I have a Hugo blog with content in Ukrainian — posts, notes, articles, and a LiveJournal archive spanning 2007–2017. About 409 markdown files in total. And I’d long wanted to make an English version of it.

For a long time I’ve wanted to collect examples of the most glaring cultural and practical differences between the USA and Ukraine.

What would we do without updates.

I got into a conversation with a colleague about reading speed.

Rent payment is a sore subject.

One day my kid will ask me: “Dad, how do engineers work?” and I’ll tell this story.

Made a daisy-chain connection of IKEA cloud lamps with my own hands.

Out of nowhere I went and set up Home Assistant. Oh my, what a beauty!

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Historical Overview

At some point in my life, around middle-to-high school age, I became the household expert on “where everything is.”