Perks at Automattic: Sabbatical

As I’m sitting here writing this post, I’m enjoying the last week of my sabbatical. Sabbatical? Depending on where you are, you may be wondering what that is? It’s a 3-month fully paid time off, kindly offered by Automattic once every five years. We’re not just allowed to fully disconnect from work, we’re strongly encouraged […]

The next generation of WordPress experts

Have you ever wondered how the next generation of WordPress professionals would look like? Well, wonder no more, here they are: 😀 The next generation of WordPress experts – my twins – Victoria and Daniel

Handy WordPress tricks: Protect your email addresses from spambots

Emails have been a spam-prone channel for a while already. A common practice for spambots is to crawl webpages and search for strings that match one of the common email regular expressions. Those email addresses are then stored and used for spamming, phishing and other abuses you likely don’t enjoy being exposed to. An easy […]

Meet my twin babies, Victoria and Daniel

Today is a very happy day! My twin babies, Victoria and Daniel, were born just 3 months ago. Those were three incredible months, filled with a variety of emotions I had never experienced before. Who could ever believe true happiness could feel that way? Anyway, I think I missed to introduce you all to them, […]

Perks at Automattic: Parental leave

As I’m writing this post, I’m halfway through my parental leave. A five-month fully paid parental time off, kindly provided by my current employer, Automattic. Precious time to spend with my newborn twins and be there with them as they grow. Parental leaves in Bulgaria according to local laws In Bulgaria, mommies are allowed to […]

Bezbog Hut

The building in the middle of this picturesque landscape is the Bezbog Hut. Sitting just below the Bezbog peak in the beautiful Pirin mountain in southeastern Bulgaria, with the scenic green trees and bushes and the small lake in front, it represents one of the most beautiful views my eyes have ever seen. Bezbog Hut, […]

Shoemaker’s son always goes barefoot

As a full-stack web developer, I’ve been creating all kinds of interesting sites, blogs, and custom software for over a decade. While working on all that over the years, I’ve tried a universe of web technologies, written millions of lines of code, interacted with hundreds of clients, fulfilled every single wish they had while helping […]