A system brought to life

Vladimir Sibirov on building software systems and engineering teams

The state of Flow-based Programming

Where Flow-based Programming stands after 50 years since its introduction. What problems it solves today. And what problems it can solve tomorrow for broader Software Engineering industry

A 30 minute read. Posted on August 28, 2022 In Flow-Based Programming

Natural Weekly Rhythm

Synchronize the rhythm of a week with productivity cycles for majority of people in the team to reduce stress and increase effectiveness

A 15 minute read. Posted on September 29, 2021 In Management

Project Tech Leads

An technique from Engineering Manager's Runbook for boosting ownership and growing leadership skills in engineering teams from bottom up

A 8 minute read. Posted on April 18, 2021 In Management

Google Keep framework for TODO and Goal tracking

How I use Google Keep for getting things done and tracking long-term goals, in addition to note taking. Plus collecting statistics and automating routine.

A 14 minute read. Posted on January 5, 2021 In Productivity

SOLID design principles in short poems

An entertaining summary of SOLID design principles, with common sense shortcuts and simple poetry

A 11 minute read. Posted on March 12, 2018 In Development

TypeScript: JavaScript way to Go

Taking the best of the 2 worlds: rapidness of development with dynamic languages and reliability of static languages with TypeScript. Contains some Go inspiration

A 10 minute read. Posted on July 26, 2017 In Development

Forcing a specific NoFlo version for all dependencies

Using NPM Shrinkwrap to enforce the same version of NoFlo for all dependencies to fix backwards compatibility issues

A 2 minute read. Posted on March 13, 2017 In Flow-Based Programming

Development efficiency challenges in NoFlo

Obstacles on the way to happy day-to-day life with NoFlo and ways to overcome them

A 6 minute read. Posted on November 7, 2016 In Flow-Based Programming

On NoFlo database applications

A few thoughts on design of NoFlo backends frequently talking to a RDBMS

A 2 minute read. Posted on July 27, 2016 In Flow-Based Programming

Running web services as NoFlo graphs

Some problems that occur when trying to run entire web services as NoFlo graphs and some (radical) ways to solve them

A 6 minute read. Posted on January 23, 2015 In Flow-Based Programming

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ABOUT ME

Hi! My name is Vladimir

I'm a tech lead, teamwork amplifier, and flow-based programming ambassador