Calendar or it didn't happen
It's 7pm in Prague. I'm on a call with New York, where it's 1 PM and nobody in the room is thinking about bath time. In the next room, my partner is doing the evening shift on her own — the one I had
Welcome, I'm Jakub!
👋 Hey, I'm Jakub – Software Engineer based in Prague. I went full circle from IC to EM and now I'm back. Don't hesitate to drop me a DM and ask for anything!
Latest articles
The Day My Product Leader Out-Engineered Me
We’ve all been there — convinced of our technical brilliance, armed with data, ready to shoot down ideas that contradict our findings. And then… reality checks in. As a senior engineer, I pride myself on spotting optimization opportunities. Who doesn...
Analyzing Your Webpack Bundle Like a Pro
Welcome to today’s article, where I’m excited to share a few tips on how to analyze your application’s JavaScript bundle. Specifically, I’ll guide you through identifying the reasons behind bundling certain dependencies. Let’s dive in from the very b...
The Ultimate Git Flow: Trunk-Based Development and Stacked PRs for the Win
Hmm, the title sounds a bit clickbaity, doesn't it? However, I would like to take the time to discuss the git flow I'm using, what it entails, and why I believe it is essential for high-performing teams in this article. As always, I write this articl...
Lessons Learned from Building Products: The Power of Outcomes over Outputs
In this article, I reflect on my journey as a software engineer and the lessons I've learned from building products. Through my experiences, I've come to understand the importance of focusing on outcomes rather than outputs, and I believe this approa...
A Reflection on My Social Media Usage in the Era of Elon Musk
Recently, when Elon Musk took over Twitter, it made me really reflect on my stance on social media. I wouldn't consider myself to be a great Twitter power user - though I've been on Twitter since 2009. My last approach, a strategy if you will, was to...
Scaling Monorepo: To Infinity and Beyond!
A tale about how Nx helped us to overcome scaling issues of our monorepo
How We Revamped Our RFC Process at Productboard
A year and a half ago, I took the opportunity to build the Frontend Platform team that I’m still leading today. While I did this for many reasons, one of them was particularly striking: To empower product teams to make high-impact changes, enable and...
One Yarn to Rule Them All
How to enforce a specific Yarn version across your whole project
