I am Michel Anders and I am a developer, writer and trainer.
Professionally I have been working as an instructor with a focus on robotic process automation and document processing over the last decade, but my most visible achievements to date are my books and Blender add-ons: they were available on BlenderMarket (now Superhive), Smashwords and Packt, and major online retailers.
I also maintain a blog, “Small Blender Things, and most of the articles there are about Blender and Python.
But lately I turned away from commercial activities to focus on different subjects, and the website you are now visiting will reflect that, as does a new blog, “On the back of an envelope”, that looks at common household questions and assumptions.
Most topics on this site will not be Blender related probably, but I am in the process of open sourcing the add-ons I previously sold on BlenderMarket, and those will appear in repositories on GitHub.
The ones available already are:
IDMapper, IDMapper simplifies creation and editing of vertex color layers that can be used as ID-maps in texturing software like Substance Painter or Quixel.
Snap!, a time saving tool for people who often work with modular assets packs or creators of asset packs who want to make their product easier to use.
Weightlifter, a Swiss army knife of recording mesh attributes to vertex weights or -colors.
and yes, I am a certified Python developer too 🙂
I have a LinkedIn profile if you want to contact me professionally.