Simona Winnekes

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I talk about Node.js, TypeScript, IoT, web development, robots ā€” but also about switching careers to coding, how to survive the journey towards your first dev job and more.

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Say Hello to sturmglas - Your Mental Weather Tracker

Sep 1, 20214 min read 305 views

Introducing sturmglas - your mental weather tracker. Links sturmglas Sturmglas repository Inspiration šŸŒŸ Before switching careers I was a nurse and specialised in cardiology and psychiatry. Mental health is such an important part of our life and ...

Say Hello to sturmglas - Your Mental Weather Tracker

I Built an App with GitHub Copilot, Here's the Result

Jul 16, 20219 min read 4.5K views

I got my invitation to the technical preview of GitHub Copilot two days ago and have been pair programming a bit with my new AI buddy. Check out our app Bamboozled, a minimal quiz (find the repository here). Please note: Copilot is currently not avai...

I Built an App with GitHub Copilot, Here's the Result

How to Get Started with Contributing to Open Source

Jul 13, 20218 min read 269 views

I love TypeScript, and have loved it since I was first introduced to it in my coding bootcamp and now refuse to go back to plain old JavaScript. I love it for the safety and predictability, and when done right, the self-documenting nature of strong t...

How to Get Started with Contributing to Open Source

Why I hung up my Stethoscope and became a Web Developer

Jul 9, 20216 min read 383 views

šŸ‘‹ Hello there. I'm Simona, a German web developer living in Amsterdam. I'm crazy about all things full-stack: front end, back end and recently devops as well. This is quite a recent development. However, my journey started differently. šŸ©ŗ Once upon ...

Why I hung up my Stethoscope and became a Web Developer