📝 Side Projects
Here are some of the side projects I’ve been working on in my spare time. I use these opportunities to learn new things and continually enhance my skills. Working on these projects is something I find deeply fulfilling and peaceful.
🦄 URL Unicorn - A Rust-Powered URL Shortener
January 21, 2026 (7 days ago)
A personal URL shortening service built entirely in Rust, featuring an Actix Web API with Diesel ORM and a Telegram bot using Teloxide. A deep dive into why Rust makes backend development a joy.
Rust
Actix Web
PostgreSQL
K3s
Docker
Hetzner🎅🏻 Advent Calendar 2025
January 9, 2026 (19 days ago)
A real life search game for the advent season, now with Mapbox 3D layers, extensive test coverage from unit to e2e tests with Playwright and several code improvements following DRY and YAGNI principles.
TypeScript
Vue.js
GraphQL
StrapiK3sDocker
AWS
CloudFrontHetzner🏗️ Contract Testing with Pact and GitHub Actions
July 30, 2025 (6 months ago)
A comprehensive guide to implementing contract testing using Pact.js with Vue.js frontend and Node.js backend, including CI/CD integration and best practices for microservices communication.
VueTypeScript♻️ Migrating a Blog from Vue to Nuxt
February 28, 2025 (11 months ago)
A straightforward journey to better web vitals performance through server-side rendering
Vue
NuxtTypeScriptStrapiK3sDocker🌊 Baltic Blades - Canoe Polo Rostock
February 4, 2025 (11 months ago)
A bold and fresh new home for the canoe polo community in Rostock!
TypeScript
React
Next.jsStrapiK3sDockerHetzner🔐 Claim Chinchilla
January 25, 2025 (1 year ago)
A customized JWT decoding app with a user-friendly presentation of encoded custom claims.
TypeScriptVue.jsNuxt🎅🏻 Advent Calendar 2024
December 23, 2024 (1 year ago)
A real life search game for the advent season, built with TypeScript, Vue.js and GraphQL and notification integrations with Slack and Telegram.
TypeScriptVue.jsGraphQLStrapiK3sDockerAWSCloudFront
S3🏴☠️ 48 Hours Coding Challenge - Building a Jugger Platform
September 8, 2024 (1 year ago)
A web application built in 48 hours for the local Jugger communities to share news, introduce the sport, and help promote local events.
TypeScriptVue.jsStrapiK3sDockerAWS🚀🧪 Boosting Efficiency: Running E2E Tests Concurrently with Cypress and GitHub Actions
May 19, 2024 (1 year ago)
Optimize your E2E testing workflow by running tests concurrently with Cypress and GitHub Actions.
Cypress⌨️ Moving from ISO-DE to HHKB layout
April 26, 2024 (1 year ago)
Transitioning from the native German ISO layout to the HHKB layout might sound like a minor adjustment...
🧄 Bun meets NestJS - tweaking for development
February 4, 2024 (1 year ago)
… some snippets to use Bun with NestJS
Nest☁️ Private Cloud @Hetzner
January 30, 2024 (1 year ago)
... as homelab and provider for my personal projects
K3s
KubernetesDockerPersonal Portfolio
January 5, 2024 (2 years ago)
… build with the fullstack framework Next.js, deployed ...
Next.jsReactCypress
TypeScriptK3sDockerStretch Tracker 2.0
December 28, 2023 (2 years ago)
… just as a reimplementation of the old one with fullstack framework Next.js.
Next.jsReactCypressTypeScriptK3sDockerAdvent Calendar 2023
December 1, 2023 (2 years ago)
… as a web app in the form of a local real-life search game hosted in three different cities.
Django
PythonK3sDockerStretch Tracker
January 3, 2023 (3 years ago)
... as a web app to display and record daily training minutes in closed company as a result of a New Year’s bet.
Advent Calendar 2022
December 1, 2022 (3 years ago)
… as a web app in the form of a local real-life search game for local community.
Bikeability
September 30, 2022 (3 years ago)
... as a product of my master thesis, this platform is used to determine the bikeability of communities, environments and individual road segments.