Around 2003 a lot of my friends were talking about web development. They were doing PHP, HTML and CSS. I got excited, bought a book about PHP, and tried building something. I thought everything about the experience was horrible. Web development felt like trying to build an application on top…

It seems like everybody needs software engineers. Demand is much higher than supply. This translates to jobs with good pay and lots of options to choose from. Want a full-time job? Startup job with equity? Remote contract work with 3 months off every year? No problem! When I was just…

I’ve always admired people who are really good at something and wondered: How did this person get so good at this thing? Examples: Programming, sports, Fortnite. Now I took the summer off work I finally realised how people do it. Tl;dr: They practice a lot. One of my main hobbies…

tl;dr: Choose the difficult classes. I studied computer science at the excellent Faculty of Mathematics and Physics at the Charles University in Prague. I’m forever grateful to our amazing teachers for what they taught us. In the first two years, we did a lot of math, theory about algorithms and…

Why iOS and Android engineers should talk to each other — You might be familiar with the following situation: At your company you have separate Slack channels: #ios-engineering, #android-engineering iOS engineers watch WWDC, Android engineers watch Google I/O iOS engineers go to iOS conferences and follow iOS people on Twitter, Android engineers go to Android conferences and follow Android people on…

In the last few years the field of AI has advanced so quickly and so much has been written about it, chances are you‘ve heard about some impressive results in natural language processing. For example, by reading Wikipedia a program can learn to complete analogies: man is to king is…

My dad switched jobs recently. He left his job as a mechanic and opened a bike shop in his garage. After five years, he realized he was making less money and working longer hours and went back to his original job. …

Software Engineers are often not excited about meetings. Meetings are an easy way to waste time and kill productivity. However, if done well they can be useful and fun. Here are some tips: tl;dr Keep the meeting short Finish early Have an agenda Timebox topics Make a decision 1. Keep the meeting short You’ve probably been…