Zlatin StanimirovAnecdotal and non scientific comparison between Gemini and ChatGPTGemini and ChatGPT are powerful tools, but neither is a silver bullet. Existing comparisons between Gemini and ChatGPT often stay at a high…Apr 26Apr 26
Zlatin StanimirovTechnical Debt versus Premature OptimisationThe goal of any development team or engineering organisation is to maximise business value.Apr 1Apr 1
Zlatin StanimirovReflections on the complexity of multi product projects and integrationsAs my role of Delivery and Technical Lead is coming to an end it feels like the right time to have a few posts focused on some of the most…Feb 27Feb 27
Zlatin StanimirovDetecting and fixing errors in the .Net Core documentationI’ve been getting to know the C# / .Net Core ecosystem. It’s nice. Much nicer than I imagined.Feb 14Feb 14
Zlatin StanimirovHow not to burn out during large refactoringsDuring my career as a developer, there are 2 times I nearly burned out. (Also a time I did burn out, early on, but this is the story for…Jan 23Jan 23
Zlatin StanimirovOptimizing an SQLite instance with database normalization and refactoring the codeThe past 3 articles I’ve written have been about one of my closed source projects. It tracks the price on items in the biggest local shops…Jan 16Jan 16
Zlatin StanimirovIntroducing Static Sharding to an SQLite BackendI am recently reading up a bit on sharding and wanted to make an experiment — to introduce static sharding to an backend project I have…Jan 14Jan 14
Zlatin StanimirovIs automating tasks significantly faster with AI ?Recently I wrote that I am tracking the prices on some items from a few local online stores. The gist is, there is a small web app in…Jan 8Jan 8
Zlatin StanimirovOne year of tracking prices of local online shops — the resultsTl;dr: Last December I wrote and deployed a price tracker for a few local sites. This article explores the build process and the results…Dec 21, 2023Dec 21, 2023
Zlatin StanimirovIncreasing velocity during downturn and when already working at nearly full speedSo, your team is reduced and expectations are higher than ever ? You were already moving at nearly full speed. What are you as a lead…Dec 18, 2023Dec 18, 2023