Programming Write Stupid Code This is very much a re-interpretation of a post by Thorsten Ball, written back in 2015. Like him, I too came to the same realization, years after I first stared Preslav Rachev 30 Aug 2020 • 1 min read
Dev Culture It's Time to Stop Fantasizing About Being a Software Developer It's a job like any other. Unless you learn to treat it as such, you're up for a big mental surprise. Preslav Rachev 11 Aug 2020 • 3 min read
Programming Give Me Back My Monolith Give Me Back My Monolith by Craig Kerstiens is something I have been ranting about for quite some time. It is thus good to see other people standing on the Preslav Rachev 23 Mar 2019 • 1 min read
Dev Culture Re: Talk, Then Code My response to Talk, then code by Dave Cheney: I cannot emphasize how important communication is in today's IT industry. In fact, if they paid me a penny for every Preslav Rachev 19 Feb 2019 • 1 min read
Dev Culture Don't Build Your Products Around Technologies. Build Technologies Around Your Products A great technology is one that helps you solve a particular problem without becoming the centerpiece of your product. Preslav Rachev 18 Jan 2019 • 2 min read
Productivity Dark Mode for the Web Using Dark Reader Switch to using a dark UI everywhere, even when browsing your favorite Web pages. Preslav Rachev 4 Jan 2019 • 1 min read
Dev Culture Software Disenchantment: A Slightly Philosophical Look As a software developer who roams around the social media circles, you might have already stumbled upon Nikita Tonsky's post. I have been tinkering with programming every since I can Preslav Rachev 6 Oct 2018 • 3 min read
Dev Culture Yes, You Are Allowed to Use Google for That Knowledge workers spend 40% of their time looking up available information. Remember this quote, if you are new to software development, and nervously step through the door for your first interview. Preslav Rachev 7 Jul 2015 • 2 min read
