About Me

Hello, my name is Basil. I’m happy to have a privilege of you as my guest here.

This is my (slightly personal and) professional website. Here, I mostly write, on various topics. I try to keep them relevant to my profession. Since this website is mostly text, a visitor is expected to read.

• I’m doing my best to not bore you to tears;
• and I’m trying to be careful with how I use words. Well, you know.

Professionally

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I’m an IT team lead with a solid background in UX/UI design, software development, and project management.

• I can be a designer, with background in software development and management.
• I can be a software developer, with background in design and management.

I constantly switch these hats when I work on my projects. Most of my work lies with people and computer systems.

  Projects     Portfolio     Résumé

• Have a project?
• Have a great job offer?
• Want to chat over some job-related topic?

Don’t hesitate, I’m just a click away.

People Person

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I’m a people person. I enjoy being in a society, and I spark joy being with smart people. I can communicate with basically anyone.

Unless I’m too tired. When I am, I get some rest, and I’m willing to be among people again.

I have a great deal of experience of working (and befriending) with:

• individuals with autism.

  I have an autistic child, and she’s great. My wife is partially autistic too, and so am I. I’ve worked through it for decades and am able to integrate with neurotypical people as well. This has made me well-prepared to interact with and support non-typical individuals.

• individuals with ADHD.

  Many people these days have ADHD, myself included. I’ve worked on managing it for many years, and I’m now able to focus on the things that matter. My interest in this subject has made me more understanding and tolerant of others who share this condition.

Remote or On-Site

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I’m productive working from home, but I’d prefer a hybrid office any time.

I think it’s an ideal combination, when you have this luxury to stay at home when needed, and go to office when you’re up to it.

Computers

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I can work on any computer, including smartphones and tablets.

My hardware of choice is Apple’s MacBook Pro,
my software of choice is Linux, Arch Linux.

I wrote more on this topic:

Software Suites

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I can work with any possible software too.

If I don’t know something, I’ll learn it quickly, no problem.

• As a manager, I’m well versed with various mail clients, Office suite and especially ways to automate my work. I wrote various scripts that automate most of my tasks, so I can be efficient.
• As a designer, I know Figma, Sketch and Adobe Creative Suite (mostly Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects). I know 3D Software too, but to a lesser degree.
• As a developer, I know Linux (more on the OSes) and nvim (vi, vim too). Also, I’m proficient in Terminal, of course. (Funny thing, it covers most of my tasks.) I have a wide use of Virtual Machines too.

Articles

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I regularly write on various topics.

• Management
• UX/UI Design
• Motion Design
• 3D design / VFX
• Software Development
• Operating Systems
  • Desktop: Linux, macOS
  • Server: Linux, FreeBSD
  • Mobile: Android, iOS
• Computer Hardware

Personally

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I have a tremendous issue with separating my life and work, a so-called work-life balance. The thing is, I don’t believe we can separate these things.

• See Severance.

More in my visual self-presentation.

Bits of Personality

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Saying that, I’m not sure to which degree I should trim my personality out of my work. I have some topics that I think are highly irrelevant (say, my family notes), so I avoid them here.

• I do keep another blog, a private one, for that.

But there are many things I’m willing to share with the world, and they do affect me as a professional indeed. I call them stories, that’s my kind of blog.

Random Facts

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Here are some random facts about me:

• I have two pre-school kids (and a wife, of course!)
• I am an open-source enthusiast
• I love-hate Apple Tech
• I visited over 30 countries
• I understand 7 human languages, plus some computer ones

If you’d like to read more, I’ve written a story about it.

Other Blogs

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I have other blogs, I’ll add them one-by-one here, when I’m ready.

• Right now, you may check my other blog, called War of Benderz, which is a war-blog, or more precisely, living-through-the-war blog.
  • The thing is, I live in Ukraine now, and I’ve been here for 3 years prior to the full-scale invasion of Russia, since 2019. I never left the country since then, and I hope I’ll leave it when I want to, not when I’m forced to.
  • I’ve started blogging privately for my friends, so they’ll know if I’m still alive. As I’ve survived the first years of full-scale war, I have some chances to continue doing so. I hope so. Hence, I think the blog could be interesting for a wider audience.

My Website

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This website is made with the help of two great open-source projects, Hugo and Blowfish.