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Alexander Ptakhin @aptakhin.name · 26/07/2026

It’s admitting facts, though. I wish responses to this could be just “forbid” or “force” in something, but this usually fixes only some consequences for some time

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Alexander Ptakhin @aptakhin.name · 26/07/2026

And it would not be only immigrants' stories, but the rise of domestic violence stories, where we have overfilled female shelters in Germany, declining overall economic stability, and poverty. Tensions are growing, and psychological stability decreases, leading to radical forms.

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Alexander Ptakhin @aptakhin.name · 26/07/2026

Very sorry to hear about the tragedy at CSD in Berlin. Sad that these events forced me to start writing again and change the direction of my writing after months of thoughtful pause. I'm afraid we'll meet more similar events soon.

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Alexander Ptakhin @aptakhin.name · 29/03/2026

I think teenagers and even younger have access to any content so it would be questionable what's new we can show the them. I think they might grow different & faster in comparison to us, and could be a good opportunity for bonding and talk on adult topics

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Alexander Ptakhin @aptakhin.name · 21/03/2026

Easy! Continuous Integration are yaml files we are writing, modular design is using more than 3 folders for sources, refactoring is leftover from break what the time left after feature development feature and TDD... is a tricky one. Did you see anyone writing tests before code? Weird, not logical! 🤓

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Alexander Ptakhin @aptakhin.name · 16/01/2026

Congratulations! Can't wait to read the full early release preview :)

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Alexander Ptakhin @aptakhin.name · 16/01/2026

Sometimes I see "European Digital Sovereignty" and "AWS" in one partnership sentence. No, sorry, you can pick only one from them.

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Alexander Ptakhin @aptakhin.name · 09/01/2026

Zero on all emails, except family one. The first and only rule to apply to all emails is to mark them as read to remove these counters annoyance.

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Alexander Ptakhin @aptakhin.name · 08/01/2026

Reductionism searches for the root cause. But changing a single thing in one team can affect the other team in surprising ways. Holistic thinking reveals that there may be no single root, but cascading effects in which one problem triggers others, compounding until the system destabilizes.

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Alexander Ptakhin @aptakhin.name · 08/01/2026

Here’s the paradox: – Systems regularly face challenges they weren’t designed to handle – Yet we keep using reductionism—treating entities as just sums of parts while ignoring how those parts interact

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Alexander Ptakhin @aptakhin.name · 08/01/2026

– Are you part of the problem or the solution? – Both. – ...?? We’re all in the same system that created the problem. That’s the uncomfortable truth. But a good reminder for things we know

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Alexander Ptakhin @aptakhin.name · 05/01/2026

Only bad ideas with either a thin client (everything on backend) or a thick client (everything on frontend). Or a bit old-school: the backend serves the frontend with SSR together and keeps the logic (Old Web 2.0 Rails, Django). Maybe a bit of context why additional point of failure could be bad?

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Alexander Ptakhin @aptakhin.name · 05/01/2026

AI dice, you expect a number from 1 to 6, but you receive -1, sqrt(2), -42/17, "AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=wJalrXUtnFEMI/K7MDENG/bPxRfi...", 3

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Marcin Wichary @aresluna.org · 05/01/2026

I wrote a photo essay with 20+ of my favourite tech museums in the world, and tried to figure out what makes a great museum in the process. I am very curious what tech museums you like – and why! aresluna.org/fav-tech-mus...

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Fav tech museums

A photo essay of 20-something best tech museums I’ve been to

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Alexander Ptakhin @aptakhin.name · 05/01/2026

Welcome to the world of Bluetooth headset vulnerabilities. "[We] discovered the custom Bluetooth protocol... pairing was not required.... an attacker within Bluetooth range can connect to the device and manipulate RAM and flash contents without prior authentication." insinuator.net/2025/12/blue...

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Bluetooth Headphone Jacking: Full Disclosure of Airoha RACE Vulnerabilities – Insinuator.net

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Alexander Ptakhin @aptakhin.name · 02/01/2026

Still, the same procrastination-panic feelings about what to write in each 360 performance review for many people to cause less harm within the harmful processes

Scenes from the Office series.
Everybody, stay calm!
Oh, my God! Okay, it's happening! Everybody stay.calm!

Everybody just f****** calm down! Stay f** calm!

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Alexander Ptakhin @aptakhin.name · 02/12/2025

Don’t you dare walk to another room without the phone! I recognize it and give you 2FA to confirm, and a captcha on top just in case 🙃

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Alexander Ptakhin @aptakhin.name · 24/11/2025

If new AI browsers can help get rid of pop-ups over pop-ups across the whole internet, it might be worth a shot. Or not. And have a good Monday! #ai

the image of the main google search page in the browser, and add on top a few pop ups: 1) cookies consent with long text description with marketing, functional and statistics buttons 2) with age check verification 18+ if you want to touch sensitive topics of software engineering and devops 3) captcha with images and requirement to translate a k-pop song to japanese 4) black friday deal to subscription on pro tool for 3 years

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Alexander Ptakhin @aptakhin.name · 16/11/2025

I calculated my maximum was 700 km, and then I had my car evacuated for the first time (and only for now), so I don't have good connotations!

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Alexander Ptakhin @aptakhin.name · 16/11/2025

No, please don't convert it. It's even worse now after crossing the psychological boundary at 1000 km.

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Alexander Ptakhin @aptakhin.name · 29/10/2025

According to the preferences, duelists can choose a weapon: chess, Quake 3 Arena, or Fortnite

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Alexander Ptakhin @aptakhin.name · 28/10/2025

It sounds like a gap in my head, what I KNOW that could be much better in our context, and what I CAN implement. It could also be just excuses:)

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Alexander Ptakhin @aptakhin.name · 28/10/2025

Poor child with always hungry look:)

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Alexander Ptakhin @aptakhin.name · 11/10/2025

XP works. We can't :) ("we" are a subset group of people, who don't)

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Alexander Ptakhin @aptakhin.name · 11/10/2025

This is now "experienced 50,252!"

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Alexander Ptakhin @aptakhin.name · 07/10/2025

Thank you! I'll try to catch the already bought book. I see the implicit presupposition here that for good observation, we should know how systems work. E.g., we often discuss the element, which can bring more harm than usefulness if brought as a block. Or no one is talking about the learning.

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Alexander Ptakhin @aptakhin.name · 07/10/2025

@rebeccawb.bsky.social @mathiasverraes.bsky.social @ruthmalan.bsky.social Thank you for the lovely discussion yesterday! If you can advise, one question followed after the discussion: what could be an approach to choose our own blocks (and understand what's essential for us)? #papersinsystems

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Alexander Ptakhin @aptakhin.name · 07/10/2025

For introvert leaders, if your party is not like this, don't call me. p.s. Okay, I still can occasionally come...

Complaint Party - Let's rant, whine and complain together! COMPLAINT PARTY 1 x Ticket

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Alexander Ptakhin @aptakhin.name · 04/10/2025

We have the best code ever if we stop comparing it with other and self-reflect

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Andrew Harmel-Law @andrewhl.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

🏃‍♂️ I'm running the Berlin Half Marathon 2026 for Sea-Watch.org. They conduct vital search & rescue operations in the Mediterranean, saving lives when others turn away. 21.1km for me = solidarity with their life-saving mission. Please support me: sea-watch.org/en/join-us/m... #BerlinHalf #SeaWatch

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Half Marathon Berlin 20256 – My charity run • Sea-Watch e.V.

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Alexander Ptakhin @aptakhin.name · 22/09/2025

In the Toyota Production System, when workers observed a problem, they stopped the entire conveyor until they resolved the issue. It's contrintuitive, but no, please slow down to speed up sustainably.

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Alexander Ptakhin @aptakhin.name · 22/09/2025

Alex, software engineering is not the traffic. Definitely true, but it's an obvious model demonstrating queue theory. Especially things that increase traffic by 10% from the normal flow can lead to rush hour.

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Alexander Ptakhin @aptakhin.name · 22/09/2025

99 percent of problems in road traffic can be solved by brakes. Not by fast reaction, and wow, look how the driver made a heroic maneuver. What are we doing in tech? We are trying to solve all local issues by speeding up.

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Alexander Ptakhin @aptakhin.name · 01/09/2025

Shall we try harder or this is enough low quality? This is a question!

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Alexander Ptakhin @aptakhin.name · 25/08/2025

Was the vacation long enough if I still remember my corporate laptop password? 🤔

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Alexander Ptakhin @aptakhin.name · 22/08/2025

Yes, generally CAS and bombers aircrafts are not so efficient without air supremacy or at least parity. Not a Stuka-lover:D

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Alexander Ptakhin @aptakhin.name · 22/08/2025

But I think even in this case there is a +1 local environment to run and test frontend things uncovered by tests with backend. I think it's also can be named environment, because of the way it's running like local docker compose vs kubernetes or so on

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Alexander Ptakhin @aptakhin.name · 01/08/2025

The whole week, I was trying to understand what the calendar event "Wrong ideas" I created. Now 5 minutes, how it's in progress. Still no idea.

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Alexander Ptakhin @aptakhin.name · 27/07/2025

Managers are always more responsible for all processes in the company including engineering. And culture and core skillset originate from the top. So, yes very good valid poi… oh wait, squirrel!:)

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Alexander Ptakhin @aptakhin.name · 27/07/2025

Bad advices only. Should be the same caliber, and the same turret just with level 2 guns without rotating. Cons: worse loading and maintenance, worse ship balance because of very high armor. Pros: what a gunship 😂

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Alexander Ptakhin @aptakhin.name · 26/07/2025

Great article Thierry! Thank you for the Socrates session also. I hope we are on the way to brighter future :)

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Alexander Ptakhin @aptakhin.name · 19/07/2025

It was an amazing session to bootstrap more into security topic! Thank you @lisihocke.bsky.social

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Dorota Parad @dorotaparad.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

I’ve finally created a home for some of my scribbles: dorotaparad.ch I will fill it out with my past and new articles in the coming weeks and beyond. (1/6)

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Value Added Thoughts

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Alexander Ptakhin @aptakhin.name · 07/07/2025

Wrong answers only. We ask AI to review the code and another AI to fix the code by feedback! What an amazing CCR!

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Alexander Ptakhin @aptakhin.name · 30/05/2025

Sorry Aleix. Copying issues. miro.com/app/board/uX... And hypothesismapping.com

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Hypotheses mapping template

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Alexander Ptakhin @aptakhin.name · 30/05/2025

Thank you for your talk again! Some links about hypothesis mapping I was talking. Translated cheatsheet: miro.com/app/board/uXjVLhoB0S0… Official: hypothesismapping.com/

miro.com

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Alexander Ptakhin @aptakhin.name · 28/05/2025

Some people from Berlin:) Would be awesome to hear your talk!

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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

One of the cartoons from Physics for Cats

Title: Soren Kierkegaard, 1843

Image: A three panel comic strip that shows Mr Kierkegaard saying
"Life can only be understood backwards" as he walks from right to left through the three frames (i.e. against the usual order in which these panels would be read)

A dog walks from left to right, saying: "But it must be lived forward"

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Alexander Ptakhin @aptakhin.name · 15/05/2025

We are practising very fast, 2 seconds thinking! Because 10 minutes of thinking will save us only from many days of rework

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