My side projects plan in 2022/23
1. Abstract I will use this blog as an opportunity to frequent rethinking my direction. This is the very first post to describe my activity. I’m jumping on the …
· 4 min read · Show-your-work
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How meetings destroy software quality
1. Abstract I was debugging a microservice. It was my first time with this code. I realized that everything works till Redis, which is probably not updated. That’s …
Demand for Effectful systems and FP concepts
1. How to write good code One may think functional programming is an abstract concept, not very useful in projects, “I use Java, and it works”. However, this …
· 10 min read · Software, Scala, Functional programming, ZIO
The world is event-driven, so your project should be too
1. Problem Sometimes as a developer, you need to implement a system for a power plant, a banking system, or anything that is not a hello-world project but has many moving …
· 7 min read · Software, Architecture
How to be productive - strategy and projects
1. Abstract I created a personal productivity system, which you can also use. It allows implementing all my ideas. Additionally, it can be considered an organisational …
· 15 min read · Productivity, System, Framework
The essence of Agile
The system I was happy. Finally, after six years of terrible user experience, I was going to close my bank account. The prerequisite for doing this was to repay the …
· 8 min read · Agile, Project, Early-feedback, Real-life-story
What we learn from dissenters
I was a dissenter During my MBA program, I had a great experience during my Fostering Creativity class. In my previous post I described how creativity can be learned and …
· 6 min read · Creative thinking, Disagreement, Team
Creative thinking
I don’t remember having any lesson in creative thinking at school. Yet, creative thinking is fundamental to individuals and organizations. When I first heard about …
· 7 min read · Innovation, Creative thinking, Best company ever
A pragmatic introduction to Statistics with examples in Excel
Let’s say you passed a job interview and was handed a salary offer of $90,000. Would you be happy to accept it? Or consider the interviewer’s perspective: How much …
· 17 min read · Statistics, Excel, Coursera, Learning-by-teaching
Show me your juniors and I'll tell you how good your company is
Companies tend to hire people with or without a modicum of experience and call them juniors. That’s fine. However, I’ve come across managers who would hire as …
· 3 min read · Leader, Project, Junior, Best team ever, Best company ever