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Software engineer with broad experience in different areas and technologies - from web to embedded and mobile.

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How I switched from ruby to elixir and to learn it better - built a product

Hey everyone! In this post I wanted to share some of thoughts from my learning process. I'm developing apps for about 15 years, with main lang - ruby and ruby on rails framework. Over my career I worked with pretty much everything - embedded developm...

Advanced form components with Alpine and Rails

Sometime ago I posted article about alpine.js usage with Ruby on Rails app and also another article about ViewComponents Today I want to show you how can you implement really advanced form(and not just) input components. By advanced I mean something ...

White-label mobile apps with Flutter & Fastlane

For more interesting content follow me on Twitter, I post daily there! Recently, I’ve been working on an app core intended for distribution as a white-label solution. For those unfamiliar, a white-label solution involves creating code that can be cus...

Open Graph Protocol: Improving your SaaS visibility on social networks

Do you need it? Yes. I, as indie hacker with no budget to promote my app updatify.io, use all available tools. OG protocol is one of them. It takes literally few minutes to add, but it greatly improves your visual visibility on social networks. Here'...

Alpine.js for Ruby on Rails Developers: Simplifying Frontend Development

As a Ruby on Rails developer, you're used to the "convention over configuration" philosophy and the power of a full-stack framework. But when it comes to adding interactive elements to your frontend, you might feel torn between the simplicity of vani...

Using component based approach in your Ruby on Rails app

Since the beginning of ages we were using partials in our Ruby on Rails apps. I think everyone remember good old app/views/shared folder where many of us kept parts of our UI. It was right approach when you wanted to reuse some parts of html. The onl...

Desktop app development with flutter

For a long time desktop app development was hard and expensive. If you were creating app, you probably had to create 3 apps at once - windows, macOS and linux. There were tools such as QT, wxWidgets, copperspice and other frameworks which allowed to ...

What is self hosting and how your software engineer career can benefit from it?

This might not be the most popular topic during your coffee breaks, but it’s something every engineer should try at least once. Here’s why... What is Self-Hosting and How Does It Work? When people hear "self-hosting," they often imagine server racks ...

How we built mobile MVP app for free

At ProdigyTech, we prioritize our clients' success and sometimes offer free services when we see opportunities to enhance their existing products. While working as a Ruby on Rails engineer on the StatusGator app, I also engaged in several side projec...

Going for #1 ProductHunt

Going financial.... About a year ago I've joined a new startup called Cashews. I really liked the idea of providing users easy way to know how many can still they spend today without going broke by next salary, however I had 0 idea how should it work...

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Have you even been in situation when you have blog, blog1, blog_api, blog_fe projects stored on your computer ? And each of them has different template, built using different language/framework ? Most of them like 40-50% done, but not ready for deplo...