Everything Still Looks the Same

For years Poland looked like an anomaly on the map of global e-commerce. Everywhere else the story follows the same ugly curve. Amazon arrives with absurd amounts of capital, local platforms hold their ground for a while, and then the ecosystem slowly bends around the gravity of the giant. Sellers…

the Jacket

When Żabka Jush appeared, it slid into my life without resistance. During the pandemic it almost felt natural that groceries would start moving instead of people. You open the app, choose a few things, and within minutes someone rings your doorbell. The streets were empty, routines were suspended, and yet…

What Grows in Degraded Land

This is not my usual topic and I am not about to cosplay as an ecologist. The idea simply appeared in my feed, it sounded almost suspiciously reasonable, and instead of moving on I decided to read more. Not because it promised a revolution, but because it didn’t. It…

Builders and Spectators

A few days ago I caught myself staring at my phone after sending yet another message that started with “So, who’s in?”. It wasn’t a dramatic moment. No one had rejected anything. No one had said no. The message just floated there, quietly aging. And I suddenly realized…

End User is Dead

Something is deeply off, and it’s bigger than tech prices or another “everything got expensive” rant. What we’re watching right now is a shift in how the world is priced and who it’s priced for. If you feel like no matter how hard you work you’re…

Muscle memory problem

A few weeks ago I got back from trekking the TMB. This was by far the biggest mountain adventure of my life, and it was incredible, but that’s a story for another time. Out there, daily life meant living in the relative wild and needing to conserve my phone’…

Harness your tech

Recently, while digging through old stuff buried in my grandma's basement, I stumbled across an ad for a personal computer in a crumpled old newspaper. It was wrapped around some random trinket, but that little glimpse of retro tech got me thinking about how much the perception of…

[EN] The smallest power play

A few things have changed in my life recently; I resigned from a corporate job to pursue a more creative career and have begun prioritizing healthier mental hygiene. I now spend more time observing and analyzing the social interactions around me, and this shift has taught me valuable lessons. Not…