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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Composition vs. Inheritance

Good design is not composition over inheritance. It’s knowing when each one makes sense.

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Back to basics

Learn HTML. Everything else is just an enhancement.

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KPI

For most companies, you are a KPI in a spreadsheet. Act accordingly.

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Attention to detail

I do not trust developers who use grids or flex in CSS but ignore consistent item heights.

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My top 3 cancers of IT

Microservices · Tailwind CSS · JavaScript frameworks

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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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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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Cloud

There is no such thing as the cloud. It is just someone else's computer.

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Respect legacy

If it works, do not touch it. Legacy systems are often a sign of maturity, especially when they generate revenue.

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AI

Maybe instead of building more, should we focus on building better?

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Early returns

I prefer early returns. Deep nesting is a code smell, and "else" often makes it worse.

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