# About me

URL: https://olli.works/about-me | Published: 2025-10-27 | Updated: 2025-10-27

> "Who is this guy?", this page should answer some of your questions!

You already got the brief introduction on the frontpage, but let's dig a bit deeper!

## Personal life

Living in the Helsinki region means there are plenty of things to do, but honestly, I mostly spend my time with my family and friends. Being a relatively new dad takes up a lot of time, and it's definitely a challenge trying to fit my hobbies into life with kids. 🚲

## Work life

I'm a Senior AI-Native Full-Stack Developer and currently working as a Senior Developer at Into-Digital. Besides the 9 to 5 job, I also have my own company on the side for smaller gigs. I take on select freelance projects alongside my full-time role. If you've got something interesting, I'd love to hear about it 😃

You can read more about my skillset and previous workplaces here:

[Skills & Experience](https://olli.works/skills-and-experience)

## Hobbies

Everyone needs hobbies, right? Right?

### Keyboards

I'm the founder and a moderator for FMKC (Finnish Mechanical Keyboard Community). I also designed the Neito keyboard, which I sold worldwide. I always have a keyboard project going, though it’s not always my main focus.

[Fmkc.fi](https://fmkc.fi/)

[Neito Group Buy](https://olli.works/blog/neito-group-buy-a-alice-like-keyboard-with-iso-support)

### Cycling

I’ve been more of a maniac before, at one point having four different bikes in use, but I’ve calmed down and currently have only two (though desperately wanting two more). I love doing MTB rides in the forest, especially on my favorite route, [EKP 4.2](https://www.trailforks.com/route/ekp-4-2-km/), but gravel rides are also nice when the forest isn’t in rideable condition. I’d love to get back to road cycling, as I used to do that a lot years ago, with such passion that I even wrote a blog post about my longest trip!

[My longest bike ride - 250km](https://olli.works/blog/cycling-espoo-hanko-espoo/)

### Software development

Despite being a full-time developer, I still enjoy my own projects, as the challenges they provide differ from day-to-day work. I sometimes improve olli.works or build a quick tool to help with a task. One example was when I needed to know the exact location of RGB LEDs on the Neito Rev.2 firmware in relation to each other, where the most “extreme” positioned LEDs defined start/end values. By writing a script for this, I saved myself a lot of work calculating each position by hand 🔥

I think [Advent of Code](https://adventofcode.com/) is a great way to challenge yourself and see how far you can get. I’ve tried to keep up with the tasks for several years in a row and have stayed away from using AI to provide solutions.

[My Advent of code solutions](https://github.com/OlliGranlund/Advent-of-Code)

### Whisky

I have two different whisky casks aging right now, one at [Teerenpeli](https://teerenpeli.com/) and one at [Nagu Distillery](https://www.nagudistillery.com/). My collection of bottles is also steadily growing. I also like other poisons like beer and gin, but whiskies are great as they last longer and don't tend to go bad.

[Teerenpeli Cask](https://olli.works/blog/share-a-whisky-cask-with-me/)

[Nagu cask](https://olli.works/blog/nagu-cask-sharing/)

### Videogames

Despite having a huge Steam and Epic Games library, I rarely have time to game anymore, and when I do, I’m often too rusty to do well in faster-paced games. However, when I do play, it’s usually an immersive single-player game like Red Dead Redemption 2, Skyrim or Minecraft, and lately Valheim & MegaBonk. Every once in a while, I also manage a co-op session of Rocket League 🎮.

### "Tinkering"

This is a broad one. Often, when I notice a new need, I start thinking about how I could potentially solve it myself. Sometimes it’s creating a 3D model and ordering a print from Hekeke, sometimes just repairing things with or without YouTube tutorials, and every once in a while I bring out the power tools for more demanding tasks. I previously wrote a blog post about Modern DIY repairs—check it out to see the kinds of problems I’ve solved!

[Modern DIY repairs](https://olli.works/blog/modern-diy-repairs/)

## See what I've been up to lately