Journal
Code, travel, and life notes
A running log of ideas, lessons, and stories from building products and living between projects, usually helped along by AI tools, old notes, and enough chat history to turn rough thoughts into something readable.
Sometimes the finish line isn't the point
I joined a community run expecting to complete my first 7 kilometers. Instead, I discovered that the distance was never the most important part of the morning.
A normal Monday from the Albanian coast
Four years ago, I couldn't have imagined spending a Monday morning answering Slack messages with a view of the Adriatic Sea. A week in Albania reminded me that life doesn't always have to wait for the next vacation.
Frontend engineering in Berlin.
Reflections, lessons and surprises after building a frontend career in Berlin.
"Taking my mother to Rome: seeing someone else's dream come true"
After moving to Germany, I had the chance to take my mother to Rome for the first time. What I didn't expect was that witnessing her joy would become one of the most memorable experiences of my own life.
How localization across 26 languages changed the way I write UI
The release checklist and CI conventions that made rollbacks rare and confidence high.
What staying consistent taught me more than any productivity hack
Small routines outlast bursts of intensity, especially when life gets messy.