Author: Oleksandr
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Book review – Piranesi by Susanna Clarke
I find it very hard to read fiction as an adult. Since my school days, we’ve been taught that books are a valuable source of knowledge and that one should treat books as a serious matter. I’ve had — and probably still have — this mindset for most of my life. Because of that, I…
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Frutiger aero – the future we were promised…
… but never received. Frutiger Aero (/fruːtɪɡər ɛəroʊ/) is a design style that was prevalent from the mid-2000s to the early 2010s. It originated in user interface designs, but later influenced various other media. It was named in 2017 by Sofia Lee of the Consumer Aesthetics Research Institute, and reemerged in 2023 as a social…
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Book review – NEXUS: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI by Yuval Noah Harari
I have enjoyed all of Harari’s books that I’ve read. So, when news of his next big work arrived, I was excited and eager to dive into it. That’s why this review (and probably all the reviews I’ll ever write) is entirely subjective. I’m not trying to say whether the book is objectively good or…
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My first time experience as a bootcamp mentor
Not so long ago I had a great opportunity to be part of the mentoring team at a bootcamp organized by the Centre for Information Technology (pl. Centralny Ośrodek Informatyki). The bootcamp, called New Us in IT (pl. Nowi MY w IT), aimed to help people start their journey in the tech industry while emphasizing…
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Hello world!
Every new journey in programming should start with “Hello world”. I’ve decided that the very first post on my brand-new personal website should start with it too.