https://bsky.app/profile/alexanderkondov.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexanderkondov.bsky.social/post/3m2be2qmuik24I like to write about the software engineering stories that sit on the margins. We've all been asked about the Strategy design pattern during interviews, but few of us know that the inspiration behind it didn't come from the software engineering field. It came from an architect.03 Oct 2025 05:38 +0000at://did:plc:w2o236gr2ptkxvxhurf362mf/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2be2qmuik24https://bsky.app/profile/alexanderkondov.bsky.social/post/3m2abmuk4ek24The only non-negotiable thing I do every day is write. 8-9 every morning, bebop jazz, good coffee 50% of what I write turns out to be pure slop, and I throw it out. 30% has potential and can turn into something good with heavy editing. And 20% is actually good writing that I’m proud of.02 Oct 2025 19:21 +0000at://did:plc:w2o236gr2ptkxvxhurf362mf/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2abmuk4ek24https://bsky.app/profile/alexanderkondov.bsky.social/post/3m27amfqq4k24Been a while. Here's a write-up. https://fragmentsofcode.substack.com/p/the-intro-to-distributed-systems02 Oct 2025 09:31 +0000at://did:plc:w2o236gr2ptkxvxhurf362mf/app.bsky.feed.post/3m27amfqq4k24https://bsky.app/profile/alexanderkondov.bsky.social/post/3ljxnio7tc22rI need to start posting here more frequently09 Mar 2025 18:17 +0000at://did:plc:w2o236gr2ptkxvxhurf362mf/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljxnio7tc22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexanderkondov.bsky.social/post/3ljpjsm7sf22iThe term "clean code" leaves the impression that we're looking for an aesthetic quality in the code we write. But it's always been about maintainability, not beauty.06 Mar 2025 12:49 +0000at://did:plc:w2o236gr2ptkxvxhurf362mf/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljpjsm7sf22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/alexanderkondov.bsky.social/post/3lfc5y6zhw22dLet's create something today.09 Jan 2025 07:32 +0000at://did:plc:w2o236gr2ptkxvxhurf362mf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfc5y6zhw22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexanderkondov.bsky.social/post/3let7nixuys2iYou can read the first 25% of most non-fiction books and get the point.03 Jan 2025 08:52 +0000at://did:plc:w2o236gr2ptkxvxhurf362mf/app.bsky.feed.post/3let7nixuys2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/alexanderkondov.bsky.social/post/3leragckmlc2xAfter all this time I still mostly use 3 React hooks in 99% of cases - useState, useEffect, and useContext. To reach for something else it has to be a super specific situation. Also, no performance optimizations unless I can measure an actual problem.02 Jan 2025 14:01 +0000at://did:plc:w2o236gr2ptkxvxhurf362mf/app.bsky.feed.post/3leragckmlc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexanderkondov.bsky.social/post/3lbrvycxkv22zTook me 10 years to figure out that the challenge is not building the thing but running the thing in production for a long time.25 Nov 2024 16:11 +0000at://did:plc:w2o236gr2ptkxvxhurf362mf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbrvycxkv22zhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexanderkondov.bsky.social/post/3lbroz63stk2iWhen I inherit a legacy project I focus on two things: 1. Can I run it locally? 2. Can I deploy it? If the answer is "yes" to both, every other problem becomes much easier to handle.25 Nov 2024 14:06 +0000at://did:plc:w2o236gr2ptkxvxhurf362mf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbroz63stk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/alexanderkondov.bsky.social/post/3lbp3d6qsmc26I’m not a 10x engineer. Not even close. Maybe above average on a good day. I just want to build things. I write simple code so I can maintain it. I structure things so I don’t have to remember where they are. I follow principles so I have solutions to common problems.24 Nov 2024 13:09 +0000at://did:plc:w2o236gr2ptkxvxhurf362mf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbp3d6qsmc26https://bsky.app/profile/alexanderkondov.bsky.social/post/3lawozldalc2zEarly in my career I had the constant fear that I'll hit a problem that I won't ever be able to solve. But every time I hit one I managed to find a solution. With time the fear that you don't know enough gets replaced with the confidence that there's a way around even the gnarliest of problems.14 Nov 2024 20:25 +0000at://did:plc:w2o236gr2ptkxvxhurf362mf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lawozldalc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexanderkondov.bsky.social/post/3lavzelxjf22yI did a review of blusky's react app structure last year. Don't know if it's still relevant but it was very interesting at the time. It was (and still is) the only mobx codebase I've looked at. https://alexkondov.com/reading-code-bluesky/14 Nov 2024 13:57 +0000at://did:plc:w2o236gr2ptkxvxhurf362mf/app.bsky.feed.post/3lavzelxjf22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/alexanderkondov.bsky.social/post/3la6y63uqog2bObligatory hello world post.05 Nov 2024 10:04 +0000at://did:plc:w2o236gr2ptkxvxhurf362mf/app.bsky.feed.post/3la6y63uqog2b