Tashkent At Night
Nukus, the Capital of Karakalpakstan
A Little Different Uzbekistan Uzbekistan is a multicultural country, but Uzbek is the dominant nation. Yes, there are a lot of Russians, Tajiks, Koreans, etc., but they are all spread over the country and don’t have any autonomy. As for the Karakalpaks, they are not migrants from outside the country; they have been living on…
Trabzon (Turkey) and Surroundings
Northeastern Turkey
Batumi, Adjara
Batumi is the capital of the most southern-western region of Georgia bordering Turkey. Its unique climate makes it a great wine and tea production center, and thanks to being located on the sea, it’s a natural harbor, a subtropical resort, and a trading center.
Tbilisi — the city of antiquities
The capital of Georgia gets you an ambivalent impression. It is full of beautiful apartment buildings and charming bars, though it’s struggling to preserve its heritage. Lack of money causes bad maintenance. The city is surprisingly costly, especially dining out. If I were given just three words to express my impressions, they would be “timeworn”,…
A Software Developer Role in the Age of AI
Some time has passed since I wrote an article on my thoughts about AI in the everyday work of a programmer. I have new thoughts about where we are all going to and what the old/new role of a software engineer is becoming to be.
How to quickly set up your new Github project
If you want to set up your new pet or study project from scratch in 2025, you might want to use https://github.com for version control and Docker for running a dev environment to get a smooth and quick start. Let’s start with a git repository. Here is a step by step instruction. 11. Done with…
Thoughts about AI in Software Development
Having spent several months with JetBrains AI Assistant and GitHub Copilot I have several observations on the current state of things. Following Noam Chomsky mood I wouldn’t call it AI because it has not reached that level of technology yet but still if we have this term used a lot in media to describe generative…
Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 2022 – 2023
Having spent in Tashkent almost a year I want to share its bright and dark sides as they seem now.