Tomasz Wierzbicki
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One Person Can Be Right
I remember sitting in a dark apartment three years ago, staring at a single, cryptic Slack message from a client while my coffee went cold.…
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A Starter You Actually Maintain
I spent three weeks at a logistics startup trying to build the “perfect” automated scaffolding engine, complete with custom CLI tools and complex CI/CD abstractions.…
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An Undocumented Command Does Not Exist
I once spent three hours on a Sunday morning trying to debug a deployment script, only to realize I’d forgotten the specific flag needed to…
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Rebase With a Backup Branch
I still remember the exact feeling of my stomach dropping in a dimly lit office back at the logistics startup—that cold, hollow sensation when you…
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A Language Sticks When You Ship Something
I spent three years in a high-end language institute thinking I was making progress because I could conjugate irregular verbs in a vacuum. It felt…
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It Works for Everyone Except Four People
I remember sitting in a dark office three years ago, staring at a dashboard that looked perfectly green, while a Slack channel was absolutely melting…
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Make Is a Menu for Your Project
I once spent an entire Saturday at a logistics startup trying to figure out why our CI pipeline was failing, only to realize the “sophisticated”…
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Learn the Thing Your Next Job Uses
I spent most of last Tuesday staring at a half-finished Rust project and a pile of “Roadmap 2024” bookmarks, wondering why I felt so behind.…
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A Branch Older Than a Week Is a Problem
I’ve sat through enough “agile transformation” workshops to know that most people treat git workflows like a religious ritual rather than a tool. They’ll spend…
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Keep the Parts, Throw Away the Product
I’ve spent enough time in production incidents to know that most “architectural advice” is just expensive noise designed to make engineers feel important. People love…