It’s been quite the journey since I first delved into Second Brain technologies for organizing my team’s documentation. I previously shared my initial experiences with Obsidian, and now, it’s time for a comprehensive update. In case you missed my earlier exploration, you can catch …

When my commute buddy and I find ourselves stuck in traffic during our car journeys, we often daydream about finding the ideal route and the optimal time to leave the office in order to avoid these uncomfortable situations. Now, thanks to the power of technology and the inspiration I drew from a …

If you are into Data Engineering in Microsoft Azure Cloud Environment, you probaly heard about Microsoft Fabric being announced last week at the yearly event Microsoft Build. Well, “heard” is quite an euphesmism: everyone in the field is extremely excited about the announcements of the …

This is a fun story, with a series of technologies and topics that I couldn’t believe they were capable of living together… EDM, TikTok, Text-To-Speech, AI, Playwright… Many times, when going down this over-engineered rabbit hole, I thought, “OK, I have to write about this …

During these months, I had the chance to take a look at Power BI at the enterprise level, juggling advanced requests from hundreds of users and reports. I am impressed by all the features that the developers have rolled out recently, greatly improving both user and creator experiences. However, one …

🧠 Introduction to Second Brains & Brain Dumping

As I’m working with data all the time, I’m aware of the importance of keeping it in a safe and structured place, where it can be easily accessed when needed, which could be days, weeks or even years in the future. Thus, organizing my …

Presentation Patterns

Written by Neal Ford, Matthew McCullough and Nathaniel Schutta, “Presentation Patterns - Techniques for Crafting Better Presentations” is an encyclopedia of patterns, tips and common mistakes experienced by the authors, who have delivered thousands of presentations. …

There is something bizarre with me if two of my favourite activities are writing documentation and hitting my head against tests, which are notoriously unexciting activities for many developers 😫

Luckily, we are all unique in our own way and I decided to contribute to the testing module of one of my …

One of the most annoying issues I have when working with Power BI files is that source control is a real pain. Considering that Microsoft owns Azure, Github, and Power BI, one would hope that they will come up with a solution for comparing two reports without using third-party tools or overly …

This is a post for my future self when I will be asking myself: “How were my first days at Acer like?”.
Note: I’m working at Acer EMEA HQ, so when I mention “Acer”, for simplicity, I mean “Acer Europe”.

💭 My expectations

My previous experience was in a small company and …