middle ground

Do you also have a mischievous AI assistant? It won’t be a big revelation for the advanced ladies and gentlemen in this space, but coding AI assistants can be very mischievous and often cause more hea...

In my first post, I wrote about my first - and at the same time, big - steps with AI-assisted coding. I didn’t know how dopaminergic a coding session could be when, in a matter of minutes, new feature...

This is the story of how I got hired to learn Java, was asked to assess a C# project after joining, and ended up writing a JavaScript plugin running on the Internet Explorer engine. And I couldn’t hav...

I was 29, living my theoretical dream life on an island but carrying some life decisions and problems that had been dragging behind me for quite some time. I don’t want to go into the specifics of the...

This is the story of how I finally released a project. Or, more accurately, how I let myself release a project - because here you are, looking at the result, even though it’s far from “finished.” In t...

Imposter syndrome has been a constant companion throughout my career, showing up from the very beginning. When I was hired as a junior developer while still studying, I felt completely overwhelmed. Tr...

In recent weeks, I've been working on establishing a stronger online presence and building my personal brand. That, of course, came with its own set of challenges — many of which could fill anothe...