Hi, I'm Ioana!

About me

I am a Full Stack Developer based in Helsinki, Finland.

Aside from coding, I enjoy playing video games, cooking and exercising.

I am also a huge cat lover! 😸

Work experience

Software Developer Zimple Oy | 2023 - present
  • Front-end Development: Contributed to enhancing the user experience, resulting in improved feedback from end-users regarding usability and satisfaction.
  • Back-end Development: Played a key role in developing APIs that facilitated smoother integration and reduced potential bottlenecks.
  • State Management and Testing: Implemented robust testing strategies that led to a more stable application with fewer reported issues.
  • Codebase Organization: Contributed to creating an organized and modular codebase, improving development efficiency and code maintainability.
  • Database Management: Optimized database interactions, contributing to faster response times and improved overall system efficiency.
  • UI Design and Styling: Designed an intuitive user interface, positively influencing user engagement and interaction based on user feedback.
Full Stack Developer Trainee Integrify | 2022 - 2023
  • I have completed a training program in Full Stack Development with mentoring from experienced industry professionals and hands-on project work. I've gained experience in the following areas:
  • Front-end Development with JavaScript, TypeScript, React, Redux, Material-UI, SCSS, Animation, and Accessibility
  • Back-end Development with Node.js, Express.js, Java and Spring Boot
  • Database Management with MongoDB and PostgreSQL
  • API Design with REST API
  • Testing with Jest
  • DevOps Practices such as Bash Scripting, Docker Containers, and GitHub Actions for CI/CD
  • Cloud Services with Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Favorite tech stack

Over the course of my career, I have had the opportunity to work with many different technologies.

Listing them all here would take far too long, but below is the tech stack that is currently my favorite.

This has changed before and is bound to change again in the future. Exciting!

Typescript

Astro

PostgreSQL

Prisma

Tailwind

DaisyUI

Recently discovered

As you know, the web development universe is vast and ever-expanding.

Therefore, keeping up with modern technologies and tools is practically a must.

Here are a few of the most recent ones that I have come across. Maybe some of them will inspire you!

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Biome

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One toolchain for your web project. Format, lint, and more in a fraction of a second.

https://biomejs.dev/

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SingleStore

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SingleStore is a distributed SQL database built to power intelligent applications. It is both relational and multi-model, enabling developers to easily build and scale applications and workloads.

https://www.singlestore.com/

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Stack Auth

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Stack Auth provides an open-source suite of tools for authentication and user management. Do auth in minutes.

https://stack-auth.com/

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Better Auth

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The most comprehensive authentication framework for TypeScript.

https://www.better-auth.com/

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Auth.js

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Auth.js is a runtime agnostic library based on standard Web APIs that integrates deeply with multiple modern JavaScript frameworks to provide an authentication experience that’s simple to get started with, easy to extend, and always private and secure!

https://authjs.dev/

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OpenAuth

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OpenAuth is a standards-based auth provider for web apps, mobile apps, single pages apps, APIs, or 3rd party clients.

https://openauth.js.org/

Contact

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