We live in an unprecedented era of customizability of physical goods and services. One problem that still appears relatively unsolved is the proliferation of settings. I will speak about software, since it’s the domain I’m more familiar with. Many could argue, this is a problem only if your application doesn’t Read more…
People often ask me why do I blog and how much time do I spend doing it? I often reply that some posts take 3 months to write or longer and I see shock on their faces. Yes, it’s an overkill in many cases, in reality only a small percentage Read more…
I’ve been contemplating recently if there is value in legacy code and if so, what is it? It’s the result of inheriting a new codebase coupled with more free time at home due to social distancing because of COVID-19. I’m sharing below my findings and conclusions. What is ‘legacy code’ Read more…
This year during 4-8th November 2019 in Lisbon, Portugal, I had the pleasure of attending the WebSummit Conference. To my pleasant surprise, I won a free ticket via the open source initiative on their website. It was my first year attending this conference, so there were plenty of impressions to Read more…
Welcome to Part IV of the series. If this is your first encounter with this collection of articles, it might be worth having a read through the first three parts. All of which are relatively short – Part I, Part II, Part III. Never use language keywords as object keys Read more…
I often get asked why markets behave the way they do. If I had an exact answer to this question, I’d be a billionaire. Hundreds of books are written on this topic, each with its own sound reasoning. It’s an industry that employs hundreds of thousands of smart analytical people, Read more…
For the first time ever, I attended the Python Software Foundation’s PyCon Conference in Cleveland, USA. I was nothing short of impressed, a great variety of talks and keynotes and very friendly people. I consider myself an intermediate python developer, but the talks were suitable for all knowledge levels. The Read more…
Welcome to Part III of the coder to software engineer series. You might be interested in reading the first two posts – Part I and Part II. Optimization is mostly useless You would meet a lot of perfectionist in the software engineering profession. They like to optimize their code, like Read more…
It’s not once I’ve reiterated that predictions are a loser’s game. I don’t expect this to be any different here. I’ve pondered on this opinion piece for more than two months. It’s by far the one I’ve struggled the most to express clearly in words. The idea I want to Read more…
There is no other language that divides the software development community today as much as JavaScript does. It’s a language with rich history and the way it got to the state it is in today is no coincidence. Let me say it upfront, I like JavaScript as a programming language, TypeScript Read more…
I often like to contemplate on what professions will the future hold. In 10 years time, we’ll definitely have jobs nobody could foresee today. Predicting the future is tough. Ask Jeff Bezos who says that people ask him the wrong question – “What will change in 10 years time?”, rather Read more…
This is the continuation of the discoveries I’ve made since switching from coding as a hobby to a profession. If you haven’t read the first post, you can find it here. Text Editors vs IDEs This could be an entire post by itself, hardcore VIM users vs. EMACS vs. fans Read more…
When I made the switch from finance to software development, I was doing mostly scripting on small projects, nothing major. Since I started the job, I learned a bunch of very valuable lessons. I didn’t have a Computer Science degree, just a passion to tinker and invent things. Many of Read more…
As a person who’s always been keen on trying the latest gadgets. In the past 2 years I discovered the almost ultimate nerd-vana – The Smart Home gadgets and gimmicks. So I decided to share my findings, I thought you might find them helpful if you’ve also started that journey or Read more…
This is by far the most requested post I’ve had from friends. As a person who has been exposed to both sides, people are curious on what my opinion is. I’ll start from the absolute basics and build up. I want to reiterate, this is my own personal opinion and Read more…
I’m a big fan of TED Talks. There’s a little bit of everything for everyone. Below are the 5 talks that have influenced me most and changed my understanding of the world one way or another. I can’t recommend enough TED and the value of creative thought it promotes. I Read more…
It was not long ago that email ruled the world. A technology invented in 1960s, in my opinion, reigned until the 2010s. Companies made (still are) billions from selling software working on an ancient and proprietary protocols. The idea was quite simple, benefits like cost-effectiveness and delivery speed – undisputable. Read more…