About me

Who am I?

Hey there, nice to meet you! My name is Frank and I was born 13,202 days ago in Chemnitz, Germany. I went to school there and studied Media Communication at Chemnitz University of Technology.

I used to work as a freelance web and print designer before and still do print design here and there. In 2014 I co-founded Staffbase, the next generation intranet, employee app, and email solution for teams driving big goals. Former frontend developer, I now work as a Staff Engineer for Frontend Engineering.

Hobbies

You might have guessed it already, Astrophotography became quite a passion for me since I bought my first proper telescope in 2021. I learned quite a lot since then and somewhat specialized in deep sky objects. I own a couple of different scopes, mounts and cameras now and I'm always looking for new challenges. Spending time under starry skies became a great way for me to relax and forget about the daily stress.

I never really was a sports person, but I started doing Archery in 2022 and also got into Golf in 2024. I'm not too good at either of them, but I enjoy the time outside and the challenge. Plus, it's a great training for focus and mental health.

If there's still time left, I love to play video games, watch movies and series, read books and listen to music. Lately I'm also learning to play the guitar.

Skills (the professional section)

I'm a creative developer - I can code but also keep an eye on on the visual details. I work best in an agile team of people who are passionate about what they do and take ownership about their domains. Pragmatism over processes (of course they are important, but they should not slow you down). Knowledge sharing and mentoring also are big parts of my daily work.

My main tools of choice are React and LitElements for frontend development, Tailwind CSS for styling and Node.js and Go for backend development. I really like Turborepo for monorepo tooling and Github Actions for CI/CD.

I'm also a big fan of:

HTML 5 CSS 3 JavaScript TypeScript Node.js Go Markdown React Preact LitElements Tailwind CSS Emotion JS Astro Next.js Remix WordPress Bun PNPM Yarn Vite Webpack Turborepo Jest Vitest Cypress Playwright Git GitHub GitHub Actions Jetbrains IntelliJ Visual Studio Code Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign Scrum Kanban RFCs ADRs

German is my mother-tongue, but I'm also fluent in English and have some basic knowledge in French.

If you're looking for a resume, check out my LinkedIn page.