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.
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...
I've read a good book about technical leadership and seniority in engineering recently - "Staff Engineer" [https://www.amazon.com/Staff-Engineer-Leadership-beyond-management-ebook/dp/B08RMSHYGG/] by Will Larson [https://twitter.com/Lethain]. I've already reviewed it here [https://www.goodreads.com/review/...
Have you ever played AD&D [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons]? If so, you probably remember the mechanism its creators used to capture characters' worldviews. The innovative (for those times) alignment system [http://www.easydamus.com/alignment.html] was made of two independent variables: * approach...
Disclaimer (and a short reminder): this blog post represents my personal observations & opinions. It should not be affiliated in any way to my prior or current employers and (in particular) cannot be treated as an unofficial or official statement on their behalf. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Public cloud is everywhere these days. It&...
We live in odd times. Information was never so accessible, neither it traveled across the world with such a velocity as it does today. Yet, the truth becomes more and more subjective and ... relative. Being loud and popular is these days far more important than having hard evidence on your...
