Hey, I'm Alex Kondov.

Alex Kondov

I'm a software engineer by day and a writer by night.

I've spent the last 10 years building software and writing about it. JavaScript and React are my weapons of choice, but I've dabbled in many other languages and technologies. From the front-end to the back-end, from early stage Sillicon Valey startups to big media corps like the Financial Times, I've built a little bit of everything

I'm sharing everything I know about software through my articles, books and newsletter.

When I'm not coding, I'm either lifting, playing Magic: The Gathering, or writing fiction.

Recently Published

Our Craft is Changing

January 31, 2025

In the last couple of years, AI went from something I disregarded as a fancy recommendation algorithm to a source of existential dread. I…

2024 Year in Review

December 28, 2024

I started this year like any other. On the 1st of January, I went on a long morning run, the smell of fireworks still hanging in the air. I…

Program Errors Out of Existence

November 27, 2024

The book that’s had the greatest impact on my understanding of programming is John Osterhout’s “A Philosophy of Software Design”. One idea…