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Moin from Lübeck

SÖNKENOMMENSEN

Software developer from Lübeck — also a coffee nerd and steel-bike rider. You'll find me dialing in a pour-over, out on a road bike, or somewhere with a camera.

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01About

Hi — I'm Sönke, a software developer from Lübeck. I like the small details — in a cup of coffee, on a bike, or through a viewfinder.

Most mornings start with a pour-over and a few tasting notes. Most weekends involve a steel road bike and as much open road as I can find.

And somewhere in between there's always a camera within reach, for the small, fast-moving moments I'm forever trying to hold onto.

A few favourite things
Specialty coffeeRoad cyclingPhotographyLübeckSoftware
Home
Lübeck
on the German Baltic coast
Most days
Writing software
with a pour-over nearby
Most weekends
Out on the road bike
steel frame, long roads
02Projects

Things I build after hours

Mostly MCP servers that teach Claude new tricks — plus the occasional bit of hardware.

mailbox-mcp-server

Connects Claude to mailbox.org — search and read mail, manage calendar events and Sieve filters over IMAP, SMTP and CalDAV.

TypeScriptMCPIMAP · CalDAV
View on GitHub ↗

soverin-mcp

The same idea for soverin.net: email and calendar as MCP tools, with connection pooling and a circuit breaker under the hood.

TypeScriptMCPSMTP
View on GitHub ↗

playlists-tidal-mcp

An MCP server for TIDAL — playlist management, catalog search and smart playlists sequenced on radio-programming principles.

TypeScriptOAuth PKCETIDAL API

walkie-talkie

A pair of ESP32 walkie-talkies on M5Stick hardware, built for my kids — soldering, C++ and two very happy field testers.

C++ESP32M5Stick
03Off the clock

When I'm not at the keyboard

Three things keep me sane. None of them involve a deadline.

Specialty coffee

Filter, almost always. I brew on a V60 or my OXO rapid brewer and keep a few tasting notes. The goal each morning: a cup that tastes like more than just "coffee".

V60OXO BrewerFilter

Cycling

Long roads on a steel-framed Fairlight Strael 3.0. Steel because it soaks up the rough stuff and gives a little back, which feels about right for a bike that's mostly about clearing my head.

Steel frameFairlight StraelRoad

Photography

I shoot Fujifilm — mostly light, texture and small everyday scenes. The camera makes me slow down and actually look at things.

FujifilmEveryday18mm
04Frames

Through the viewfinder

A few frames I keep coming back to — home, farther out, and the world through wet glass.

Home — Lübeck & the Baltic
The brick gables of Lübeck’s Salzspeicher and a church spire under a deep blue sky
Lübeck cathedral upside down in a rippled water reflection
Lübeck rooftops at dusk with a red glow on the horizon
Red work barges mirrored in still harbour water
Low sun over wet sand and tide pools on a Baltic beach
Two cyclists in silhouette riding along a dike in hazy golden light
Farther out
Alpenglow on a Dolomites rock face under heavy clouds
Sun rays breaking through clouds over dark mountain ridges
A rainbow over green alpine meadows below jagged peaks
A gondola bobbing in front of San Giorgio Maggiore in Venice
A forest lake below a cloud-capped mountain range
A single sunflower against a sunlit plaster wall
Through glass & frost
Frost crystals on a window pane backlit in gold
Silvery frost crystals spread across dark glass
A market food stall seen through a fogged tarpaulin
Figures behind rain-covered glass in deep blue
Old town houses reflected in a rain-specked car window
Sunlight drawing bright ripple patterns on shallow water
05Contact

Let's say hello

Want to talk coffee, bikes or cameras — or just say moin? My inbox is open.

Email
hi@soenke.me
GitHub
@soenkenils
LinkedIn
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Based in Lübeck, GermanyOn the Baltic coast