Music takes a major part of my life. I have always related memories of places and people with music - and the other way around. It has always been very important to me to listen to the music I like with high quality, which was harder several years ago, before the raise of the steaming platforms. Apart from that, organising the music library is task that might take ages, especially if you listen to lots of different genres. That is how, in 2010, I came up with the idea of creating my own compilations with songs that I like. That was long before everybody stated creating their own playlists and, listening to music from YouTube has never been an option for me.
Apart from helping me with the organisation of my music library, I found a good opportunity in getting creative, so I started making artworks for each compilation. What is more, I decided it might be worth actually giving these compilations away to my friends, so that I can share with them the music I am into. Over time, I started releasing multiple compilations per year and I have already made more than a hundred. One of my favourite ones has to be the one I have been releasing every summer - with my favourite songs from the past 12 months.
The newest one, "X", contains 48 songs. It is also available on CD, as I have skipped doing that the last two years for this particular project.
Couchbase Introduces New Developer Experience for Capella
Couchbase released the all-new Capella. It is the project I have been working on for the past few months. Capella is Couchbase’s database-as-a-service (DBaaS) offering and is expected to become the company's flagship product.
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University
August 29, 2022
Going back to University for an in-person graduation
On July 28, a year after I graduated from the University of Sheffield as a software engineer, I went back to celebrate my achievement in-person. I met many of the students I used to go to university with and also collected my Mappin Medal award.
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Music
August 29, 2022
Taylor Swift announces "Midnights"
At the 2022 MTV Video Music Awards, Taylor Swift announced her tenth studio album — Midnights — is to be released on October 21. At the ceremony, she was awarded three awards, including "Video of the Year" for "All Too Well" (Taylor's Version).
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Personal
August 20, 2022
The road to Couchbase
In July 2022, I moved to Manchester, UK, to join Couchbase as a Software Engineer. I was thrilled to end up in the front-end team which would allow me to gain professional experience in a field I have shown continuous interest since a child.
