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“How do we cut software costs?”
Usually the answer is: smaller team, cheaper vendor, more pressure.
That rarely works.
Usually the answer is: smaller team, cheaper vendor, more pressure.
That rarely works.
July 20, 2026 at 12:04 PM
“How do we cut software costs?”
Usually the answer is: smaller team, cheaper vendor, more pressure.
That rarely works.
Usually the answer is: smaller team, cheaper vendor, more pressure.
That rarely works.
Most IT budgets don’t blow up in one dramatic moment.
They leak.
A bit on maintenance nobody separated from new features. A few “small” scope changes nobody called a budget decision. Technical debt that makes every next change more expensive.
They leak.
A bit on maintenance nobody separated from new features. A few “small” scope changes nobody called a budget decision. Technical debt that makes every next change more expensive.
July 7, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Most IT budgets don’t blow up in one dramatic moment.
They leak.
A bit on maintenance nobody separated from new features. A few “small” scope changes nobody called a budget decision. Technical debt that makes every next change more expensive.
They leak.
A bit on maintenance nobody separated from new features. A few “small” scope changes nobody called a budget decision. Technical debt that makes every next change more expensive.
Project slipping? Budget burning? Roadmap drifting?
Most clients ask for one thing first: more detailed timesheets.
Understandable. Low trust → you want visibility.
But a timesheet tells you who worked and for how long.
It won’t tell you:
Most clients ask for one thing first: more detailed timesheets.
Understandable. Low trust → you want visibility.
But a timesheet tells you who worked and for how long.
It won’t tell you:
June 29, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Project slipping? Budget burning? Roadmap drifting?
Most clients ask for one thing first: more detailed timesheets.
Understandable. Low trust → you want visibility.
But a timesheet tells you who worked and for how long.
It won’t tell you:
Most clients ask for one thing first: more detailed timesheets.
Understandable. Low trust → you want visibility.
But a timesheet tells you who worked and for how long.
It won’t tell you:
"Engineers should sit in the basement and write code."
More boards think that way than you'd expect.
Tech is supposed to stay in the garage. Tech shouldn't touch "the business". Tech shouldn't talk to users. That's what PMs, Product Owners and sales are for.
More boards think that way than you'd expect.
Tech is supposed to stay in the garage. Tech shouldn't touch "the business". Tech shouldn't talk to users. That's what PMs, Product Owners and sales are for.
June 28, 2026 at 10:04 PM
"Engineers should sit in the basement and write code."
More boards think that way than you'd expect.
Tech is supposed to stay in the garage. Tech shouldn't touch "the business". Tech shouldn't talk to users. That's what PMs, Product Owners and sales are for.
More boards think that way than you'd expect.
Tech is supposed to stay in the garage. Tech shouldn't touch "the business". Tech shouldn't talk to users. That's what PMs, Product Owners and sales are for.
W tym artykule bez zbędnych technikaliów wyjaśniamy, co C-level powinien wiedzieć o observability w projektach IT.
June 2, 2026 at 9:56 PM
W tym artykule bez zbędnych technikaliów wyjaśniamy, co C-level powinien wiedzieć o observability w projektach IT.
Coraz więcej firm "wdraża AI".
W praktyce wygląda to tak: ktoś kupuje licencje, rozsyła mailem instrukcję i czeka na cud.
Cud nie przychodzi.
Bo AI nie naprawia procesu. AI go przyspiesza.
W praktyce wygląda to tak: ktoś kupuje licencje, rozsyła mailem instrukcję i czeka na cud.
Cud nie przychodzi.
Bo AI nie naprawia procesu. AI go przyspiesza.
May 31, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Coraz więcej firm "wdraża AI".
W praktyce wygląda to tak: ktoś kupuje licencje, rozsyła mailem instrukcję i czeka na cud.
Cud nie przychodzi.
Bo AI nie naprawia procesu. AI go przyspiesza.
W praktyce wygląda to tak: ktoś kupuje licencje, rozsyła mailem instrukcję i czeka na cud.
Cud nie przychodzi.
Bo AI nie naprawia procesu. AI go przyspiesza.
Presenting Emplexa — HR Management tool that is all about clarity and reducing cognitive load in day-to-day company workflows. HR dashboards often become overwhelming because they try to do everything at once so the goal was to simplify complexity.
❤️ Agnieszka Majchrowicz
❤️ Agnieszka Majchrowicz
May 27, 2026 at 9:56 PM
Presenting Emplexa — HR Management tool that is all about clarity and reducing cognitive load in day-to-day company workflows. HR dashboards often become overwhelming because they try to do everything at once so the goal was to simplify complexity.
❤️ Agnieszka Majchrowicz
❤️ Agnieszka Majchrowicz
The main goal of automation is to minimize the need for human involvement in a task, and there’s quite a lot of room for it, especially in the back-office departments of many companies: HR, finance, customer service, supply chain management & IT help desk.
May 24, 2026 at 9:57 PM
The main goal of automation is to minimize the need for human involvement in a task, and there’s quite a lot of room for it, especially in the back-office departments of many companies: HR, finance, customer service, supply chain management & IT help desk.
Today we celebrate the 15th Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) - ! The purpose of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital access and inclusion, and the more than One Billion people with disabilities/impairments.
May 21, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Today we celebrate the 15th Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD) - ! The purpose of GAAD is to get everyone talking, thinking and learning about digital access and inclusion, and the more than One Billion people with disabilities/impairments.
"A lot of people think that Musk companies are fast because people work so hard.
Yeah, you work hard.
But so much of it is automated, and the level of robotic aid, virtual and physical robot aid is higher than I’ve experienced anywhere...
Yeah, you work hard.
But so much of it is automated, and the level of robotic aid, virtual and physical robot aid is higher than I’ve experienced anywhere...
May 19, 2026 at 1:02 PM
"A lot of people think that Musk companies are fast because people work so hard.
Yeah, you work hard.
But so much of it is automated, and the level of robotic aid, virtual and physical robot aid is higher than I’ve experienced anywhere...
Yeah, you work hard.
But so much of it is automated, and the level of robotic aid, virtual and physical robot aid is higher than I’ve experienced anywhere...
Software development automation is no new invention.
However, as generative AI tools took off, the potential to make things even more mechanical skyrocketed.
Yet, it is not a panacea, and not every automation makes sense.
So, what should you (not) automate, why, and how?
However, as generative AI tools took off, the potential to make things even more mechanical skyrocketed.
Yet, it is not a panacea, and not every automation makes sense.
So, what should you (not) automate, why, and how?
May 17, 2026 at 10:00 PM
Software development automation is no new invention.
However, as generative AI tools took off, the potential to make things even more mechanical skyrocketed.
Yet, it is not a panacea, and not every automation makes sense.
So, what should you (not) automate, why, and how?
However, as generative AI tools took off, the potential to make things even more mechanical skyrocketed.
Yet, it is not a panacea, and not every automation makes sense.
So, what should you (not) automate, why, and how?
Most AI automation projects don't fail because of the tech.
They fail because nobody warned the client about the human stuff.
They fail because nobody warned the client about the human stuff.
May 10, 2026 at 10:02 PM
Most AI automation projects don't fail because of the tech.
They fail because nobody warned the client about the human stuff.
They fail because nobody warned the client about the human stuff.
Here is Agnieszka's take on a futuristic NFT marketplace, built around the idea that creators should be at the center of everything. This concept imagines a more immersive, gallery-like experience where digital art lives in its own space.
❤️ Agnieszka Majchrowicz
❤️ Agnieszka Majchrowicz
May 6, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Here is Agnieszka's take on a futuristic NFT marketplace, built around the idea that creators should be at the center of everything. This concept imagines a more immersive, gallery-like experience where digital art lives in its own space.
❤️ Agnieszka Majchrowicz
❤️ Agnieszka Majchrowicz
"People are obsessed with automation and they’re going to come up with new ways of automating things that don’t need to be automated.
...
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May 5, 2026 at 12:57 PM
"People are obsessed with automation and they’re going to come up with new ways of automating things that don’t need to be automated.
...
...
What we’re all doing right now with AI is in its core automation. And automation is neither good or bad itself, but it can be done right or wrong.
May 3, 2026 at 10:04 PM
What we’re all doing right now with AI is in its core automation. And automation is neither good or bad itself, but it can be done right or wrong.
We ran an analysis on our Product Health Checklist, a tool we use internally to assess how our projects are doing. We went through 3 years of our weekly Product Sync meetings and looked at whether any of the ~50 questions in the checklist correlate strongly with project outcomes.
April 12, 2026 at 10:00 PM
We ran an analysis on our Product Health Checklist, a tool we use internally to assess how our projects are doing. We went through 3 years of our weekly Product Sync meetings and looked at whether any of the ~50 questions in the checklist correlate strongly with project outcomes.
Most banking apps look like they were designed for people who already understand banking. Zeni is a concept that starts from the opposite end — what if the first real financial tool in a teen's life felt more like a game than a spreadsheet?
April 8, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Most banking apps look like they were designed for people who already understand banking. Zeni is a concept that starts from the opposite end — what if the first real financial tool in a teen's life felt more like a game than a spreadsheet?
After years of rescuing struggling projects, we've identified 5 red flags that show up right before a crisis:
April 7, 2026 at 9:57 PM
After years of rescuing struggling projects, we've identified 5 red flags that show up right before a crisis:
Since AI can now write code for us, do we even need to care about “Clean Code” anymore?
Some people are saying that Clean Code is now a “waste of time.” They argue that if an AI can just spit out a working app in seconds, we shouldn’t care how the code looks inside.
Some people are saying that Clean Code is now a “waste of time.” They argue that if an AI can just spit out a working app in seconds, we shouldn’t care how the code looks inside.
March 26, 2026 at 1:58 PM
Since AI can now write code for us, do we even need to care about “Clean Code” anymore?
Some people are saying that Clean Code is now a “waste of time.” They argue that if an AI can just spit out a working app in seconds, we shouldn’t care how the code looks inside.
Some people are saying that Clean Code is now a “waste of time.” They argue that if an AI can just spit out a working app in seconds, we shouldn’t care how the code looks inside.
Unused code isn’t just a “developer problem.” It’s a business problem – one that slows your team down, inflates your budget, and compounds over time. Worse, it scales faster than linearly.
March 19, 2026 at 8:26 AM
Unused code isn’t just a “developer problem.” It’s a business problem – one that slows your team down, inflates your budget, and compounds over time. Worse, it scales faster than linearly.
Hiring consultants to “fix” a software project can be the safest decision you make.
It can also become the most expensive one .
Here are 5 traps we keep seeing when companies bring in external consultants for software delivery:
It can also become the most expensive one .
Here are 5 traps we keep seeing when companies bring in external consultants for software delivery:
March 12, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Hiring consultants to “fix” a software project can be the safest decision you make.
It can also become the most expensive one .
Here are 5 traps we keep seeing when companies bring in external consultants for software delivery:
It can also become the most expensive one .
Here are 5 traps we keep seeing when companies bring in external consultants for software delivery:
The most expensive decision in an IT project is: adding budget without knowing why the previous one didn’t work.
Because budget overruns rarely have a single cause. Most of the time it’s a combination of 2–3 patterns piling up:
Because budget overruns rarely have a single cause. Most of the time it’s a combination of 2–3 patterns piling up:
March 5, 2026 at 2:01 PM
The most expensive decision in an IT project is: adding budget without knowing why the previous one didn’t work.
Because budget overruns rarely have a single cause. Most of the time it’s a combination of 2–3 patterns piling up:
Because budget overruns rarely have a single cause. Most of the time it’s a combination of 2–3 patterns piling up:
How AI boosts personal productivity 3/3
The biggest shift in AI isn’t “better writing.” It’s doing real workflows across multiple files.
Many tools still struggle with:
The biggest shift in AI isn’t “better writing.” It’s doing real workflows across multiple files.
Many tools still struggle with:
February 24, 2026 at 12:04 PM
How AI boosts personal productivity 3/3
The biggest shift in AI isn’t “better writing.” It’s doing real workflows across multiple files.
Many tools still struggle with:
The biggest shift in AI isn’t “better writing.” It’s doing real workflows across multiple files.
Many tools still struggle with:
How AI boosts personal productivity 2/3
A simple rule for AI automation: “Would I delegate this to a human assistant?” If the answer is no, it’s usually not worth automating.
This “assistant test” prevents you from building automations just for the sake of it.
What works best:
A simple rule for AI automation: “Would I delegate this to a human assistant?” If the answer is no, it’s usually not worth automating.
This “assistant test” prevents you from building automations just for the sake of it.
What works best:
February 23, 2026 at 2:16 PM
How AI boosts personal productivity 2/3
A simple rule for AI automation: “Would I delegate this to a human assistant?” If the answer is no, it’s usually not worth automating.
This “assistant test” prevents you from building automations just for the sake of it.
What works best:
A simple rule for AI automation: “Would I delegate this to a human assistant?” If the answer is no, it’s usually not worth automating.
This “assistant test” prevents you from building automations just for the sake of it.
What works best:
How AI boosts personal productivity 1/3
The more AI tools you try, the less value you often get.
Sounds counterintuitive, but tool overload creates chaos - not productivity.
Here are 3 principles worth applying immediately:
The more AI tools you try, the less value you often get.
Sounds counterintuitive, but tool overload creates chaos - not productivity.
Here are 3 principles worth applying immediately:
February 19, 2026 at 7:00 AM
How AI boosts personal productivity 1/3
The more AI tools you try, the less value you often get.
Sounds counterintuitive, but tool overload creates chaos - not productivity.
Here are 3 principles worth applying immediately:
The more AI tools you try, the less value you often get.
Sounds counterintuitive, but tool overload creates chaos - not productivity.
Here are 3 principles worth applying immediately: