About me

My name is Rafał (Raf for short). I enjoy developing software myself as well as working in managerial roles. I was born in Poland, graduated from university with a degree in IT, and then lived in England for many years before returning home. Most of the time, I feel bilingual in Polish and English – especially after enough coffee for the day.

I'm a full-stack developer with a strong background in C# and .NET. I remember one Python developer telling me that he couldn't use .NET because it runs only on Windows, which hasn’t been true for many years. I think people should learn more about it to appreciate the latest versions of .NET. Not to say that Python 3 isn't amazing – of course it is! Let's not limit ourselves to stereotypes and explore the whole wide world of technologies out there. Well, maybe not PHP 😅 – that's always been a weird one to me.

20 Years of Experience

I have been developing software with .NET for over 20 years, along with experience in other technologies. I started coding in C# with .NET Framework 1.1.

Full-Stack Development

.NET, C#, ASP.NET, Blazor, Azure, MS SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Astro, Python3, HTML5/CSS/JavaScript, DevOps, and many more.

Born in 1982

I grew up during the era of DOS and Windows 98. I played games like Mortal Kombat, Duke Nukem 3D, and Quake. Those early PC experiences inspired me to start coding in my 20s.

Different IT Roles

I've worked as a Senior .NET Developer, Team Lead, and the Head of Engineering. I'm always open to new roles and technologies. I've worked in call centres with diallers, and remotely running whole IT teams.