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.
How do you tell if a company is remote-first? Get them all into a room and wait.
This is what I'd call a happy accident. About a block away from Grand Central, on a gloomy January morning, I was presented with this scene. I completely missed the focus, but such is life. We live and we learn. Still, it ended up being one of my favorite shots from the trip.
Lately, I keep coming back to The Elephants of Mars — Joe Satriani’s latest solo release — and it's really starting to grow on me.
Time is the one resource we'll never get more of, yet somehow, it's one of the first things we forget when planning a project. If we know we're doing the right thing, then this is just what it takes, right? Maybe. But my advice would be to try and dig a little deeper.
"Program testing can be used to show the presence of bugs, but never to show their absence!" - Edsger W. Dijkstra.
This is easily one of my favorite quotes when it comes to software engineering.
I recently found myself pondering some questions about dealing with asynchronous requests in React specifically, and figured it might be worth sharing.
With all the recent shakeups in international trade - mostly the U.S. and China wrestling for control while everyone else tries to get a hold of what's even going on - I figured it would be a good time to share a story about the time I tried to get a product made in Europe.
It’s things like these that sometimes drive me crazy. It doesn’t really prevent me from doing anything, but I can’t help but notice it every single time. I also kind of did this to myself.
Life doesn't always line up perfectly. But every now and then, the universe gives us a moment that feels just right — and that’s something to look forward to.
It's been a while since I last published anything... and it certainly wasn't for the lack of content or ideas. I dropped the habit after my server went up in flames and just haven't picked it up since.
My name is Kuba and I'm an engineer with a great passion for understanding how things work and appreciation of details. This has taken me on some great journeys, way beyond just software.
So, who are you?
Professionally, I'm fortunate enough to have worked on quite
