Portrait of Mike Wille
Mike Wille
Software Architect and Systems Engineer

Building pragmatic systems, elegant platforms, and resilient software.

Founder of Binary Effects. I design and ship software architecture, infrastructure, and products that balance long-term maintainability with speed and clarity.

Focus areas

  • Architecture and systems engineering
  • Product strategy and engineering leadership
  • Crypto and distributed systems research

Contact

Reach me directly. I respond to focused inquiries and collaborations.

Live Projects

win311.xyz

An in-browser VNC session to a Windows 3.11 VM. Insert your own floppies and explore retro computing.

Visit win311.xyz

Current Projects

Binary Effects client platform

  • Software and hardware engagement for a long-term client.
  • 2020 to 2024.

Hamburg software engagement

  • Product delivery for a small customer.
  • 2022 to 2023.

nim.re - Nimiq Explorer, Validator & Staking Pool

  • Cryptocurrency validator node to secure the Nimiq network and validate transactions.
  • Staking pool for users to delegate their voting power to for rewards.
  • Explorer for analysing blockchain activity.
  • 2024 to present.

Open-source cryptocurrency

  • No PoW, no PoS, scriptable, browser-based, UX-first.
  • 2020 to present.

Zepto Linux

  • Minimalistic Linux distribution with a 7.0M image size.
  • 2022 to present.

Visit zeptolinux.org

Learning and fun

  • Beginner-friendly cloud platform for FaaS.
  • 2020 to present.
Please consider supporting my open-source work with a small Nimiq donation.