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.
I've started working in IT consultancy in 2003 & I had very little idea about what I had just stepped in ;P I already had some professional experience as a programmer, designer & even a team lead of a small squad, but I had yet to learn a...
Being an Internet old-timer has some cons. I miss ol' good times when the word netiquette [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etiquette_in_technology] had some significance. Times have changed and [ ... long, sour rant here ;) ... ]. Nowadays people tend to use some Internet tools mindlessly, without caring how it affects...
Another conference (Confitura 2015 [http://2015.confitura.pl/#/]), another boost of positive energy, inspiring ideas, sense of belonging to dynamic & developing community. I'll skip the usual session reviewing part this time, I'll focus on a very selective list of personal remarks instead: Charity Confitura'...
Few days ago, someone send me the link to short post attributed to Meryl Streep: https://ioadicaeu.wordpress.com/2014/07/31/i-no-longer-have-patience/ In the end it appears that the actual author was a guy named José Micard Teixeira. * Who is he? I have no clue. * What caused the mistake?...
The more I think about it, the more I am against strict code ownership ("my stuff = my commits"). I mean - yes, there has to be someone who 'owns' the piece of functionality (for the sole purpose of supervision, roadmapping, etc.), but the more people put...
My observation is that these days I'm not buying the products (primarily applies to digital goods) or services (over the Internet) anymore. Or rather: not products or services as we knew them few years ago: 1. I don't buy finished books, I buy early versions &...
