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Coronavirus + Home office with Kids in Germany

Fri, 06 Mar 2020 00:00:00 +0000

Since last week, our kids stay home. My daughter’s elementary school is closed, a teacher was tested positive with Coronavirus. The other two kids visiting Kita (kindergarten) because we limited our social interactions to help flatten the curve.

Additionally, thanks to Wayfair, I can work fully remotely during these times, which is both great and challenging. Remote work can be challenging, remote work with kids at home and with no way to go out brings it to different level.

TL;DR

Sun, 28 Jan 2018 20:00:00 +0000

Too Long; Didn’t Read - or as an acronym: TL;DR. It’s also very useful cli application. A collection of simplified and community-driven man pages - When I saw this I knew I have to set it up on all my machines immediately.

Finally, after years, I am able to extract the archive on Linux without checking Google first, instead, I tldr it.

$ tldr tar

 tar

 Archiving utility.
 Often combined with a compression method, such as gzip or bzip.

 - Create an archive from files:
 tar cf target.tar file1 file2 file3

 - Create a gzipped archive:
 tar czf target.tar.gz file1 file2 file3

 - Extract an archive in a target folder:
 tar xf source.tar -C folder

Installing tldr

If you are node user, you can install it with single command npm install -g tldr. You can also use the implementation in other languages, check the official repo for other clients.

About Me

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Hello!

I’m Martin Hlavac, originally from Brno and living in Berlin, Germany since 2013. I’m a Software Engineer and Manager with a passion for innovation. In the last years my main focus is Engineering Effectiveness. My software engineering journey spans for many years, during which I’ve enjoyed solving problems as a team and improving feedback loops whenever possible.

Let’s connect, exchange ideas, and explore this ever-evolving world of technology together:

CV

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Martin Hlavac

A seasoned leader and innovator with experience spanning Platform Engineering and Consumer products, I have 16 years of engineering and 8 years of management experience. Currently focused on building amazing products that customers love while driving business value. Skilled in leading teams and solving complex problems, I am adept at driving operational excellence and efficiency. I am open to both in-office and remote work opportunities.

Personal
LinkedIn	https://www.linkedin.com/in/martinhlavac	Phone	+49 176 342 75547
GitHub	http://github.com/mhlavac	E-Mail	info@mhlavac.net
Website	mhlavac.net	Location	Dallgow-Döberitz 14624, Germany

Skills
Engineering	Over 16 years in PHP, Python, Java, JS, GCP, Kubernetes, and more. Focused on enhancing the development lifecycle and building customer-loved products.
Management	8+ years in team building, roadmap formation, and performance management.
Languages	English, Czech, German B1.

Experience

Flink, Associate Director of Engineering —— Apr 2025 - Now

Skills: People & Product Mgmt., GCP, Python, GoLang, K8s, TF, Helm, Datadog, Incident.io, ArgoCD, Temporal, GitHub CI

Just Listen [Book Review]

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Just Listen: Discover the Secret to Getting Through to Absolutely Anyone ISBN 0814414036

On scale 1-5: 5

tl;dr - wip

WIP

Start with Why [Book Review]

Mon, 01 Jan 0001 00:00:00 +0000

Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action ISBN 9781591842804

On scale 1-5: 3

The golden circle: why? how? what? Measure and refresh yours why, instead of what. Be aware of possible split when the leader with clear why leaves the organisation. Early adopters create reviews for late adopters. Short term wins are usually driven by what and long-term by why (sales manipulations vs long-term vision).