May 28, 2021Member-onlyThe practical way of coming up with ideasThere’s a strange phenomenon caused by the world we’re living in today, especially when it comes to technology and business. In our society, the definition of business success is strongly tied to the size of the business. Bigger means better. I know a lot of people who want to start…Idea Stream4 min readIdea Stream4 min read
May 10, 2021Member-onlyDevOp Sagas — One year with a Raspberry PI Kubernetes ClusterEver since my first ssh command, I’ve been a network geek. Having my share of experiences with terminals, tunnels, virtual machines, switches, routers and what-not, looking at a bunch of LEDs flickering inside a network rack gives me a certain satisfaction. So the idea of a not-your-typical home network always…DevOps6 min readDevOps6 min read
Published in haktos·Updated Jan 5, 2021Member-onlyIs Software-Couture still a thing in the No-Code Age?Looking back at the last 5 years, it’s amazing how no-code/low-code platforms were able to democratize app development. It reached a point in which almost anyone with an idea can start a tech business with little to no development skills involved. The market of no-code is in continuous growth, which…No Code4 min readNo Code4 min read
Published in The Startup·Nov 20, 2020Member-onlyLetter From Future Self — Is Freelancing for You?“Hey…I know we’re one year apart. For you, it’s 2019, November. You just got back from a 6-months long business trip in Germany. Christmas is knocking on the door and you just can’t wait to spend time with your family. In the meantime, you’re making ambitious plans for 2020 and…Freelancing6 min readFreelancing6 min read
Published in haktos·Nov 9, 2020Member-onlyHow do On-Demand apps shape our lifestyleThe on-demand economy feeds on our society culture of impatience and instant gratification. — We all know “there’s an app for everything”. Everyone with a smartphone today has used at least one on-demand service app, be it Uber, Airbnb, Amazon or Netflix. What Uber did to the taxi services has helped shape the entire on-demand economy we know today. Uber identified a service (taxi…On Demand Economy4 min readOn Demand Economy4 min read
Published in haktos·Oct 23, 2020Member-onlyHow No-Code Democratizes App DevelopmentThe No-Code Revolution is already here. The pursuit for automating, simplifying and overall improving services and businesses is what brought us from the first industrial revolution back in early 19th century, through the Digital Revolution and Information Age all the way in the present day of what is called Fourth…No Code6 min readNo Code6 min read
Published in haktos·Oct 7, 2020Member-onlyAdopting GraphQL, so you can keep the RESTHeads-up. This is not a GraphQL how-to, but a reassessment of the benefits. I’ve read this analogy somewhere between GraphQL and REST which really stuck with me and I think puts things in perspective. Let me paraphrase: “Imagine you ask for a banana and you actually get a banana instead…GraphQL5 min readGraphQL5 min read
Published in haktos·Sep 24, 2020Member-onlyDesigning bad APIs is easy. Good APIs are art.For the past several years it feels like this hype of good UX vs bad UX is getting more and more traction, which, honestly, is good a thing, because both product stakeholders and end users are getting more aware of how important the UX umbrella actually is and how it…Software Development6 min readSoftware Development6 min read
