2026-09-17
Vestika
A VK Mini App for calmly reading selected sources through custom feeds, unread posts, and favorites. The project is currently in testing.
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2026-09-17
Vestika enters testing
The Vestika test version is now available in VK and ready to meet its first readers.
2026-09-17
Vestika builds a feed of your own
A new VK Mini App for reading selected sources at your own pace. Vestika is currently in testing.
2026-08-31
Doorak is now on Google Play
The Android version of Doorak has completed closed testing and is now publicly available on Google Play.
2026-08-21
Doorak is now on the App Store
The first public iOS version of Doorak has passed Apple review and is now available for iPhone and iPad.
2026-08-19
The Artist Fills Out a Standard Form
How a solo game creator gradually becomes his own publishing department.
2026-06-08
Belgrade Encuentro 2026
Tango encuentro in Belgrade
Belgrade, Serbia 45 photos
2026-06-08
Serbia 2026
Traveling Serbia
Serbia 44 photos
2026-07-31
Doorak
A mobile card game available on the App Store for iPhone and iPad and on Google Play for Android.
2026-07-31
The Durak game that outgrew its simple plan
How a small exercise in publishing a mobile app gradually turned into a project of its own.
2026-07-31
madnum.me
A bilingual personal website about software, travel, photography, and projects — a home for work that benefits from its own context.
2026-07-07
Schrödinger's IIN: How My Kazakhstan Plan Went Sideways
How getting a Kazakhstan IIN turned into a week of quantum bureaucracy: a system outage, a reasonless rejection, and a sudden "you already have one".
2026-06-30
Kazakhstan Banking Setup: SIM, IIN, Freedom Bank, and Kaspi
A practical field report on getting a Kazakhstan SIM, IIN, Freedom Bank, and Kaspi cards in Almaty.
2026-06-29
Kazakhstan Banking Setup: Why It Started
Why I needed a foreign banking setup and why Kazakhstan became the first practical route.
2026-06-23
Today’s Pearl of Wisdom
It’s not the size of your context window that matters — it’s how you use it.
2026-06-19
Vietnam 2026
Traveling Vietnam
Vietnam 30 photos
2026-06-17
Belgrade trip
Trip to Belgrade for Encuentro tango marathon
2026-05-27
Almaty: greenery, mountains, and dinners with a Kazakh accent
A short set of impressions from Almaty: a very green city, snowy mountains, local food, and a friendly tango community.
2026-05-27
How neural networks work and how to use them well
A plain-language explanation of how modern neural networks work, why they make mistakes, and where they are actually useful.
2026-05-19
AI and agents: why the interface now matters more than the model
Models keep getting stronger, but product quality is increasingly defined not by benchmark scores, but by how an agent fits into a real human workflow.
2026-05-19
A breath before the answer
Sometimes the more mature act is not a stronger argument, but a single calm breath before it.
2026-05-19
The empty cup
It is hard to hear anything new when the mind is already full of the need to confirm itself.
2026-05-19
Gentle steps
Not every kind of strength needs to sound loud. Sometimes real steadiness enters a room almost silently.
2026-05-19
Parma Marathon in Perm: why I am already waiting for May 23–24, 2026
For next weekend, May 23–24, 2026, my mind is already narrowing to a simple expectation: tango, a good floor, and that specific marathon rhythm that makes the whole format worth it.