Employment isn’t a stepping stone to freedom — it’s a carefully furnished cage. It can be very comfortable: a predictable salary, a familiar schedule, clear scenarios for the year ahead. But the limit hides in that very predictability — on a salary, it’s nearly impossible to grow to the point...
Preface Back when I was a teenager I had yet another blog, and one of the key posts there was a note with a list of books I’d read that year. I kept updating it constantly. At the end of the year it was nice to look back and see...
Preface I started this blog specifically to document my constantly shifting interests. It’s time to talk about hi-fi, in-ear monitors, and digital audio players. I’ll try to gather everything I’ve learned over the past week and a half into one piece, though I’ll admit upfront: structuring this isn’t easy. A...
First Experience Using LLM Manus About a month ago I applied to participate in testing LLM Manus, and today I finally got an invite. On the free tier, users get 1000 tokens for content generation. My first prompt looked like this: “I’d like to fly to Turkey from Moscow with...
Guitar Mastery in 1/10 the Usual Time Goal Reach a confident performer level on guitar in a short time by focusing on high-yield practice. Learning Principles Minimum theory, maximum practice — learn only what you can apply right away. Skill separation — playing = motor skills + rhythm + chords...
In this article, I’ll walk through the process of building a modern blog with Jekyll and Cursor. We’ll cover all the key features, technical decisions, and advantages of the chosen tech stack. Why Jekyll? Jekyll is a static site generator that turns text files into a polished website. Here are...
Hey friends! Today I’ll tell you a fun story about how I decided to try something new in development. You know those moments when you think “what if…”? That’s exactly what I had. Meet My New “Partner” So, I decided to build a schedule management app. Normally I wouldn’t even...
Exactly a year ago, I stepped into a gym for the first time. I was 26 at the time, and two things pushed me toward that decision — the number on the scale after the New Year holidays and 26 years of a sedentary lifestyle scared me (at 188 cm...