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What I do

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Web Development

I build websites in terms of the look and feel and how users will interact with them across all common browsers and devices. I love to code, no matter if the project is organized in a big monolith or in tiny micro-frontends.

IxD

Interaction Design

Frameworks are there for organizing our minds, not our code. My focus is on both the developer & designer experience (DX) and the user experience (UX) to create the best user interfaces (UI) possible.

Primary Tools

HTML

CSS

Tailwind CSS

JavaScript

TypeScript

Vue.js

Pinia

Histoire

Vite

Vitest

Jest

Secondary Tools

Netlify

Vercel

Cypress

AXE

Pug

Mustache

Handlebars

SASS

DaisyUI

BEM

Bulma

Sapper.js

Playwright

Svelte.js

Nuxt.js

Vuex

web components

Storybook

Webpack

RollUp

about me

Vanessa is a Senior Frontend Developer on the Design Systems Team at GitLab, where she focuses on building and maintaining the foundational elements of GitLab's design system. Previously, she was the Head of Frontend at Zavvy.io, which was acquired by Deel in 2024. She holds an M.Sc in Media Informatics with a focus on Human-Computer Interaction and co-hosts two popular podcasts, Working Draft and expect(Exception). Vanessa is an experienced public speaker and workshop facilitator, sharing her expertise and passion for technology with diverse audiences. She has contributed to multiple conferences, serving on program committees for notable events like JS Kongress and moderating VueJS Germany.

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The code of this web page is written in Svelte and is available on GitHub:

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