Denis Tolochko — beyond the résumé
Beyond the résumé
The Author page covers the professional side — infrastructure, automation, IT operations. This one is the rest of it.
I grew up in Yurga, a small town in Siberia, and over the years that's turned into a genuine side project: a full written history of the place, from its 17th-century origins through the Soviet era to today. It has nothing to do with cloud infrastructure and I've kept writing it anyway, post by post, because I like finishing things properly.
Outside of that, I tinker with personal projects (this site included — the tools, the chat widget, all of it is something I built and maintain myself), try out new tech just because it's interesting, and post more casual, unfiltered stuff on Instagram, TikTok, and Threads than you'd ever see on LinkedIn.
A history of Yurga
Years of research into the town I’m from, written up as a chronological series — from its earliest recorded mention through the Trans-Siberian era, two world wars, and into the present day. Start anywhere; it’s written to stand on its own post by post.
See the full series.
Right now, personally
- Writing the next chapter of the Yurga history series
- Building and maintaining this site’s tools and chat system for the fun of the engineering, not because a job requires it
- Exploring new tech and frameworks with no particular agenda
For the current-work version of “now,” see the Now page.