The adventure began on October 17th, as I had my flight to Baku, Azerbaijan.
My Lufthansa ticket was a combined ticket, with first a train from Munich to Frankfurt, then a direct flight to Baku.
In theory, I would receive the train ticket when I do the online check in. However, the onl...
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When you ask people what they'd do with time and money, many, like me, immediately picture epic travels. Personally, I'm embarking on a journey, starting from lively Baku and making my way back to Western Europe.
I love Europe. While I've explored most European countries, the Caucasus remains unch...
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This is my journey to my first half-marathon race.
Technically I did a half Marathon before, in 2020. However, I did it on my own, using my watch GPS, on a flat path, without specific training. I completed it in 2:04:15. The end was very painful for the legs. In March this year, I decided to regi...
Continue reading...TL;DR: If you'd like to meet up (anywhere in Europe), fill out this form and I’ll try to make it happen.
I'll admit it – I'm not good at keeping in touch. Over the years, I've had the pleasure of knowing incredible people - friends, colleagues, and acquaintances. But often life leads us in diffe...
Continue reading...Let’s imagine that one day, you make a deal with your employer. They will pay you a generous salary for 6 months, but there’s one constraint: you can no longer work for the company. You might have a nice project at work with great colleagues and multiple work objectives… But no, it’s a hard rule. Yo...
Continue reading...This blog post describes the design of Starlark, the language used to specify builds in Bazel. Cross-posted on Bazel blog.
Many years ago, code at Google was built using Makefiles. As other people noticed, Makefiles don't scale well with a large code base. A temporary solut...
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