For the NLNet Betula grant, I had to redesign the logo. The old one was not very recognisable at small sizes, barely looked like a birch, etc. June 2026, I spent several days working on the new one. Turned out, logo design and vector graphics are so much more complicated than I anticipated! Went through multiple approaches until I settled on the final logo. It's live on https://joinbetula.org or instances running newer versions, such as https://links.bouncepaw.com.

An overview of what makes modern CSS so awesome.

I've written a number of little scripts over the years, many of which I use every day. Here's a little collection.

We are adding a new generated code API to Go Protobuf.

Everyone knows micromanagement is evil, but very few understand what exactly it is and what's a better alternative.

When project scope is perfectly decomposed and management rules are clear and strict, speed of delivery is the virtue, not the quality.

The concept of feature flags is simple – it’s essentially just an if. This makes it a very powerful concept!

Жетбрейнсы рассказывают о концепции фича-флагов

In many other languages, you have to not only evaluate testing libraries, but also write your tests in a style that complies with that library’s expectations. Gophers are blessed to have a thoroughly adequate solution out-of-the-box, and even further blessed to have an active ecosystem where folks are making in-depth testing a walk in the park.

Несколько правил, чтобы держать Git приличном виде.

Казалось бы, программисты — люди с точным мышлением, а в жизни все наоборот: в голове кисель.

Для меня выход из ситуации простой: трусы или крестик. Либо ты выходишь из разработки со словами: хорош, я в этом не участвую. Либо пишешь качественный код, понимая, что мир огромен, и у тебя нет возможности контролировать, кто и как его использует. Оба варианта честные и снимают все вопросы.

Сайт с заданиями для создания, редактирования, проверки данных ОСМ

Интерактивные статьи, объясняющие сложные вещи.
Мега круто!

Илья рассказывает как ютюбить

О том, почему ё важна