Scanning the market, finding the gaps
Every few months, I scan the job market. I want to know where I stand and whether I'm still moving in the right direction. This time, I went through several full interview processes. I targeted scaleu
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We Gave Agents More Tasks and Forgot to Give Them the Right Problem
I hear this over and over again: "Let's max our use of AI agents." It sounds smart. Agentic coding is getting better every day; every org is feeling pressure to use it more. But optimization is not al
Why don't we have .lock files in .NET
If you ever worked with Node, Go (precisely a checksum), or Rust, you’ve seen lock files like Cargo.lock, yarn.lock. However, it’s not that common in .NET, and everything just works. So, to understand why .NET doesn’t need them (mostly), we first nee...
Writing more in 2026
I plan to write a bit more this year. Nothing too ambitious - just capturing thoughts as they come, publishing short monthly updates to reflect on how things are evolving. Writing helps me. It forces me to think more clearly, and I have been doing it...
Intro to Load Balancers
Lately, I've been on a quest, searching for resources that could break down the concept of Load Balancers in a way that's digestible yet not superficial. I aimed to discover something neither too generalistic nor too focused on implementation details...
Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology
This book stands out as the highlight of the year so far. First, even if you are not very interested in the topic the book form is amazing. Chris is a very good writer.The book unfolds through numerous chapters, each reading like a compelling short...
Letter to past self
'We do not learn from experience... we learn from reflecting on experience' ― John Dewey It is very hard to give any suggestions regarding career development, especially for those who only start the journey. However, looking back I hope I have some ...
