Hi, I'm Stanko

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...

When Campfire - the first Once product - came out, a few of us at Ruby Zagreb pitched in to buy a copy. Prometheus had brought fire from Mount Olympus, and we came to see the blaze. We were finally seeing how the people at 37signals - the birthplace of Rails - build Rails apps. And as a bonus,...

Last week we had an AI hackathon at work during which we added an MCP server to our Rails app. This was much easier than I expected, the result was both impressive and scary, and I learned a few things about MCP that I didn't expect. Goal My team wanted to help our support team by automating...