristerV/krister)
- [Toitla.com](https://github.com/KristerV/toitla)
- [Arch Linux conf](https://github.com/KristerV/myLinux)
- [VIM conf](https://gist.github.com/KristerV/d5b6a3a15772dbef2c4385e1e57bc4e7) (gist)
- Programming for a blockchain based [timestamping platform](https://timestamp.busyman.cz/) (hoping to
open-source later)
# Meta
## What has influenced me
* Book: [Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It](https://www.audible.com/pd/Never-Split-the-Difference-Audiobook/B01CF5O89G)
* Book: [Extreme Ownership](https://www.amazon.com/Extreme-Ownership-U-S-Navy-SEALs/dp/1250067057)
* Book: [Sapiens: A Brief History of
Humankind](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23692271-sapiens?from_search=true)
* Book: [Nonviolent Communication: A Language of
Life](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/71730.Nonviolent_Communication)
* Book: [Conversations with God](https://www.amazon.com/Conversations-God-Uncommon-Dialogue-Book/dp/0399142789)
* Book: [Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected
Solutions](https://thelostconnections.com/)
* Book: [Antifragile - Things That Gain from
Disorder](https://www.audible.com/pd/Science-Technology/Antifragile-Audiobook/B009PRJ6BS)
* Book: [If Mayors Ruled the World](https://www.audible.com/pd/If-Mayors-Ruled-the-World-Audiobook/B00I4AA4R2?qid=1564390981&sr=1-1&pf_rd_p=e81b7c27-6880-467a-b5a7-13cef5d729fe&pf_rd_r=7P531R1Y61WQAG4SKQSC&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1)
* Book: [Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our
Decisions](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1713426.Predictably_Irrational)
* Book: [Sacred Economics: Money, Gift & Society in the Age of Transition](http://sacred-economics.com/)
* Book: [Running Lean: Iterate from Plan A to a Plan that Works](https://leanstack.com/running-lean-book)
* Book: [How to Win Friends and Influence People](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/How_to_Win_Friends_and_Influence_People)
* Lecture: [Alan Watts - Out of your
mind](https://www.amazon.com/Out-Your-Mind-Essential-Listening/dp/1591791650)
* Lecture: [Sir Ken Robinson](https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Sir+Ken+Robinson)
* Article: [Nothing is Cheaper than Proof of Work](http://www.truthcoin.info/blog/pow-cheapest/?q=1)
([TL;DR](http://code.krister.ee/everything-is-proof-of-work-summary/))
* Movie: [Gandhi](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083987/) (1982)
* Movie: [The Big Short](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1596363/) (2015)
* Documentary: [The Money Masters](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgZWzztQklw) (1996)
* Documentary: [Zeitgeist: Addendum](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbvCxMfcKv4) (2008)
* Documentary: [What the Health](http://www.whatthehealthfilm.com/) (2017)
* Documentary: [Cowspiracy](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3302820/) (2014)
* Documentary: [The End of Ownership](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOO-pYUl9-w)
Besides external materials I've got great friends and family :)
## Where I get my news from
* [YCombinator news (HackerNews)](https://news.ycombinator.com/)
* [Reddit World News](https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/)
* [Vox](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLXo7UDZvByw2ixzpQCufnA)
* [VICE](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn8zNIfYAQNdrFRrr8oibKw)
## How I learn
* [Audible](https://www.audible.com/) - a non-fiction book a month keeps the blind beliefs away :)
* Youtube: [Siraj](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWN3xxRkmTPmbKwht9FuE5A),
[Veritasium](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHnyfMqiRRG1u-2MsSQLbXA), [vpro
backlight](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqJ6GC0klkbFuQa-0ZePqkQ), [Wisecrack
Philosophy](https://www.youtube.com/user/thugnotes/videos), [Adam Ruins
Everything](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Ruins_Everything),
[Nerdwriter1](https://www.youtube.com/user/Nerdwriter1/videos), [What I've
Learned](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqYPhGiB9tkShZorfgcL2lA/videos)
* Movies (look up)
## My morning routine
1. Quick wakeup!
1. Make bed (quick win)
1. 10min workout (probably from
[FitnessBlender](https://www.fitnessblender.com/videos?maxlength=13&trainingtype%5B%5D=8&trainingtype%5B%5D=13&trainingtype%5B%5D=7&trainingtype%5B%5D=9&equipment%5B%5D=26&equipment%5B%5D=24&equipment%5B%5D=23))
1. Meditate
_You're welcome to [clone](https://github.com/KristerV/krister.ee) my awesome minimalistic website :)_