We all know there are lots of people unhappy with their work. It is not that easy to find something that meets all Ikigai criteria. I heavily believe that doing something meaningful, fulfilling yet financially rewarding is achievable for lots of people, maybe even most of them. One of the Read more…
This is another productivity advice that I do not hear often. It is easy to apply and makes a difference for others as well. It is a “No-hello policy”, pretty well described here: No-hello Policy: How not be annoying. The rule is simple – if we want to ask someone Read more…
The second productivity tip for a programmer is so obvious that I almost never hear about that. I guess we all have read tons of posts about mastering our toolset, languages, time management, and so on. Maybe you have a different experience, but I almost never hear about the need Read more…
There are lots of tips and tricks that can make our life and work easier. I love them because thanks to simple things I can save lots of time and effort every day. Therefore, I am going to share a few things that work for me. I can be the Read more…
I guess nobody likes creating Jenkins jobs. And probably their maintenance is even worse if done manually. There are a bunch of tools that come to the rescue and I will describe them in a nutshell. Create your local Jenkins in less than a minute To achieve this pretty tight Read more…
Update: I have moved my blog and personal page to WordPress (and that is why dawidkotarba.github.io is not accessible). Still, GitHub pages together with the Jekyll are a great alternative. While it needs more work to customize the page than using WordPress, this option gives fantastic flexibility and ease in Read more…
This post is going to be pretty short, even though it took me more than 10 years of commercial experience and days of thinking to finally write that. Generally speaking, I am going to create yet another programming blog. Even if that may sound boring, hundreds or thousands of other Read more…