Hi, I'm Stanko

Over the last few months I've built a couple of tools to help me work with our new AI friends. My favorite one so far is katami (Japanese かたみ for "keepsake"). The best way to explain what katami does is with an example: $ mkdir hey2 $ cd hey2 $ cargo init $ katami claude > Can you set this...

Last week the topic on everyone's mind seemed to be the future of programming. All my friends were talking about it, people I follow were talking about it, and I was thinking about it as well. Then David's (DHH's) Rails World keynote turbocharged the conversation. His talk didn't come as a...

A year ago I had my first day at 37signals (the people behind Basecamp, HEY and Fizzy). This was a dream come true for me. I wanted to work there ever since I read Rework over a decade ago. The books, podcasts and talks that followed showed me that we also share a similar philosophy towards...

One of my favorite activities is hiking. I'm fortunate to live close to a mountain where I can go for a hike any time I want - often early in the morning, before work. I love the trek over hills and valleys, through forests and streams, the creaking of trees in the wind, the rustling of leaves,...

Last week I found a backup of the very last PHP app I ever wrote. The backup was from 2009, but the app itself was written in 2007 - 18 years ago! Back then I was in my late teens and the world was (or at least felt) completely different. Out of nostalgia, I spent some time exploring the source...