How it started in the early '90s.
About
Beginning
My journey into IT began in 1993 with an Amiga 500. What started as gaming quickly turned into curiosity about how things worked. Coding the first program and seeing that it did exactly what I wanted was the moment it all clicked.
Here we are in the attic with my mate from the early days, hooked up to an Amiga 600 and a Philips CM8833-II. A bunch of floppy disks lying around. I bet we were about to take Yo! Joe! for a little spin.
Hello
I'm a software architect based in Warsaw, Poland, with over 17 years of professional experience in IT. I build clean, minimal, and efficient solutions to complex business problems.
Work & Tools
I specialize in creating high-performance e-commerce platforms, web applications, and websites. I work extensively with bank APIs, ERP systems, warehouses, payment providers, and similar integrations. My primary tech stack is PHP with the Laravel framework. I focus on security, quality, and pragmatism to create products people can rely on.
Soft skills & approach
I make complex technical topics easy to understand, helping connect business and technology. After six years in Australia, I work comfortably across cultures, time zones, and teams.
Hobbies
Outside of work, I enjoy traveling and exploring new places. I'm drawn to street photography and usually shoot with 35mm prime lenses. I'm also into retro computing, especially Amiga systems. In my downtime, I listen to Depeche Mode and collect sealed big-box software from the '90s.

A few opinionated takes on various things

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Feature flags

Feature flags let you put code in production without letting users anywhere near it. A/B testing is a nice bonus.

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Microservices

What could have been a LEFT JOIN is now a thousand network calls.

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Blind trend following

I choose pragmatism over trends. Not every problem needs the latest gizmos.

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Knowledge awareness

Just because you read a famous architecture book does not mean your code needs every pattern from it.

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Chess career highlight

In 1999, I finished 4th in a chess competition in my hometown and won a toilet mirror. The peak of my chess career.

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My top 3 cancers of IT

Microservices · Tailwind CSS · JavaScript frameworks

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Knowledge sharing

When you share knowledge, you do not lose it.

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Favourite Amiga games

Yo! Joe! · Shufflepuck Café · Mortal Kombat I · Battle Chess · Cannon Fodder · Lotus Turbo Challenge 2 · Tanx

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Standards

If something is worth doing, it is worth doing well.

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Fruity Fridays

Zero tolerance for corporate bullshit. Small teams, flat structure, no beating around the bush.

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JavaScript

I prefer minimal JavaScript touch-ups over bloated frameworks. Server-side rendered HTML does not have to mean a worse UX.

Day to Day
I work as a fully remote IT consultant, building software for clients around the world.