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.
People are super-creative when it comes to using tools - in a good and ... not-so-good sense. Sometimes they dig out incredible new scenarios the tool's creators never thought about, but sometimes they twist, exploit and spoil good intentions for the sake of their personal convenience, comfort or the...
Disclaimer: this blog post was triggered/inspired by an article you can find here [https://thehftguy.com/2020/08/26/technical-debt-doesnt-exist/]. I strongly encourage you to get familiar with it - whatever I put below is built on it as a foundation, so all the kudos go to The HFT...
> (no, this is NOT a blog post about football) Yesterday, Legia - currently the best football team in Poland (no, I'm not their fan, so I have no emotional attachment towards them) has dropped of the Champions League (CL) qualifications in the 2nd elimination phase (of 4)...
The recruitment interviews I host aren't pure practice. One of the stages I explicitly distinguish is called "engineering background check". Some do call it "the theoretical part" (because I ask candidates to explain a particular term to me), but it's only half-true....
I believe everyone is familiar with the popular saying that one can have 10 years of experience or 10 x 1 (the same) year of professional experience. If you don't get the difference - it's all about being exposed to new experiences (that can be substantial...
How do you learn and expand your skills since you've graduated and started your professional career? Obviously, a blog post is a one-way communication, so I don't know your answer, but let me tell you what I expect. Generalizing a little bit - I see two...
