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What is the system supposed to do?
May 13, 2024
In nearly every legacy system, what the system does is more important than what it is supposed to do. [Working effectively with Legacy Code] Let me describe...
The future of work with AI
February 11, 2024
It's yet another day where I don't need to use short multiplication formulas. Does this mean that our school education was a complete waste of time? Perhaps,...
Strengths and Weaknesses, Obstacles and Satisfaction
February 3, 2024
There's a book titled "Zaczyn. O Zofii i Oskarze Hansenach" written by my favourite Polish author, Filip Springer. It's a biography of a married couple of...
Increase talent density bullshit
November 29, 2023
Every day, I read about yet another company cutting their workforce to increase profitability, and every single time, my reaction is - what the hell?! We can...
I’ve read “Engineering Principles for Information Technology Security” so you don’t have to
February 17, 2023
My summary is as follows: “(…) The security policy begins with the organization’s basic commitment to information security formulated as a general policy...
The critique of Micro Frontend
January 2, 2023
On 19 June 2019, Cam Jackson published an article called simply Micro Frontend. Micro Frontend - An architectural style where independently deliverable...
How to talk about refactoring
October 23, 2022
There’s one serious problem when talking with managers about refactoring. Many people tend to call a task or a project refactoring when in fact they...
How to talk about Tech Debt
October 23, 2022
Sometimes it’s hard to convince a manager to pay back a Tech Debt of a project, even just a little. I’m sure you know what I’m talking about. Maybe it’s a...
The empirical value of unit tests
October 23, 2022
Despite the fact that many experts do everything they can to emphasize it, there are still many projects around the world that lack even a single unit test....
What’s going on with those CJS, AMD, UMD and ESM?
October 23, 2022
Nowadays, it’s hard to imagine a world without JavaScript being modern and multi-platform language, but some more experienced developers surely remember time...
How cool patch-package is?
October 23, 2022
It’s one of those libraries, it’s love at first sight and you don’t want to cheat on it with anything else. Working on modern web applications means,...