[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"topics":3,"posts:thought::2:6:":62,"$fmAbo7HX1697lOJ4AVNBJl1PR7wUF0IkR_62krtbwQAE":89,"$fbLXcdMdCVwyWvHzkTibG--S3Qbivi1Fq-eHATLz-KSs":91},{"data":4,"meta":59},[5,15,23,31,40,50],{"_id":6,"name":7,"description":8,"image":9,"imageAlt":10,"slug":11,"createdAt":12,"updatedAt":13,"uuid":14},"6a92c7892f7e20762f654f94","AI","Posts on AI in real product and engineering work: building AI-powered tools, using large language models for SEO and data platforms, and honest takes on where AI actually helps versus where it's overhyped.","https:\u002F\u002Fmsatbsx.sgp1.digitaloceanspaces.com\u002Fnewsai-2.jpg","AI flying to you!","ai","Sat Aug 29 2026 19:50:33 GMT+0800 (Singapore Standard Time)","Sat Aug 29 2026 20:18:46 GMT+0800 (Singapore Standard Time)","6f2f7079-c45c-4d74-b758-5419dd8755ee",{"_id":16,"name":17,"description":18,"image":19,"imageAlt":19,"slug":20,"createdAt":21,"updatedAt":21,"uuid":22},"6a92d5d26d3bae502260bcb4","CTO Show by TechVibe","Notes from the CTO seat - security, compliance, vendor relationships, build-vs-buy decisions, and the less glamorous parts of leading engineering that rarely make it into the highlight reel. All things given to Support TechVibe team.","","cto-show-by-techvibe","Sat Aug 29 2026 20:51:30 GMT+0800 (Singapore Standard Time)","afaf2020-622a-4b9c-961a-2e36d936230b",{"_id":24,"name":25,"description":26,"image":27,"imageAlt":19,"slug":28,"createdAt":29,"updatedAt":29,"uuid":30},"6a92d6156d3bae502260bcd3","Good Reads","Books Michal has actually read and would recommend to engineers and engineering leaders - from technical classics like Designing Data-Intensive Applications to leadership reads like Staff Engineer.","https:\u002F\u002Fmsatbsx.sgp1.digitaloceanspaces.com\u002Fnews\u002Fagainst.jpg","good-reads","Sat Aug 29 2026 20:52:37 GMT+0800 (Singapore Standard Time)","a9f75c75-c1b9-4637-b7ee-592babde3aae",{"_id":32,"name":33,"description":34,"image":35,"imageAlt":10,"slug":36,"createdAt":37,"updatedAt":38,"uuid":39},"6a92d78c6d3bae502260bdc3","Technology","A running log of tools, frameworks, and technical decisions Michal has actually used and formed opinions on - from React and Tauri to DevOps culture, database architecture, and API tooling.","https:\u002F\u002Fmsatbsx.sgp1.digitaloceanspaces.com\u002Fnewscity.mp4","technology","Sat Aug 29 2026 20:58:52 GMT+0800 (Singapore Standard Time)","Sat Aug 29 2026 21:03:33 GMT+0800 (Singapore Standard Time)","b9d2bf10-b22e-4afa-b778-2bb49d12a884",{"_id":41,"name":42,"description":43,"image":44,"imageAlt":45,"slug":46,"createdAt":47,"updatedAt":48,"uuid":49},"6a92dace6d3bae502260c000","CTO work","Notes from the CTO seat - security, compliance, vendor relationships, build-vs-buy decisions, and the less glamorous parts of leading engineering that rarely make it into the highlight reel. Plus bit of utopia in the topic image. 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and what it takes to turn them right-side up.\n","https:\u002F\u002Fmsatbsx.sgp1.digitaloceanspaces.com\u002Fnewsupsidedown.jpg","true","\u003Cdiv class=\"prose prose-neutral max-w-none leading-relaxed space-y-12\">\n\n  \u003Cp class=\"text-xl font-semibold text-gray-800 py-16\">\n    Some startups are built on vision and a clear customer problem - the kind you validate by talking to dozens of users and losing sleep over what they actually need.\n  \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n  \u003Cp class=\"text-xl font-semibold text-red-600\">\n    Others… are built upside down.\n  \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n  \u003Cp>\n    I’m talking about startups where the \u003Cspan class=\"font-semibold\">real product isn’t what’s on the pitch deck\u003C\u002Fspan> - \n    it’s the CEO’s personal growth journey.\u003Cbr \u002F>\n    Where \u003Cspan class=\"italic\">“company scaling”\u003C\u002Fspan> actually means working through childhood patterns, \n    and “strategic decisions” become therapy sessions with a cap table attached.\n  \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n  \u003Cp class=\"font-medium text-gray-700\">\n    And I say this not hypothetically.\n  \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n  \u003Cp>\n    Over the years, working as a \u003Cspan class=\"font-semibold\">tech auditor for VCs\u003C\u002Fspan>, \n    I’ve seen behind the curtain of dozens of teams. \n    You get a very clean X-ray view of what’s actually driving a company - both the tech and the psychology.\n  \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n  \u003Cp>\n    And the pattern is surprisingly consistent.\n  \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n  \u003Cp>\n    A lot of founders come from education systems built in the \n    \u003Cspan class=\"font-semibold text-gray-800\">19th-century Russian model\u003C\u002Fspan>, \n    a system designed to produce perfectly obedient citizens chasing a race that doesn’t exist.\u003Cbr \u002F>\n    A system where collaboration feels suspicious, responsibility feels scary, and success must always be individual.\n  \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n  \u003C!-- Bullet points -->\n  \u003Cdiv>\n    \u003Cp class=\"font-semibold text-gray-800\">When those mindsets enter a startup, the company flips upside down:\u003C\u002Fp>\n    \u003Cul class=\"list-disc list-inside space-y-1\">\n      \u003Cli>Teams optimise for \u003Cspan class=\"font-semibold\">“me”\u003C\u002Fspan>, not \u003Cspan class=\"font-semibold\">“we.”\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fli>\n      \u003Cli>Leadership prioritises personal validation over customer needs.\u003C\u002Fli>\n      \u003Cli>Culture becomes reactive - driven more by the CEO’s emotional weather than any roadmap.\u003C\u002Fli>\n      \u003Cli>Decisions get made to protect egos, not to build products.\u003C\u002Fli>\n    \u003C\u002Ful>\n  \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n  \u003Cp>\n    As an auditor, I’ve seen companies with brilliant engineers, solid market opportunities, \n    and cash in the bank… collapse slowly because the founder was fighting their internal battles \n    instead of the external ones.\n  \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n  \u003Cp class=\"font-semibold text-gray-800\">\n    These upside-down startups don’t fail because of tech.\u003Cbr \u002F>\n    They don’t fail because of competition.\u003Cbr \u002F>\n    They fail because they’re accidentally structured around the CEO’s unresolved issues.\n  \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n  \u003C!-- Emoji bullet outcomes -->\n  \u003Cdiv class=\"space-y-1\">\n    \u003Cp class=\"font-semibold text-gray-800\">And the outcome is predictable:\u003C\u002Fp>\n    \u003Cp>🚫 No real teamwork\u003C\u002Fp>\n    \u003Cp>🚫 Constant misalignment\u003C\u002Fp>\n    \u003Cp>🚫 Zero focus\u003C\u002Fp>\n    \u003Cp>🚫 Massive burnout\u003C\u002Fp>\n    \u003Cp>🚫 A talented team orbiting around someone else’s self-discovery journey\u003C\u002Fp>\n  \u003C\u002Fdiv>\n\n  \u003Cp>\n    Meanwhile, competitors who actually listen to customers quietly eat the market.\n  \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n  \u003C!-- Fix section -->\n  \u003Cp class=\"text-xl font-bold text-green-700\">The fix?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n  \u003Cp>\n    Founders need to flip the company right-side up.\n  \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n  \u003Cp>\n    Not with another \u003Cspan class=\"font-semibold\">OKR workshop.\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Cbr \u002F>\n    Not with another \u003Cspan class=\"italic\">“Let’s define our values”\u003C\u002Fspan> offsite.\u003Cbr \u002F>\n    But with some honest self-awareness.\n  \u003C\u002Fp>\n\n  \u003Cp>\n    Companies scale when leaders grow \u003Cspan class=\"font-semibold\">before they build\u003C\u002Fspan> - 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Fun is where I keep the side quests: travel, photography, drone flying, unusual experiences and stories that refuse to behave like serious professional content. The CTO Show may occasionally wander in too - it has never been especially good at respecting boundaries.","fun","https:\u002F\u002Fmsatbsx.sgp1.digitaloceanspaces.com\u002Fnewsfun.jpg","Flying drone!","Travel, photography, drone flying and other side quests beyond the usual workday—plus stories that simply refuse to fit anywhere else.","Fun: Travel, Photography, Drones & Side Quests",{"_id":122,"name":123,"createdAt":124,"updatedAt":125,"uuid":126,"description":127,"slug":128},"63c8e283ebd5da50564b61e7","Hacks","Thu Jan 19 2023 14:26:11 GMT+0800 (Singapore Standard Time)","Sun Nov 19 2023 10:36:02 GMT+0800 (Singapore Standard Time)","799564dd-7b72-46c5-a45e-5de9b03562df","Life tips not only for geeks. 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This is where I document electronics, prototypes, experiments and ideas built mostly from curiosity plus the mistakes, unexpected detours and occasional small victories that happen somewhere between “what if?” and “why is that smoking?”","side-project","https:\u002F\u002Fmsatbsx.sgp1.digitaloceanspaces.com\u002Fnewsside-projects.jpg","Michal's lab","Electronics, prototypes and curious experiments from promising ideas to useful mistakes and the occasional project that actually works.","Side Projects: Experiments, Builds & Useful Mistakes",{"_id":148,"name":149,"createdAt":150,"updatedAt":151,"uuid":152,"description":153,"slug":154,"image":155,"imageAlt":156,"metaDescription":157,"metaTitle":158},"64a60fa6d6a64c035ffff733","Articles","Thu Jul 06 2023 08:49:42 GMT+0800 (Singapore Standard Time)","Fri Sep 04 2026 10:57:46 GMT+0800 (Singapore Standard Time)","81e1b46d-752b-4cce-92fc-756abf9b0f05","A collection of stories, observations and ideas that deserve more room than a quick update. From technology and business to places, trends and everyday curiosities explored with a personal perspective, practical context and no unnecessary seriousness.","articles","https:\u002F\u002Fmsatbsx.sgp1.digitaloceanspaces.com\u002Fnewsarticles.jpg","work-and-careers","Stories and observations about technology, business, places and everyday curiosities—explored with practical context and a personal perspective.","Articles: Stories, Ideas & Everyday Observations",{"_id":160,"name":161,"description":162,"image":163,"imageAlt":156,"slug":156,"createdAt":164,"updatedAt":165,"uuid":166,"metaDescription":167,"metaTitle":168},"6a9a0dfb49e7c42d005c01bb","Work & Careers","Work is changing, careers are getting less predictable, and the old advice does not always survive contact with reality. This section explores job markets, hiring trends, workplace culture and the practical decisions that shape our professional lives with curiosity, personal perspective and the occasional raised eyebrow.","https:\u002F\u002Fmsatbsx.sgp1.digitaloceanspaces.com\u002Fnewswork.jpg","Fri Sep 04 2026 08:16:59 GMT+0800 (Singapore Standard Time)","Fri Sep 04 2026 10:45:32 GMT+0800 (Singapore Standard Time)","2466fa42-adb8-450d-95ca-ac0324120844","Practical takes on job markets, career growth, hiring trends and workplace culture plus the occasional uncomfortable truth about working life.","Work & Careers: Jobs, Growth & Workplace Trends",{"totalnoOfItems":170,"perPage":61,"noOfItemsOnCurrentPage":170},8]