Mon Aug 24 2026
About Me
Titbits of information on who I am and what I'm upto
Let's divide what I'm spending most of my time on into 3.
1. A Senior Software Engineer
I got into coding after a first career in marketing, PR, teaching, and academic management — hooked from the moment I built a small site whose sole job was to make fart noises. Taught myself, freelanced on some genuinely interesting projects, worked at MerixStudio, and I'm now a Senior Software Engineer at VEED.
These days that means Next.js and TypeScript day to day, and lately a lot of time in AI engineering — RAG pipelines, agents, evals — outside of it.
This blog is where the knowledge from both goes. I write the post I wish existed when I was stuck on the problem, in the spirit of "learning in public" — a concept I picked up from Kent C. Dodds via this talk. If one developer finds something here useful, that's enough for me.
2. A PhD (now Dr.)
The curious academic side of me likes teaching, reading and writing, which is why I did a PhD at the University of Economics in Poznan — since completed. My research looked at how Augmented Reality impacts consumer behaviour, funded in part by a Preludium grant from Poland's National Science Centre. You can find the published work on my research profile.
3. Keeping fit
You'd think that something like keeping fit wouldn't be here, but it is as staying active is a huge part of my life. It's what I consider to be a meditation of sorts as it helps me disconnect from things. It's also the habit that taught me the value of staying consistent to get better at literally anything and the importance of a structured life. These are lessons that I carried with me when I was learning how to code, learning how to conduct research and today when I am trying to become a better version of myself.
It's also good to get your butt off of the computer once in a while to prevent chronic back pain.
Finally
If you're still here, and the reason you popped into my blog is to look for advice on how to teach yourself to code, do write to me on LinkedIn. It was and is a steep learning curve, and I'd love to help you out in any way I can.
If you have any other comments/suggestions on how I can improve the content here, do let me know in the comments.