# Dominik Hofer (@dominikhofer.me)

Profile: https://sifa.id/p/dominikhofer.me
Headline: Curious. Creative. Coder.
Location: Bern und Umgebung

## About

I like to learn & understand more about the world we live in. While coming up with cool ideas & designing beautiful things. And bringing them to life with fancy symbols.

dominikhofer.me/about

## Career

- **Engineering Lead at Trueform Agency** (Oct 2025 - Present)
  Wil, St Gallen, CH
- **Lead Webflow Developer at Bloq Labs** (Aug 2023 - Sep 2025)
- **Web Designer at by the way communications AG** (Jun 2022 - Jul 2023)
  Bern, CH
  – Strategie, Design & Konzeption Websites – Entwicklung von Websites mit Webflow – Betrieb von Wordpress Websites – Content Creation für Social Media – Strategische Planung & Analyse von Social Media Kanälen
- **Junior Fachspezialist Unternehmenskommunikation at Berner Kantonalbank** (Aug 2020 - Feb 2022)
  Content Manager/Multimediaproduzent – Bewirtschaftung der Webkanäle – Webanalyse – Multimediaproduktionen – Ausbildung Mediamatik-Lernende
- **Ausbildung Mediamatiker EFZ at Berner Kantonalbank** (Aug 2018 - Jul 2020)
- **Ausbildung Mediamatiker EFZ at bict AG** (Aug 2016 - Jul 2018)
  Ostermundigen, Bern, CH

## Publications

- Trust the Process 001 — buttondown.com (Sep 2026) https://buttondown.com/dominikhofer/archive/trust-the-process-001
- Switching to a Pixel — dominikhofer.me (Sep 2026) https://dominikhofer.me/switching-to-a-pixel
- 10:1 — dominikhofer.me (Aug 2026) https://dominikhofer.me/10-to-1
- My simpler home on the internet — dominikhofer.me (Aug 2026) https://dominikhofer.me/simpler-internet-home
- Morning walks — dominikhofer.me (Apr 2026) https://dominikhofer.me/morning-walks
- Welcome, Naida — dominikhofer.me (Apr 2026) https://dominikhofer.me/welcome-naida
- A single tick for calmer evenings — dominikhofer.me (Apr 2026) https://dominikhofer.me/single-tick-calmer-evenings
- Benefits of a good stretch — dominikhofer.me (Apr 2026) https://dominikhofer.me/benefits-of-a-good-stretch
- The creator manifesto — dominikhofer.me (Apr 2026) https://dominikhofer.me/the-creator-manifesto
- From different perspectives — dominikhofer.me (Apr 2026) https://dominikhofer.me/from-different-perspectives
- Re: The Everything Account — dominikhofer.me (Apr 2026) https://dominikhofer.me/re-the-everything-account
- About material and immaterial things — dominikhofer.me (Mar 2026) https://dominikhofer.me/about-material-and-immaterial-things
- Where athletes meet — dominikhofer.me (Mar 2026) https://dominikhofer.me/where-athletes-meet
- Longer evenings — dominikhofer.me (Mar 2026) https://dominikhofer.me/longer-evenings
- Mood shifters — dominikhofer.me (Mar 2026) https://dominikhofer.me/mood-shifters
- One more win — dominikhofer.me (Mar 2026) https://dominikhofer.me/one-more-win
- On: Project Hail Mary (Film) — dominikhofer.me (Mar 2026) https://dominikhofer.me/project-hail-mary-film
- Happy map — dominikhofer.me (Mar 2026) https://dominikhofer.me/happy-map
- Striking the right balance — dominikhofer.me (Mar 2026) https://dominikhofer.me/striking-the-right-balance
- A digital move — dominikhofer.me (Mar 2026) https://dominikhofer.me/a-digital-move
- Money as a tool — dominikhofer.me (Mar 2026) https://dominikhofer.me/money-as-a-tool
- The short blogpost — dominikhofer.me (Mar 2026) https://dominikhofer.me/the-short-blogpost
- The good and the bad days — dominikhofer.me (Mar 2026) https://dominikhofer.me/the-good-and-the-bad-days
- The things we don’t see — dominikhofer.me (Mar 2026) https://dominikhofer.me/the-things-we-dont-see
- 5 minutes for consistency — dominikhofer.me (Mar 2026) https://dominikhofer.me/5-minutes-for-consistency
- On: The Art of Spending Money — dominikhofer.me (Mar 2026) https://dominikhofer.me/the-art-of-spending-money
- The simplest read-later app — dominikhofer.me (Mar 2026) https://dominikhofer.me/the-simplest-read-later-app
- Re: The Joy of Building Slow — dominikhofer.me (Mar 2026) https://dominikhofer.me/re-the-joy-of-building-slow
- The power of side projects — dominikhofer.me (Mar 2026) https://dominikhofer.me/the-power-of-side-projects
- A writing PACT — dominikhofer.me (Mar 2026) https://dominikhofer.me/writing-pact
- The good ones among us — dominikhofer.me (Mar 2026) https://dominikhofer.me/the-good-ones-among-us
- The calm builder — dominikhofer.me (Mar 2026) https://dominikhofer.me/the-calm-builder
- Change of plans — dominikhofer.me (Jan 2026) https://dominikhofer.me/change-of-plans
- My new personal home on the internet — dominikhofer.me (Jan 2026) https://dominikhofer.me/new-personal-internet-home
- A more social IndieWeb — dominikhofer.me (Dec 2025) https://dominikhofer.me/social-indie-web
- Spotify Wrapped 2025 — dominikhofer.me (Dec 2025) https://dominikhofer.me/spotify-wrapped-2025
- Re: I love calculator — dominikhofer.me (Nov 2025) https://dominikhofer.me/calculators
- Step by Step — dominikhofer.me (Oct 2025) https://dominikhofer.me/step-by-step
- Font Discoveries — dominikhofer.me (Oct 2025) https://dominikhofer.me/font-discoveries
- Success — dominikhofer.me (Aug 2025) https://dominikhofer.me/success-will-ahmed
- On: Number Go Up — dominikhofer.me (Aug 2025) https://dominikhofer.me/number-go-up
- Hello again, Swift — dominikhofer.me (Jul 2025) https://dominikhofer.me/hello-again-swift
- Motivational Ads — dominikhofer.me (May 2025) https://dominikhofer.me/motivational-ads
- Life Update: A lot has happened — dominikhofer.me (Apr 2025) https://dominikhofer.me/a-lot-has-happened
- Supercharge your Mac — dominikhofer.me (Mar 2025) https://dominikhofer.me/supercharge-your-mac
- Zooming out — dominikhofer.me (Mar 2025) https://dominikhofer.me/zooming-out
- Early mornings — dominikhofer.me (Jan 2025) https://dominikhofer.me/early-mornings
- My social home on the internet — dominikhofer.me (Jan 2025) https://dominikhofer.me/social-internet-home
- A simple brain hack for exams — dominikhofer.me (Jan 2025) https://dominikhofer.me/brain-hack-exam
- How friction enables more mindfulness — dominikhofer.me (Jan 2025) https://dominikhofer.me/friction-mindfulness
- On: Murder in the Family — dominikhofer.me (Dec 2024) https://dominikhofer.me/murder-in-the-family
- The joy of writing online — dominikhofer.me (Dec 2024) https://dominikhofer.me/joy-of-writing-online
- Spotify Wrapped 2024 — dominikhofer.me (Dec 2024) https://dominikhofer.me/spotify-wrapped-2024
- Diving into the Atmosphere — dominikhofer.me (Nov 2024) https://dominikhofer.me/diving-into-the-atmosphere
- Inconveniences of everyday life — dominikhofer.me (Nov 2024) https://dominikhofer.me/inconveniences-of-everyday-life
- Working for a goal — dominikhofer.me (Oct 2024) https://dominikhofer.me/working-for-a-goal
- Cities I want to visit again — dominikhofer.me (Oct 2024) https://dominikhofer.me/cities-i-want-to-visit-again
- My first wow experience in math class — dominikhofer.me (Oct 2024) https://dominikhofer.me/math-wow-experience
- Re: Blog Like a Painter — dominikhofer.me (Oct 2024) https://dominikhofer.me/re-blog-like-a-painter
- SeptemBest Blogging Challenge — dominikhofer.me (Sep 2024) https://dominikhofer.me/septembest-2024
- My favorite live performances — dominikhofer.me (Sep 2024) https://dominikhofer.me/favorite-live-performances
- Life Update: Uni Start — dominikhofer.me (Sep 2024) https://dominikhofer.me/uni-start
- The After-Run High — dominikhofer.me (Sep 2024) https://dominikhofer.me/after-run-high
- What you and your smartphone have in common — dominikhofer.me (Sep 2024) https://dominikhofer.me/you-and-your-smartphone
- But, how do I actually set up and secure a new VPS (on Hetzner)? — dominikhofer.me (Aug 2024) https://dominikhofer.me/setup-secure-vps
- Why I write — dominikhofer.me (Aug 2024) https://dominikhofer.me/why-i-write
- Implement a WebFinger endpoint in Astro — dominikhofer.me (Aug 2024) https://dominikhofer.me/webfinger-astro
- A song memory — dominikhofer.me (Aug 2024) https://dominikhofer.me/a-song-memory
- On: Civil War — dominikhofer.me (Aug 2024) https://dominikhofer.me/civil-war
- How I write every day — dominikhofer.me (Aug 2024) https://dominikhofer.me/writing-daily
- Diving into the Fediverse (once again…) — dominikhofer.me (Aug 2024) https://dominikhofer.me/diving-into-the-fediverse-once-again
- Re: Finding my Blogging Voice — dominikhofer.me (Aug 2024) https://dominikhofer.me/re-finding-my-blogging-voice
- Learning all the Countries in the World (Part II): Asia — dominikhofer.me (Aug 2024) https://dominikhofer.me/learning-all-the-countries-asia
- Re: To Read or Not to Read… — dominikhofer.me (Jul 2024) https://dominikhofer.me/re-to-read-or-not-to-read
- Trying to capture vs. living the moment — dominikhofer.me (Jul 2024) https://dominikhofer.me/capturing-vs-living
- Learning all the Countries in the World (Part I): Africa — dominikhofer.me (Jul 2024) https://dominikhofer.me/learning-all-the-countries-africa
- Re: AI Critics: You're Using It Wrong — dominikhofer.me (Jul 2024) https://dominikhofer.me/re-ai-critics-youre-using-it-wrong
- I’m building a Forever Diary — dominikhofer.me (Jul 2024) https://dominikhofer.me/building-a-forever-diary
- On: Going Mainstream (How extremists are taking over) — dominikhofer.me (Jul 2024) https://dominikhofer.me/going-mainstream
- Re: We Blog 24/7 — dominikhofer.me (Jul 2024) https://dominikhofer.me/re-we-blog-24-7
- Replies are this month’s comments — dominikhofer.me (Jul 2024) https://dominikhofer.me/july-reply-2024
- Deciding on what to build next — dominikhofer.me (Jun 2024) https://dominikhofer.me/what-to-build-next
- My personal home on the internet — dominikhofer.me (Jun 2024) https://dominikhofer.me/personal-internet-home
- Running in the rain — dominikhofer.me (May 2024) https://dominikhofer.me/running-in-the-rain
- On: Going Zero — dominikhofer.me (Mar 2024) https://dominikhofer.me/going-zero
- From the Shelf: Feel Good Productivity by Ali Abdaal — dominikhofer.me (Mar 2024) https://dominikhofer.me/feel-good-productivity
- YouTube is amazing, but… — dominikhofer.me (Mar 2024) https://dominikhofer.me/youtube-addiction
- Inspiring artists — dominikhofer.me (Mar 2024) https://dominikhofer.me/inspiring-artists
- I want more coziness in my life — dominikhofer.me (Mar 2024) https://dominikhofer.me/coziness-in-my-life
- Getting a CDN link for every file on Github — dominikhofer.me (Mar 2024) https://dominikhofer.me/cdn-github
- Back to authenticity — dominikhofer.me (Mar 2024) https://dominikhofer.me/back-to-authenticity
- Derived values in Laravel Eloquent Models — dominikhofer.me (Mar 2024) https://dominikhofer.me/derived-values-in-laravel-eloquent-models
- Knowing your next step — dominikhofer.me (Mar 2024) https://dominikhofer.me/knowing-your-next-step
- Fighting perfectionism — dominikhofer.me (Mar 2024) https://dominikhofer.me/fighting-perfectionism
- Anti-Doomscrolling — dominikhofer.me (Mar 2024) https://dominikhofer.me/anti-doomscrolling
- Simple actions, great impact — dominikhofer.me (Mar 2024) https://dominikhofer.me/simple-actions-great-impact
- Adapting to the algorithm — dominikhofer.me (Feb 2024) https://dominikhofer.me/adapting-to-the-algorithm
- On: Beef — dominikhofer.me (Feb 2024) https://dominikhofer.me/beef
- Only the next step matters — dominikhofer.me (Feb 2024) https://dominikhofer.me/only-the-next-step-matters
- Where do I put this thing I want to write down? — dominikhofer.me (Feb 2024) https://dominikhofer.me/where-do-i-write-things-down

## Skills

### Technical
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Automation
- CSS
- Full-Stack Development
- HTML
- Javascript
- Laravel
- Microsoft Office
- React.js
- SCSS
- Vue.js
- WordPress
### Business
- Content-Management
- SEO
- Social-Media-Marketing
- Web Analytics
### Creative
- Adobe Creative Cloud
- UX-Design
### Other
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe InDesign
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- Adobe XD
- D3.js
- Datenanalyse
- Datenvisualisierung
- Design Thinking
- Figma
- Fotografie
- Frontend-Entwicklung
- Interfacedesign
- Low-Code Development
- Responsive Webdesign
- Sitecore
- Swift
- Tailwind CSS
- Videoproduktion
- Webdesign
- Webflow

## Education

- **University of Bern** — Bachelor of Science - BS (Sep 2024 - Present)
  Part time student. Minor in Mathematics (30 ECTS) & Social Sciences (60 ECTS)
- **Gymnasium Neufeld** — Passerelle (Aug 2022 - Aug 2023)
- **Berufsbildungszentrum Biel-Bienne** — Mediamatiker EFZ (2016 - 2020)
- **Berufsbildungszentrum Biel-Bienne** — Berufsmaturität – Ausrichtung Technik, Architektur & Life Sciences (2016 - 2020)

## Languages

- Deutsch (native)
- Englisch (professional working)
- Französisch (limited working)

## Links

- linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominik-hofer
- Personal Website: https://dominikhofer.me
- Personal Newsletter: https://buttondown.com/dominikhofer