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Fränz Friederes

@fraenz.frieder.es
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Solo Software Engineer at wierk.lu building a SaaS for DMARC monitoring dmarced.eu, deciphering Enigma cryptograms, and chasing sneaker drops, he/him 🏳️‍🌈

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wierk @wierk.lu · 10/08/2026
We’re happy to see our two-person company featured in the first Luxembourg Cybersecurity #Startup Radar by Wavestone and the Luxembourg House of #Cybersecurity.
“The 2026 Luxembourg Cybersecurity Startup Radar” by Wavestone. The graphic groups Luxembourg cybersecurity start-ups around a central Wavestone logo into categories including Awareness, Anti-Fraud, Cryptology, Identity and Access Management, Governance, Email Security, and Cloud Security. Separate circles represent IoT Security, Secure Data Exchange, Recruitment, and Threat Intelligence.
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BWDev (Ben) @bwdev.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Hello, I hope you don’t mind my reaching out, this is Ben’s mum, Karen. Ben allowed me access to his contacts and it’s lovely that you were in touch with him. Sadly, after heroically standing up to the impact of cancer and 11 years of brutal treatments, our darling Ben passed away on 8th January
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Philipp 🐘 keila.io @pentacent.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Please share: I'm currently looking for an artist to do illustrations for Keila (Open Source newsletter tool). I'm looking for a cute, minimal style of vector illustrations. Not looking for AI stuff 🙏 Attached image is an example of the style I'm looking for. #art #design #illustration #commission
Illustration from the Mastodon app
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wierk @wierk.lu · 05/02/2026
Here’s an update on our DMARC monitoring platform dmarced, focused on #EUSovereignty. We explain: - who operates dmarced - where your data resides - our current dependence on US infrastructure - and where we’re headed next dmarced.eu/en/learn/pl...
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Fränz Friederes @fraenz.frieder.es · 15/01/2026
Building an email monitoring SaaS, I need uncached, fresh DNS data using Node.js. Over time, I realize that the entire approach is flawed.
Screenshot of a DNS record detail view, showing the TXT DMARC record value, the exact TTL, DNSSEC validation status, and the time range during which the record was observed.
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Fränz Friederes @fraenz.frieder.es · 15/10/2025
Inspired by a #NordicJS talk on #Passkeys, I started implementing them for my passwordless SaaS. While working through the database schema and complex server logic, I noticed that key parts of the login flow are still under debate.
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Fränz Friederes @fraenz.frieder.es · 02/10/2025
👋 from @nordicjs.com
The audience and stage of the Nordic.js conference, in blue/pink mood
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Nordic.js @nordicjs.com · 02/10/2025
We’re going live! Couldn’t make it to Stockholm? Don’t worry, you can still join #NordicJS from wherever you are. Tune in to our livestream today and catch all the talks, inspiration, and JavaScript magic in real time. 👉 nordicjs.com/live
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Fränz Friederes @fraenz.frieder.es · 14/07/2025
Yes, #serverless still runs on servers. The difference? They’re not mine to worry about.
Diagram titled “My responsibilities with a serverless stack” showing a vertical stack of labeled boxes. Only “Application code” is left unmarked, indicating it’s the developer’s responsibility. The other layers “Operating system,” “Virtualization,” “Physical hardware,” and “Data center access control” are each crossed out, illustrating that these are not managed by the developer when using a serverless setup.
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Fränz Friederes @fraenz.frieder.es · 11/07/2025
7,500 women helped end WWII at Bletchley Park. Pamela Downing was one of them. I wanted her name on the wall.
Pamela Downing 20 years © morganfourman.com
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Fränz Friederes @fraenz.frieder.es · 10/07/2025
Sequential IDs are faster. UUIDs are safer. I wanted both speed and security, so I picked both.
Screenshot of a database table showing team data with two ID columns: privateId, a sequential number, and id, a prefixed Nano ID like tm_imswzl4d93om used externally. The table includes names like Alice, Bob, and Wierk, and is ordered by privateId.
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Fränz Friederes @fraenz.frieder.es · 09/07/2025
After a year of building my SaaS, I finally integrated Stripe for self-service subscriptions. I almost overengineered billing before ever charging anyone.
Screenshot of Stripe’s product metadata editor, showing plan limits such as data retention days, max active domains, and email volume for a SaaS subscription.
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Fränz Friederes @fraenz.frieder.es · 08/07/2025
My SaaS frontend, built on Next.js, never gets to see a session token. No shared cookies, headers, or credentials. Just a clean API boundary — on purpose.
Diagram showing a strict API boundary between a frontend (Next.js on Vercel) and a backend (AWS SAM on Lambda), connected via a REST API. The frontend moves fast, focuses on UI iteration, has abstracted infrastructure, no access to session cookies, uses push-to-deploy, and acts as just another API consumer. The backend moves slower, is more deliberate, fully controlled, manages HTTP-only session cookies, and uses manual deployments.
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Fränz Friederes @fraenz.frieder.es · 07/07/2025
IP addresses are not for humans. But DMARC reports are full of them, leaving users staring at logs instead of insights. So I enrich them with metadata like country and network owner (ASN) from IPinfo's free dataset, without compromising privacy.
Postgres database table showing enriched IP address ranges with metadata including country code, ASN, and network owner name. Used to provide human-readable IP context in DMARC reports.
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Fränz Friederes @fraenz.frieder.es · 05/07/2025
The best #macOS screensaver is already installed on your device. Look for "Macintosh".
macOS lock screen showing the retro Macintosh screensaver with a pixelated purple design
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Fränz Friederes @fraenz.frieder.es · 04/07/2025
Most of my incoming email traffic hits all at once: around midnight and noon. I needed a system that could absorb the spikes and survive broken code when I ship it. Here’s the architecture I landed on.
A diagram showing the architecture of a DMARC processing pipeline built with AWS components: A component labeled “DmarcSesReceiptRule” represents an SES rule that receives email. It connects to an “S3 bucket” labeled “DmarcInboxBucket” where raw email is stored. This inbox bucket triggers a “Lambda function” labeled “DmarcProcessingFunction” to process each email. Processed reports are written to a final “S3 bucket” labeled “DmarcDataLakeBucket” for long-term storage.
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Fränz Friederes @fraenz.frieder.es · 03/07/2025
Just shipped a tiny feature that made a huge difference: sparklines. These tiny charts now show trends in email volume inside each table cell: spikes, drops, and suspicious patterns. At a glance, they say more than words and numbers ever could.
Table showing four rows of email traffic data. Each row includes a sparkline visualizing the trend of email volume over time, along with total volume numbers and colored indicators showing recent increases or decreases.
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cryptii @cryptii.com · 01/06/2025
Visibility matters—in encryption and in life. Never hide who you are. Happy #PrideMonth! 🌈 #Pride2025
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Fränz Friederes @fraenz.frieder.es · 05/02/2025
I got this in my inbox 🤗 #nordicjs #js
Nordic.js logo: Cute computer icon
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Fränz Friederes @fraenz.frieder.es · 20/01/2025
That was painful
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Kevin Woblick @kevin.woblick.com · 12/12/2024
So, I recently talked to a journalist about Stumbleupon and Cloudhiker. The interview is now part of an article on the BBC Website! 🤯🤩 www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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'There was almost a utopian feeling to it': How StumbleUpon pioneered the way we use the internet
StumbleUpon, a tool that led users to random websites, had a stranglehold on millennials in the 2010s. Its influence echoes through everything we do online.
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The Verge @theverge.com · 10/12/2024
WordPress must stop blocking WP Engine, judge rules
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WordPress must stop blocking WP Engine, judge rules
A win for WP Engine.
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Fränz Friederes @fraenz.frieder.es · 01/12/2024
What is 0? What is 10? The number of friends I likely am recommending them to? #feedback #emailtemplate
Screenshot of a Trade Republic email asking how likely I am to recommend Trade Republic to a friend or colleague listing buttons labelled 0 to 10 below it.
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Fränz Friederes @fraenz.frieder.es · 27/11/2024
In today's dmarced refactor, I moved all messages to a separate #Monorepo package called "intl". It relies on Format.js while email rendering depends on react-email and react-intl. It's amazing that I can hand over i18n logic from non-React library code to TSX. #React #TypeScript #BuildInPublic
A screenshot of Visual Studio Code with the file "en-IE.json" open. It contains hierarchical objects with keys and English messages for "domainReport" and "loginVerification" emails.
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Fränz Friederes @fraenz.frieder.es · 25/11/2024
Okay, I need to follow more people here, my feed is full of NY times 🥹
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Fränz Friederes @fraenz.frieder.es · 24/11/2024
I set up my domain handle! @fraenz.frieder.es who dis 👀
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Fränz Friederes @fraenz.frieder.es · 20/11/2024
Rethinking #email traffic: How source categorization helps you make your #DMARC insights actionable. A #BuildInPublic thread 🧵 1/10
Screenshot of dmarced’s email traffic categories in action. The report is split into three sections: ‘Delivered and fully verified,’ ‘Delivered after being forwarded,’ and ‘Delivered but lacking verification.’ Each section includes a table listing email sources, the number of emails, and trends compared to the previous reporting period, such as increases or decreases in email volume.
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Fränz Friederes @fraenz.frieder.es · 16/11/2024
I‘m a self-employed software engineer, mainly in the #Nodejs & #TypeScript world. Right now, I‘m building dmarced, an email monitoring SaaS working with #dns #aws #serverless. Follow me, if you want to hear from #dev topics like these ✨
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Fränz Friederes @fraenz.frieder.es · 15/11/2024
Hello, World.
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