Today marks the start of the UCI Downhill and Enduro World Cup event in Bielsko-Biała – my hometown. So, I thought it's only fitting to reflect on how my own approach to MTB has changed over the years, and not necessarily for the better.
Today I came across an excellent write-up about web typography for non-Latin languages. It got me thinking about a simple habit I learned on Tumblr, intended to help catch such issues more quickly.
I haven’t tried paragliding yet. But watching a group prepare to take off on a morning like this, surrounded by the snow-dusted peaks of the German Alps, makes me wonder what the world must look like from up there. A sense of serenity, with nothing but silence and sky all around.
Life works in strange ways. Sometimes, success comes down to being in the right place at the right time – but timing alone isn’t enough. What really matters is how prepared you are when that moment finally shows up.
If there’s one thing that can truly scale infinitely, it’s your AWS bill. And among everything they offer, managed database services are undoubtedly the crown jewel.
Lately, I’ve been diving deeper into microservices architecture. While exploring examples of where they shine and where they fall short, I couldn't help but reflect on how PHP approaches some of these challenges in its own unique way.
The volcano really treated us with this view – often hidden by clouds, yet here it stands in all its glory. Just as the golden hour kicks in. The snowy peak is just the cherry on top.
Just short of two years ago, I started learning Korean, or hangugeo as it's pronounced natively. Even though I already spoke four languages on a good to excellent level before, this might very well be the first time I'm enjoying the process of learning a new language.
I recently came across this post on LinkedIn, a pretty hilarious stab at AI produced content. Anyway, I think they're on to something. It's actually working. At least judging by this gem I got from Google's search AI widget.
Madeira is a small island on the Atlantic, north of the Canary Islands. Also referred to as "Hawaii of Europe". And while that may be an overstatement, I think it definitely bears at least some resemblance.
In 2017, a colleague graciously shared this technique with me, thoughtfully nitpicking one of my first pull requests on the job. I've since made it my own, and even got it to rub off on some others.
Redshift is a little async programming library I wrote in PHP over 9 years ago. Mostly intended as an exercise. I thought it'd be fun to take a few minutes to revisit it and see if there's anything I would've done differently today.
Back in early 2023, I found myself with a shiny new Star Alliance Gold card in my wallet – courtesy of Aegean Airlines. While I did have to go a little out of my way to get it, their program makes it quite easy to retain it after that. Was it worth it?
Unless you've been living under a rock, you've probably noticed a shift happening over the past year or two. Suddenly people left and right are coding, as generative AI agents have made it incredibly easy for anyone to create software. It's not the first time we've seen this kind of shift though!
On this day, exactly eight years ago, I had my first chat with Matt at the end of which he invited me to join Automattic. At that point, I could not have imagined this relationship would ever last this long. But the constant stream of ideas and challenges has kept me busy.
