About me

Mathematician | Web developer | Content creator

My name is Martin Brandenburg. I live in Berlin, Germany. 🏡

At university I studied pure mathematics, which is one of my biggest passions and strongest skills. My main expertise is category theory and algebraic geometry, and I completed my Ph.D. in 2014. My mathematical publications are listed at my nLab page. In 2014 I left university, but I still publish and review research articles from time to time. I also published a textbook on category theory. 📚

After leaving university, I worked as an IT admin in a non-profit organization for animal welfare. In this context, I learned web development and devoted most of my free time on it. I also observed many parallels between mathematics and web development, and my problem-solving skills helped me a lot. 💻

Since 2022 I work as a full stack web developer for a company in the sports retail industry. If you are interested, see Tools for the list of tools I am familiar with. 🧪

I am also actively involved in several online communities. I have written thousands of posts in mathematical discussion forums, notably on mathoverflow, math.stackexchange and Matheplanet. For the latter I also wrote many expository articles. 📝

In 2019 I created my YouTube channel on web development, in which context I go by the name Script Raccoon. In 2024 I also started a second YouTube channel on twisty puzzles under the name Cube Raccoon. 🦝

I am also a passionate drummer. 🥁