Alexander Ptakhin
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Alexander Ptakhin
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systems lover in tech
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Hello! #introduction I'm Alex, a tech lead and team lead with technical and engineering management experience. I love systems in tech, and I'm trying to embed more humanistic and practical processes into the work.
The bigger texts and talks are indexed here: aptakhin.name/published/
The bigger texts and talks are indexed here: aptakhin.name/published/
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@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
October 7, 2025 at 8:28 AM
@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
For introvert leaders, if your party is not like this, don't call me.
p.s. Okay, I still can occasionally come...
p.s. Okay, I still can occasionally come...
October 7, 2025 at 7:21 AM
For introvert leaders, if your party is not like this, don't call me.
p.s. Okay, I still can occasionally come...
p.s. Okay, I still can occasionally come...
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🏃♂️ 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
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
Half Marathon Berlin 20256 – My charity run • Sea-Watch e.V.
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September 27, 2025 at 1:31 PM
🏃♂️ 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
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
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.
September 22, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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.
Was the vacation long enough if I still remember my corporate laptop password? 🤔
August 25, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Was the vacation long enough if I still remember my corporate laptop password? 🤔
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.
August 1, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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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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)
I will fill it out with my past and new articles in the coming weeks and beyond. (1/6)
Value Added Thoughts
dorotaparad.ch
July 7, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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)
I will fill it out with my past and new articles in the coming weeks and beyond. (1/6)
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One of the cartoons from Physics for Cats
May 22, 2025 at 1:51 PM
One of the cartoons from Physics for Cats
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*** why pictures work better than words when designing systems ***
From making an impact within capitalism to exploring neurodiversity and career shifts, next week offers spaces to grow together. Don't miss our special community talk where we'll see why pictures work better than words when designing systems. Join us to make sense of complex topics together.
April 25, 2025 at 7:41 PM
*** why pictures work better than words when designing systems ***
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📢 The NewCrafts Sessions are here! Dive into our curated collection of talks from past NewCrafts Conferences, now available on YouTube. Discover insights from leading software crafters and tech innovators. Watch now:
NewCrafts Conference
NewCrafts is a conference for software practitioners who want to improve the quality of their software. Writing coherent code is only the first step. The bes...
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April 3, 2025 at 10:00 AM
📢 The NewCrafts Sessions are here! Dive into our curated collection of talks from past NewCrafts Conferences, now available on YouTube. Discover insights from leading software crafters and tech innovators. Watch now:
Here is a friendly idea for conferences and meetups to add BSky and Mastodon handles as social networks in CfP in addition to X/Instagram.
March 29, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Here is a friendly idea for conferences and meetups to add BSky and Mastodon handles as social networks in CfP in addition to X/Instagram.
After an excellent detective with good humor 8 episodes of the series "The Residence," with amazing Uzo Aduba, there is always a question of how to find the next TV series :)
March 29, 2025 at 9:38 PM
After an excellent detective with good humor 8 episodes of the series "The Residence," with amazing Uzo Aduba, there is always a question of how to find the next TV series :)
I finally celebrated the reexamination of my auto driver's license by this 2 wheeler. It's orange, smooth, silent and light. Very healthy, not bad ecological impact.
March 23, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I finally celebrated the reexamination of my auto driver's license by this 2 wheeler. It's orange, smooth, silent and light. Very healthy, not bad ecological impact.
Hello! #introduction I'm Alex, a tech lead and team lead with technical and engineering management experience. I love systems in tech, and I'm trying to embed more humanistic and practical processes into the work.
The bigger texts and talks are indexed here: aptakhin.name/published/
The bigger texts and talks are indexed here: aptakhin.name/published/
Published
systems lover in tech
aptakhin.name
March 23, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Hello! #introduction I'm Alex, a tech lead and team lead with technical and engineering management experience. I love systems in tech, and I'm trying to embed more humanistic and practical processes into the work.
The bigger texts and talks are indexed here: aptakhin.name/published/
The bigger texts and talks are indexed here: aptakhin.name/published/
Reposted by Alexander Ptakhin
Cosmic Distance Calibration xkcd.com/3066
March 21, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Cosmic Distance Calibration xkcd.com/3066
1/4 When I was thinking at the end of the year about what strategy is and how to approach it, Rumelt's book was recommended to me by Matt Weagle and @ruthmalan.bsky.social (Richard Rumelt ‘Good strategy. Bad strategy’). I was hooked by the things that explain what is not strategy.
March 19, 2025 at 9:22 AM
1/4 When I was thinking at the end of the year about what strategy is and how to approach it, Rumelt's book was recommended to me by Matt Weagle and @ruthmalan.bsky.social (Richard Rumelt ‘Good strategy. Bad strategy’). I was hooked by the things that explain what is not strategy.
If you are frustrated with tasks reworking and returning, priorities–my experience in the Berlin offline meetup on the 17th of April. Thanks to @jetbrains.com as the host and @sharovatov.bsky.social as moderator and inspirer. With video recording! www.meetup.com/quality-engi...
Quality Engineering meetup #6, Thu, Apr 17, 2025, 6:00 PM | Meetup
*In collaboration with* [JetBrains](https://www.jetbrains.com), *[Qase](https://qase.io) is presenting the **sixth** Meetup on Quality Engineering in Berlin.*
*This time,
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March 18, 2025 at 11:26 AM
If you are frustrated with tasks reworking and returning, priorities–my experience in the Berlin offline meetup on the 17th of April. Thanks to @jetbrains.com as the host and @sharovatov.bsky.social as moderator and inspirer. With video recording! www.meetup.com/quality-engi...
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My* work, as backgrounders for those considering my session(s):
Free ebooks/pdfs:
System Seeing Starter Kit: www.ruthmalan.com/systems/2025...
System Design as *System* *Design*:
www.ruthmalan.com/Bredemeyer/2...
Architecture Principles: www.ruthmalan.com/systems/2025...
Free to share
Free ebooks/pdfs:
System Seeing Starter Kit: www.ruthmalan.com/systems/2025...
System Design as *System* *Design*:
www.ruthmalan.com/Bredemeyer/2...
Architecture Principles: www.ruthmalan.com/systems/2025...
Free to share
www.ruthmalan.com
March 17, 2025 at 1:55 PM
My* work, as backgrounders for those considering my session(s):
Free ebooks/pdfs:
System Seeing Starter Kit: www.ruthmalan.com/systems/2025...
System Design as *System* *Design*:
www.ruthmalan.com/Bredemeyer/2...
Architecture Principles: www.ruthmalan.com/systems/2025...
Free to share
Free ebooks/pdfs:
System Seeing Starter Kit: www.ruthmalan.com/systems/2025...
System Design as *System* *Design*:
www.ruthmalan.com/Bredemeyer/2...
Architecture Principles: www.ruthmalan.com/systems/2025...
Free to share
My teammate Izel invented "pear programming" – it's not yet pair programming, but it's a clarification and troubleshooting of things together. I love how it sounds
March 7, 2025 at 2:23 PM
My teammate Izel invented "pear programming" – it's not yet pair programming, but it's a clarification and troubleshooting of things together. I love how it sounds
We would never make up an Individual Contributor term if we were more familiar with team forming and leadership instead of Continuous Isolation
February 28, 2025 at 8:01 AM
We would never make up an Individual Contributor term if we were more familiar with team forming and leadership instead of Continuous Isolation
Recently, I was searching for people giving TDD live courses, and people replied with a few recommendations. Even I can’t thoroughly recommend them as I didn’t check, this might be the list for searching start with some great names in alphabetical order:
Jason Gorman: www.codemanship.co.uk ...
#tdd
Jason Gorman: www.codemanship.co.uk ...
#tdd
codemanship | Home
Instructor-led training for development teams in Agile technical practices
www.codemanship.co.uk
February 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Recently, I was searching for people giving TDD live courses, and people replied with a few recommendations. Even I can’t thoroughly recommend them as I didn’t check, this might be the list for searching start with some great names in alphabetical order:
Jason Gorman: www.codemanship.co.uk ...
#tdd
Jason Gorman: www.codemanship.co.uk ...
#tdd
Okay, a postponing of wisdom teeth problem now doesn't sound like a solution. Locally looks fixed now, I'm better. Second issue I'm still doing things I can postpone, but not important ones. Now sounds like the same story, yeah?
February 12, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Okay, a postponing of wisdom teeth problem now doesn't sound like a solution. Locally looks fixed now, I'm better. Second issue I'm still doing things I can postpone, but not important ones. Now sounds like the same story, yeah?
Only 30+ reviewed submissions on free time from the weekend and already dead #europython #europython2025
But there are 583 from all tracks :)
But there are 583 from all tracks :)
February 12, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Only 30+ reviewed submissions on free time from the weekend and already dead #europython #europython2025
But there are 583 from all tracks :)
But there are 583 from all tracks :)
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