{"id":9,"date":"2016-02-26T09:56:26","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T09:56:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forell.local\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2016-02-26T09:56:26","modified_gmt":"2016-02-26T09:56:26","slug":"paul-dreik","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.dreik.se\/index.php\/paul-dreik\/","title":{"rendered":"Paul Dreik"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hi, I am Paul Dreik and the primary consultant (in fact, the only one) on Dreik Ingenj\u00f6rskonst AB.
\nI am an engineer, educated at KTH in Stockholm. Besides holding a master of science in aeronautical engineering, I also hold a licentiate degree (\u22480.5 Ph. D.<\/a>) in automatic control with focus on fault detection in robotics.
\nI like programming and math. I am not an expert in either, but I am fairly good at both which makes me very efficient in solving real world problems. This has proven to be attractive.
\nI use several programming languages, depending on what is needed. Development time vs. performance, readability vs. disclosure, maintenance and debugging capabilities are factors that affect which language is used. I use C++ (my overall preferred language) but usually use matlab\/octave for prototyping. I tend to use python for general purpose tasks, a true Swiss army knife. I also write shell scripts for common tasks.
\nBesides making programs for processing data, I have made several web interfaces which is a powerful method of letting users interact with systems. Doing this, I have learned php, css and javascript. This is now my preferred method of supplying a user interface, although it does not fit all scenarios. Other alternatives I have experience with is Matlab GUI and wxWidgets (for cross platform C++ interfaces).
\nI have used GNU\/Linux systems full time since 2004. I also occasionally use Windows, when clients demand it. Usually, I develop in Linux and switch to Windows for final compilation of the same code base. I am not a Microsoft hater, I just find GNU\/Linux being being the best option for me by far.
\nI like standardization, platform independence and open protocols. I do not believe in quick fixes, I have seen to many copy paste bugs and “one time” code to use it. I do not like support calls (they prove the existence of bugs, discovered at the wrong side of the release date). I therefore use several techniques to avoid bugs in the first place.
\nI have a personal web page at www.pauldreik.se<\/a>. I also maintain a blog<\/a>, although the activity is not what it once was.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hi, I am Paul Dreik and the primary consultant (in fact, the only one) on Dreik Ingenj\u00f6rskonst AB. I am an engineer, educated at KTH in Stockholm. Besides holding a master of science in aeronautical engineering, I also hold a licentiate degree (\u22480.5 Ph. D.) in automatic control with focus on fault detection in robotics. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dreik.se\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dreik.se\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dreik.se\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dreik.se\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dreik.se\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dreik.se\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dreik.se\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}