Geek, agilista, blogger, codefella, serial reader. In the daylight - I navigate & lead software engineering. #lean #design #aws #elixir #analytics. I speak here for myself only.
Disclaimer: This will not be a typical post from No Kill Switch. You know: one that follows one of two patterns - either "hypothesis -> answer -> summary" or "thesis -> confirmation/denial -> summary". Instead, expect something much more chaotic -...
How are things? Is the business going right? Nothing unexpected going on RIGHT NOW? Or let me ask in a little bit different way: if there was anything wrong going on with your platform, how would you know? How quickly would you be able to spot the issue? Who'...
Spotify [https://www.spotify.com/pl/home/] has revolutionized the music industry - it's a fact, not an opinion. I couldn't help falling in love with it at the very first glance. It brings tens of millions of instantaneously available songs, personalized recommendations, dedicated apps for...
Living in times of pandemic has a lot of cascading side effects. Keeping the social distance has reduced the number of social interactions within professional communities by a level of magnitude. Some fellows I've used to socialize with every few weeks, I see now twice, thrice a year....
Each time I'm getting interviewed (e.g., while recording a podcast episode, during a conference), I struggle with answering one particular (and relatively frequent) question: > What advice would you give to aspiring programmers when it comes to tech skills? Which programming language, framework, or tech stack should...
We're living with the COVID-19 pandemic for more than 12 months already. And yet, according to my observations, surprisingly many people still do not get it: * why is it considered so dangerous? * does the threat level justify our lives being turned upside down (the issue of personal inconvenience)...
