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Some time have passed in the new job and my role shifted to being hands-on technical leader.

Yay, I got a new job offer!

A new tech radar was just shipped by Thoughtworks!

Last month Andrej Karpathy introduced a new term - "vibe programming", which essentially means going with the flow of AI suggestions, accepting it and seeing what happens.

Lately, I have shipped several solo projects using Cursor AI and Claude.

Discover the critical challenges companies face when deploying generative AI in production systems, from hallucinations to compliance requirements and technical regressions.

Many engineers wonder what it takes to turn into Staff engineers.

I've finished reading "Modern Software Engineering" by Dave Farley.

IT job market is much tougher than it used to be in 2022.

For many, Advent is a special time saved for reflection and preparation.

Explore the latest insights from Thoughtworks Technology Radar Volume 29, including emerging trends, recommended technologies, and strategic advice for software development teams.

In October this year I attended an IT conference branded as having a different approach than everyone else.

After being in GAT for over 2.5 years and working closely with CTO, I've observed and learned a lot.

We are in the second half of 2023 and our approach towards remote work has shifted since the start of the pandemic from love to doubt.

Since the beginning of the IT industry, we couldn't find a decisive answer on how to properly measure software engineering productivity.

Every company wants to have the best engineers they can afford.

I just finished my half-year workation experience in Athens, Greece!

Entire software engineering community debates on the influence of current AI revelations on our industry.

In the final part of the series about learning, I'll focus on discussing topics of knowledge retention - from Ebbinghaus Forgetting curve, through plastic platypus learning up to PKM systems, commonplace books and Zettelkalsten.

This is the second post in my series about my different levels of awareness around the topic of learning.

It's difficult these days to keep up with constantly changing technology.

Life would be so much easier, if we could just get user manuals to understand other people.

Almost every bigger company is looking for software engineers these days, and still, I claim that starting your first job in IT is not easy.

While working with people, you constantly battle through tough choices.

For over a year now I'm working in GAT as a full time engineering manager.

When I was preparing for one of my talks, I've encountered the concept called #NoEstimates.

Netguru is a big software house in Poland.

Around two years ago, we've made decision to use gem called React on Rails.

Discover powerful leadership principles from Jocko Willink's Extreme Ownership book that can transform your approach to responsibility, team management, and personal accountability.

Discover key insights and practical lessons from The Phoenix Project, the legendary DevOps novel that revolutionizes IT operations and software delivery practices.