Jan Schenk (he/him)

Hi! I'm Jan. I'm the Open Source Program Office Lead at Postman. My <3 is with dev communities, diversity & inclusion and making the Tech Industry a safer place for everyone. Pronouns: he/they

Munich, Germany Joined on Jul 31, 2017 https://t1dcyb.org

Education

College Drop-Out since 2002

Work

Open Source Program Office Lead at Postman

Tinkering, DIY and IoT. Community.

Python, JavaScript

I hacked my pancreas with an iPhone. I'm a Type 1 Diabetic running a do-it-yourself automated insulin delivery system also called iOS Loop.

Open Source, OSPO, DevRel, Community.

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Jan Schenk (he/him) for Postman

Mar 23

Your Shortcut to Becoming a Contributor in Google Summer of Code

#postman #opensource #programming #beginners

2 min read

Jan Schenk (he/him) for Postman

Mar 2

Join Postman for Google Summer of Code

#api #beginners #opensource #postman

2 min read

Jan Schenk (he/him) for Postman

Dec 7 '22

Strengthening Collaboration - In A Box

#productivity #career #tutorial

8 min read

Jan Schenk (he/him) for Postman

May 17

Build a successful API by understanding user personas

#tutorials #apidevelopment #apifirst

3 min read

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Jan Schenk (he/him) for Postman

May 10

10 reasons why you have to exceed at documenting

#productivity #postman #beginners #career

4 min read

Jan Schenk (he/him) for Postman

Mar 21

Boosting Your Personal Productivity - Life Hacks

#productivity #programming #career #beginners

2 min read

Jan Schenk (he/him) for Postman

Feb 14

Writing an Open Source Policy

#opensource #tutorial #postman #career

4 min read

Jan Schenk (he/him) for Postman

Jan 31

Why Using GitHub Pages is a Great Idea

#opensource #github #webdev #tutorial

3 min read

Jan Schenk (he/him) for Postman

Jan 24

The Progress on Postman's Open Source Program Office (OSPO)

#showdev #opensource #api #postman

3 min read

Jan Schenk (he/him) for Postman

Nov 24 '22

How Postman's Building Their Open Source Program Office (OSPO)

#showdev #opensource #api #postman

4 min read

Jan Schenk (he/him) for Postman

Sep 16 '22

Announcing Postman v10: The API Platform for an API-First World

#news #api #postman #productivity

8 min read

Jan Schenk (he/him) for Postman

Aug 9 '22

Create Effective Feedback Loops for Better API Governance

#api #programming #postman #governance

4 min read

Jan Schenk (he/him) for Postman

Jul 21 '22

Creating and Using the Run in Postman Button

#discuss #api #postman #programming

3 min read

Jan Schenk (he/him) for Postman

Jul 11 '22

Latest Advancements to Postman’s gRPC Support

#news #api #postman

5 min read

Jan Schenk (he/him) for Postman

Jun 29 '22

APIs to humans - Curse or Blessing?

#discuss #api #datascience #security

2 min read

Jan Schenk (he/him) for Postman

Jun 20 '22

Reducing distractions? Routines? Music? Automations? What's your favourite productivity hack?

#productivity #programming #postman #api

1 min read

Jan Schenk (he/him) for Postman

Jun 21 '22

“Breaking Changes” Podcast: Becoming API-First in the Payment Industry, with Aleksei Akimov

#showdev #api #podcast #postman

4 min read

Jan Schenk (he/him) for Postman

Jun 2 '22

Junior Dev Advocates 🥑? How much experience does one need for Developer Relations?

#discuss #devrel #beginners #career

1 min read

Jan Schenk (he/him) for Postman

May 31 '22

Moar Automation in DevRel - Build a Trip Reports System

#api #productivity #devrel #postman

5 min read

Jan Schenk (he/him) for Postman

May 23 '22

Build Things And Learn. How Do You?

#discuss #productivity #beginners #api

1 min read

Jan Schenk (he/him) for Postman

May 13 '22

Moar Automation in DevRel - Build a Slack bot that notifies you about relevant Dev.to articles

#api #productivity #devrel #postman

5 min read

Jan Schenk (he/him) for Postman

May 9 '22

Supercharge Your API Development with Utility Collections

#api #programming #productivity #webdev

3 min read

Jan Schenk (he/him) for Postman

May 12 '22

There Are Many Paths to API-First — Choose Your Own Adventure

#api #programming #productivity #devops

5 min read

Jan Schenk (he/him) for Postman

Apr 22 '22

Meet Matrix: Postman’s Internal Tool for Working with Microservices

#api #microservices #webdev #aws

6 min read

Jan Schenk (he/him) for Postman

Apr 22 '22

Introducing Environment Forking and Pull Requests in Postman

#api #productivity #testing #programming

3 min read

Jan Schenk (he/him) for Postman

Mar 30 '22

Test Your Web Apps Using the Postman Proxy

#news #api #testing #tutorial

3 min read

Jan Schenk (he/him) for Postman

Mar 30 '22

Announcing Postman’s Launch of the API Lab at BITS Pilani to Promote API Literacy

#news #api #career #computerscience

3 min read

Jan Schenk (he/him) for Postman

Mar 28 '22

Generate Docs from OpenAPI 3.0 Definitions in Postman

#api #productivity #opensource #testing

3 min read

Jan Schenk (he/him) for Postman

Mar 28 '22

Enhance Communication Capabilities in Your App with These APIs

#api #tutorial #programming #webdev

2 min read

Jan Schenk (he/him) for Postman

Mar 2 '22

What Is PlatformOps?

#api #devops #productivity #webdev

8 min read

Jan Schenk (he/him) for Postman

Feb 24 '22

Highlights of the First-Ever API Fest: Powered by Students, for Students

#api #programming #beginners #webdev

4 min read

Jan Schenk (he/him) for Postman

Feb 24 '22

Postman Now Supports OpenAPI 3.1

#api #programming #opensource #devops

2 min read

Jan Schenk (he/him) for Postman

Feb 24 '22

Where Are Black History and Culture APIs?

#discuss #api #programming

3 min read

Jan Schenk (he/him) for Postman

Feb 24 '22

Introducing Postman’s API Uptime Monitor in Open Beta

#api #webdev #programming #devops

3 min read

Jan Schenk (he/him) for Postman

Mar 7 '22

How Do You Become an API-First Company?

#discuss #api #productivity #career

7 min read

Jan Schenk (he/him) for Postman

Dec 10 '21

A DevRel Approach to Prioritising Events

#productivity #career #tutorial

7 min read

Jan Schenk (he/him) for Postman

Dec 3 '21

What Is an API-First Company?

#api #webdev #programming

8 min read

Jan Schenk (he/him) for Postman

Dec 3 '21

The Reimagined API-First Workflow, Part 2: for Testers

#api #programming #tutorial

5 min read

Jan Schenk (he/him) for Postman

Dec 3 '21

The Reimagined API-First Workflow, Part 1: for Developers

#api #programming #tutorial

12 min read

Jan Schenk (he/him) for Microsoft Azure

Sep 23 '19

Serverless September Weekly Content Wrap-Up - Week 3

#serverless #azure #webdev #tutorial

3 min read

Jan Schenk (he/him) for Microsoft Azure

Sep 16 '19

Serverless September Weekly Content Wrap-Up - Week 2

#serverless #azure #webdev #tutorial

4 min read

Jan Schenk (he/him) for Microsoft Azure

Sep 13 '19

Serverless September Weekly Content Wrap-Up - Week 1

#serverless #azure #webdev #tutorial

2 min read

Jan Schenk (he/him) for Microsoft Azure

Sep 5 '19

Serverless September Content Collection

#serverless #webdev #tutorial #productivity

11 min read

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Jan Schenk (he/him)

May 29 '19

Azure-Powered LED Art Installation

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Jan Schenk (he/him) for Microsoft Azure

May 29 '19

Building the Hardware of our LED art installation for Festival X (JSConf.EU and CSSConf EU)

#azure #serverless #javascript #tutorial

12 min read

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