What I’m doing now
Hiring more
I look for:
- A lead full-stack engineer on Next.js and Nest.js to develop a wiki-like product. If you consider your level as senior or middle, please still apply — as I have this second slot yet unopened.
- Two senior Node.js dev to develop CS2 market integrations.
- A delivery manager to help me set up processes across 3 to 10 product cross-functional teams.
- A product designer to create our web interfaces and set user experience.
If you speak Russian and meet the criteria, please apply.
Suing Portuguese immigration service
They refused to even accept my residence permit initial application. Instead, they ordered me to leave the country within 20 days, claiming I was in it illegally. While I still have a valid visa, which is a sufficient basis for obtaining a residence permit. I had to find a lawyer and file an urgent lawsuit to challenge this.
Portuguese bureaucracy is hell. For migrants, it's even worse. The classic “to get paper A, you need to get B, but to get B, you need to get A. No, we won't give you a refusal paper. That's our secret internal regulations. Yes, even though it contradicts our own website”. I'm stunned people living in such a wonderful place do such terrible things. More about this.
Talking about fraud
Filmed for the OVD —Info's YouTube channel. That's a Russian human rights project. I briefly discuss how fraud works today, the schemes and tools used, and how to protect yourself from it.
Developing Mellon
It is a local-first password manager I submitted to the startup program. I published a prototype, and write articles on dev process.
Learning Vue
Before, I was familiar with React as a frontend tool mainly. Now I have a team writing Vue, and I'm leading them until I hire someone. I stocked up on some stuff during the Black Friday sale. Now I'm planning to take Vue School, Mastering Pinia, Mastering Nuxt and Adam Wathan's Component Design courses.
What I’m doing as usual
Working as a Head of Engineering
Since august 2025 I've been working as a HoE at Mojam, building sites and apps for Counter-Strike 2 fans.
Living a family life
A year ago Nastya and I got married in Georgia. Shortly after, a pineapple green-cheeked parakeet flew to us from the street. We kept him and named Zhablik. Now we can't imagine how we lived without this sweet little pie.
Learning English
Thanks to Ian.
What I've been doing previously
Moving again
Luckily, this time it's inside Portugal. We're signing long term contract to rent a flat in another district. It's beatiful, but inside there's only a kitchen equipped. Plan to hang out in the nearest IKEA quite a lot in the next month.
Hiring
I look for a Vue front-end lead, and a senior PHP/Laravel back-end engineer. If you speak Russian and meet the criteria, please apply.
Buying a car
After we moved, I bought my first electric vehicle: red KIA EV6, assembled in 2021. Spent a month choosing models for shortlist and looking for a relevant ad on mobile.de. That a month more — to process the deal, wait for delivery from Germany to Portygal and for all the papers to be issues. Now I'm damn happy driver!
Moving to Portugal
Got approved for the Portugal startup program I published a guide on. Second December 25 we took a week long car trip to move from Belgrade to Sesimbra.
Studying a DevSecOps course
All my knowledge about infrastructure, except for the Linux theory and practice, I acquired as a self-taught guy. Despite my experience administration k8s cluster or setting up proxy package registry, it will be useful for me to gather my knowledge and get new ideas to improve CI/CD pipelines and overall security.
Reading Kleppmann and Spider-man
I'm rereading that book with the boar and reading Untold Tales of Spider-Man for the first time — a huge comics series.
Studying a podcasts course
I was learning from the most famous studio of Russian-language podcasts. I had been so inspired by David Graeber's Bullshit Jobs that I was thinking of recording episodes regarding that topic. Yet, I couldn't convert my insiration into a single episode during the course. Hope to fix it one day.
Looking for a job
Looking for a fully remote position or one with an office in Portugal. Seeking for CTO, Head of Engineering or Engineering Manager roles.
Studying a comics course
My wife and I took an offline comics course. As a result, I published my first comics, RU — an adaptation of the investigation of istories.media about the connection between Telegram and the russian federal security service.
Learning English
In May, Alvin, my previous tutor, left to learn Python and data analysis. In June, I started studying with Ian. He sends me Jimmy Carr's shows. I send him clips with David Mitchell. Seems we've found common ground. Last time I learned that when brits tap their noses, they mean “keep this secret”.
Reading Polozkova and Graeber
Although they are trying to cancel Vera for her interview, I enjoy Lost and Found book. Meanwhile, I finally started Bullshit Jobs.
Written in Sesimbra, Portugal, at a stormy weather time.
Inspired by Derek Sivers. Other now pages.
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