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Garage for engineers. Place where you can find notes, tutorials, experiments, concepts explanation and more.

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Closing the Garage

I built the https://frodigo.com/ as a space for programmers who value traditional coding. A place where we write code ourselves, where AI doesn't use us — we use AI. A small rebellion against the vibe coding era.

Mar 27, 2026

AI is taking away our independence

I have been working with Cursor AI for 8 months intensively in my corporate job. Recently, I conducted an experiment that is quite unusual these days. I wanted to solve the task without using any help from AI. I have used web searches, Stack Overflow, and, more importantly, I have started writing code with my hands.

Dec 9, 2025

The authenticity of leadership

In winter 2021, the CTO of VueStorefront sent me a message, "We would like you to lead the Vue Storefront Magento team." After years of writing code and being a "pixel-perfect" frontend developer, this was my chance for promotion. However, as I was about to discover, the path from being a skilled programmer to an effective tech lead was far more demanding than I had imagined.

Dec 9, 2025

NumPy Essentials

I’m learning machine learning and I’m at level 0, just getting started. Last week, I was exploring things related to NumPy, and the result of my learning is a Jupyter notebook, which I wanted to share with you.

Nov 7, 2025

Configuring AI coding tools is a new bike-shedding

Developers used to laugh at those who spent hours configuring Neovim instead of simply using JetBrains (or another VS Code) and writing code. Now, modern developers spend hours selecting and configuring AI coding tools, then pat themselves on the back for creating a prompt, which is supposedly great.

Oct 24, 2025

Omarchy review after a month of using

A month ago, I became the owner of a Framework Laptop 12 and needed to install an operating system on it. I chose Omarchy, and in this article I wanted to describe my experiences with it over the past few weeks.

Oct 17, 2025

Setting up Nextcloud on Raspberry Pi 5 using Docker

My goal was simple – to move photos from Google Photos and Apple Photos "to my own server." I decided to try NextCloud and installed it using NextCloudPI, a custom-built distribution for Raspberry Pi.

Sep 24, 2025

Why I build my own RSS feed for Obsidian Publish website

Obsidian and Obsidian Publish are great tools and they allow you to write and publish content like a nitro. I couldn't imagine what can go wrong when using Obsidian publish. Then after a few weeks I realized what is the weak point that i haven't seen before: RSS feed .

Apr 17, 2025

What well-known life laws I confirmed when I did a kitchen renovation

It was a cold winter evening, somewhere in the countryside. Spouses were sitting on a comfortable green sofa and tasting various snacks (unfortunately, unhealthy).

Apr 13, 2025

Why teaching kids how to program is not easy

It was a cold winter day. The temperature in my place was around -5 degrees Celsius (outside, of course).

Apr 7, 2025

How I failed at writing a blog many times and what I would do differently if I could turn back time

I’ve been trying to write a blog for many years. I published my first post back in 2017. By now, I wish I could say I’m a good writer with hundreds of posts behind me.

Apr 5, 2025

I migrated website from Astro.build to Obsidian publish

Programmers who want to be writers should focus on writing, not on endlessly rebuilding their blog platforms.

Apr 5, 2025

Historical cryptography algorithms

My first task on the cybersecuirty learning roadmap course at studies was about experimenting with historical cryptography algorithms.

Mar 28, 2025

Onboarding to coding after being a tech leader for 4 years

I worked in the e-commerce industry for more than 10 years, starting from frontend development to leading teams. In the end, I have realized that instead of doing what I truly love- writing code that solves problems - I have spent my time on moderating meetings, filling sheets, and creating Jira tickets.

Mar 27, 2025

Caesar Cipher Implementation in C Sharp

Let's start from theory

Mar 26, 2025

Blog

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Feb 9, 2025

How and Why I Moved My Blog from WordPress to Astro and Markdown

I love writing and have been publishing articles on my blog for several years while constantly working on improving my writing skills. At the same time, as an engineer, I tend to (perhaps unnecessarily) pay attention to the technical aspects of my blog. Initially, my site was a simple WordPress setup. Over time, I expanded it to include support for two languages and the Elementor plugin for easy…

Jan 15, 2025

How Saying ‘I Don’t Know’ Can Make You a Better Software Engineer

For several years, I’ve been working remotely, and one of the most annoying things in my work are certain types of meetings. Imagine a situation where a Product Owner/Engineering Manager/anyone else who makes decisions in your project organizes a meeting. There’s no agenda; you can only guess from the meeting name, which usually looks like “something sync”. You can’t deduce anything from it.

Jan 7, 2025