Blog — Aspiration and Advisory

Many project managers and leads think that the customer should not participate in the development process. However, proper exposure may give more information to the customer and provide valuable feedback to the technical team.

Business, TechnicalYevhen ShyshkinFebruary 2, 2022development, flow, workflow, customer, presentation, discussion, adaptation, feature, technical, team, communication, support, processComment

Knowledge and Confidence

Why people who know a lot are always confident, but not vice versa? What are the primary sources of knowledge? How to build a foundation for confidence? The following article answers these and some related questions.

On Stress Management

No matter how experienced you are and how many projects you have completed, you face stress. Some people do that often; others do not, but all of them handle it one way or the other. Here are some best practices to ease, release and prevent the stress caused by your job.

CommunicationYevhen ShyshkinNovember 24, 2021stress, management, fight, acceptance, past, present, future, source, meditation, family, friends, books, classes, psychotherapist, happy, lifeComment

Family And Friends

These two groups of people are the most important people in our life. Lots of people can tell that family is more important than friends, but not all agree. However, this is not that important. The important is why they are so important and how they help us.

CommunicationYevhen ShyshkinSeptember 15, 2021family, friends, acceptance, help, support, presence, share, join, feel, understanding, friendship, maintenanceComment

Why People Make Mistakes

It may look like a straightforward question, but in fact, it is not. There are tons of factors that may lead to mistakes, and most people never think or try to avoid them. The following article categorizes these factors and sources and quickly explains why it happens.

Communication, BusinessYevhen ShyshkinAugust 25, 2021people, mistake, knowledge, experience, conference, human, factor, internal, external, category, explanationComment

Fix Issues Every Day

Not many developers are genuinely passionate about the quality of their code. However, the ones that do care about it use many interesting best practices. Today I would like to share one of such best practices.

Business, TechnicalYevhen ShyshkinAugust 18, 2021issue, fix, quality, time, technical, business, management, thinking, simple, customer, satisfaction, productComment

Software Engineering in School

When should children study programming in school? How to involve them in IT projects? What are the benefits of technical education? The following article answers these and some related questions.

The Best Programming Language

There are tons of articles that compare different programming languages trying to find the best language. They compare paradigms, technology stacks, frameworks, community, and so on. Here is my take on this question.

Software Localization: Typical Mistakes

Tons of applications and websites claim they are localized for most of the markets and languages. The actual situation is a bit different. They added support of multiple languages and data formats but forgot about other crucial aspects of being friendly for the international customers. The following article covers typical mistakes such applications and websites make.