About Me

Manvydas Šliamka is a Lithuanian software engineer who really #$@&-ing hates referring to himself in third person because he considers it to be smug and arrogant. Now, where was I?

Ah yes. Manvis (pronounced [ˈmanvɪs]). Use that to refer to me. This is both a shorter version of my first name and my nickname almost everywhere. Plus, it’s way easier to pronounce for non-Lithuanians.

Education

I have university education:

• my Master’s Degree is in Information Technology Engineering. I specialized in Multimedia Systems. I received a Cum Laude diploma from my alma mater VGTU for my achievements during studies.
• my Bachelor’s degree is in Information Technologies. I completed my studies with honors. Like with my Master’s degree, my alma mater was VGTU.

Skills and interests

I have a keen interest in:

• game development (building a custom engine from scratch cuz’ I’m CrAzY)
• graphics programming (OpenGL and Vulkan)
• Android
• Linux

My main programming languages are C++ and Java. I use lua, Python, C# and Go form time to time, however, I don’t consider myself to be proficient with those.

I’m also a chronically curious information sponge and it would be difficult to find a technology I haven’t touched. Here are some examples of things I’ve done:

• Several years ago, I built a backend for a location aware application using PostgreSQL, PostGIS and Django when working for a start-up that failed to start up (heh).
• Set up and administered LEMP servers on VPSes (including the one that’s currently running my website).
• Did some frontend development and website design. For example, I designed and (apart from a couple tiny Javascript libs) built this this responsive website from scratch on Hugo, using a text editor for code and Inkscape + GIMP for all the graphics.

Last but not least, I have an artistic side as well. Apart from knowing Inkscape and GIMP, I can do 3D modeling, texturing and rigging using Blender.

Don’t misunderstand me. I won’t be able to create ultra realistic AAA-quality character models with tons of detail - I’m not experienced enough for that. However, especially when given good references, I can make decent 3D art or game props. You can see some of my previous works on DeviantArt. CAUTION: my DeviantArt profile hasn’t been updated in YEARS. The images there are OLD and some are definitely cringeworthy. They don’t properly represent my current level of skill and knowledge.

Achievements

My biggest claim to fame is “Euras 2015”. The app was made together with my brother. When Lithuania was transitioning to Euro, the Ministry of Finance organized a competition to pick the best mobile app designed to help with the transition. Our app won the first place and became the official Android app.

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#include <iostream>
#include <vector>

int main() {
    // I am but a lonely comment
    while (true) {
        std::cout << "I AM ETERNITY\n";
    }

    return 0;
}

About This Website

Privacy and Cookie Policy

Like most websites, this one sets some cookies when you browse it. I use two types of cookies:

• site private
• analytics

Site private cookies don’t store any kind of personal information and are used to remember certain settings. For example, they are used to determine if you need to be shown the cookie notification or not.

Analytics cookies are provided by Google Analytics. You can get to Google’s privacy policy by clicking here. I receive aggregated and anonymized data from Google. The data includes:

• information about your display (e.g. resolution, orientation)
• OS, device and browser versions
• Date and time of your visits
• Your country and language
• The URLs you visit on this site
• How you interact with certain UI elements on this website

All this data is used to measure the number of visitors and to determine the most popular pages, which allows me to create better and more interesting content. The data also gives me insights into what aspects of this website need to be improved or changed to make the browsing experience better for my visitors.

I DO NOT use any of Google Analytics’ advertising or remarketing features.

Considering that this site should mostly interest geeks and IT people, you probably know how to opt-out of Google Analytics (if you don’t, read the next paragraph). Chances are, you already have. In that case, if possible, drop me a line and tell me how you found me, what you like and don’t like about this website, etc. I’ll be really grateful for feedback. WARNING: the feedback you provide may be shared with other visitors of this website, however, I promise to remove your name and any personal data before sharing, unless you explicitly allow me to post it.

For those who want to opt-out of Google Analytics, there are two main ways to do it:

• Use Google’s official opt-out browser add-on that you can install from here. It will disable analytics on all sites.

• Use an ad or tracking cookie blocker that can disable trackers selectively. I recommend uBlock Origin and Privacy badger. I use those add-ons myself.