A paper notebook is one of the key tools in my professional work 📓🖊️. Although I couldn’t measure it, I somehow knew it made me more effective. Now I found the evidence. Pen&paper notes activate long-term memory areas in your brain 🧠, compared to working memory (your brain’s RAM)

Happy Labor Day to those who celebrate it today! I remember times when occasions like this (long weekends, extra days off) were only distractions - from growth, career goals, and work objectives. Today I know this short pause is priceless. It's time to stop, recharge batteries and reflect on what's

Here is my pattern for progressing and achieving goals. Today I've finished another OCR run—the longest one in my life - 13km. And I did 100% of the 50 obstacles. Next stop - +21km / 70 obstacles on trail&OCR run. Seven months ago, I barely did 6km. And I

A paper notebook is one of the key tools in my professional work 📓🖊️. Although I couldn’t measure it, I somehow knew it made me more effective. Now I found the evidence. Pen&paper notes activate long-term memory areas in your brain 🧠, compared to working memory (your brain’s RAM)

Here's a great podcast episode by Abi Noda and Laura Tacho on engineering productivity 🎧. DORA, Space, and the latest research on Developer Experience, which brings Cognitive Load, Feedback Loops, and Flow State as core dimensions of DevEx. One catch that resonates with me a lot: "Very few companies need 100%

I've just read a great article in Harvard Business Review (I still have a weakness for printed magazines) which resonates with me so much. Research says - the more busy people are, the more their efficiency drops. When incentives come from busyness and "hard work", over time, employees go on

Here's a test of the strong relationship between a leader and their team. See how comfortable for you and the team is to share information about a product's incident (e.g., a screenshot of the dashboard, which shows a few-hours drop in stability). Teams with a weak relationship are reluctant

Here is the simplified vocabulary for engineering leaders. Practical explanation to fluffy management words. To micromanage - tell them exactly what to do with minimal context. To empower - give them support, autonomy, and context (business, product), so they can use their skills and potential to solve customers' problems and

One of the recurring themes from my mentoring sessions across different industries is this. Not-yet-agile teams are often reluctant to introduce project management tools (e.g., JIRA) or monitoring / goals-tracking solutions (crash analytics, KPIs dashboards, etc.). The reasons are primarily due to miscommunication and trust between teams and management. Management's