“Today, I escaped my anxiety, or rather, I discarded it, for it is within me.” — Marcus Aurelius Worrying and overthinking help to deal with anxiety. Our minds want to prepare for every possible scenario and help us to build an action plan if and when things go wrong. …

Introduction I was lucky to build a few very successful design systems from scratch for different companies. Fortunately, I also had a chance to see and experience a few which were a total waste of time, an absolute disaster in planning, execution and most importantly — implementation. …

“Human brains works like self-steering torpedo going towards the goal (target is known). If it gets off course, negative feedback will be provided and it will correct itself. If it over-correct, negative feedback will be received and mistake corrected.” — Maxwell Maltz, Psychocybernetics Give feedback as soon as you can…

The healthy approach — A little bit of story how did we got here. We’ve all been there at some point in time. App versions are simplified to just whole numbers and increment with every release… or not. The randomness and lack of rules didn’t help when working in a larger organisation and where multiple teams may get involved in a single codebase. …

We don’t often think about how our jobs (software engineering, I mean) are full of discrimination. We don’t see it because it’s a part of being a software engineer, and we sit too deep in it. Sounds sad, but that’s the truth on every level and in absolutely every (no…

A bit of history… Back in 2016, we introduced a new frontend architecture and had to move towards a better, more organised, and more robust branching strategy (honestly, before that, it was just wild west, and we usually just pushed stuff to master release them). Our starting point wasn’t Git Flow or other commonly…

The journey from an individual contributor to a manager is relatively quick if we aim to settle down quickly thinking, “I arrived”. However, the journey to becoming a true leader (with or without a formal rank or title) is long, and to be honest, it never ends. Books are the…

We can put a lot of effort into designing the best interview process in the world. We can spend an enormous amount of time finding people from diverse backgrounds. We can do our best to judge people fairly and ask insightful questions. But, in the end, it doesn’t matter what…

The Challenge Many companies face the challenge of going part- or full-time remote as it seems like a new norm and expectation from employees. More flexibility is required, whether due to saving money or your employees want more time with their families — many different reasons, all important. …