Exchanging ideas and learning by doing

In this blog, I offer an individual perspective on things and events. I write about tech, web, aviation, and travel.

From zero to overkill, journey of tech founder

The story of my indie founder experience at Valisa. How we tuned the engine in flight, what worked and what didn't, and why I reevaluated the company path.

Innovation-friendly software

Our world relies on vintage technology. Chemical terminals use 25-year-old tools that work in Internet Explorer 5 only, trains run on Windows XP, and who knows what Perls you may find in a traditional banking sector?

Complex solution to a simple problem

How a tiny change revealed that my website became unmaintainable. What I learned about managing complexity. And how to make difficult engineering decisions.