EngBlogs - Nikola Brežnjak

1. FOMO as a Developer: You’re Not Behind, You’re Just Human (nikola-breznjak.com)

There’s a special kind of anxiety that comes as a bonus when working in tech. A new framework drops. A new AI tool shows up. Someone posts a…

Nikola Brežnjak by Nikola Brežnjak Apr 23, 2026 read 🤖 Summary

2. If only life had an XP bar (nikola-breznjak.com)

One of the reasons we struggle keeping up with good habits is that real life is terrible at giving us quick rewards. If most worthwhile things in life…

Nikola Brežnjak by Nikola Brežnjak Apr 22, 2026 read 🤖 Summary

3. Are Book Summaries Worth It? (nikola-breznjak.com)

TL;DR Every now and then, a “shortcut” to learning shows up and promises to save us time, money, and maybe even a bit of guilt about the unread…

Nikola Brežnjak by Nikola Brežnjak Apr 14, 2026 read 🤖 Summary

4. Book review: 5 Love Languages (nikola-breznjak.com)

TL;DR I believe this book will improve your life immensely. It’s one of those books where you have to get over your pride of "I don’t need this",…

Nikola Brežnjak by Nikola Brežnjak Apr 12, 2026 read 🤖 Summary

5. Why You Should Start Blogging (Even If Nobody Will Read It) (nikola-breznjak.com)

Let’s talk about the, now almost dead!?, art of blogging… And not just blogging in the narrow sense of "write articles on your own website", but the broader…

Nikola Brežnjak by Nikola Brežnjak Mar 28, 2026 read 🤖 Summary

6. Speed Reading (nikola-breznjak.com)

"Double your reading speed in as fast as one weekend. Only $399 _paid in 4 manageable intallments_" Lol, sounds like a cringe comercial. And, well, a bit of…

Nikola Brežnjak by Nikola Brežnjak Mar 22, 2026 read 🤖 Summary

7. Impostor Syndrome (nikola-breznjak.com)

Let’s talk about something most developers feel at some point, but not many enjoy admitting out loud: impostor syndrome. You know the feeling: someone calls you a senior…

Nikola Brežnjak by Nikola Brežnjak Mar 21, 2026 read 🤖 Summary

8. Why Strange Images Make You Remember Better (nikola-breznjak.com)

Let’s talk about improving one’s memory… No, not the RAM kind. Sadly, no extra gigabytes for your brain today 🤷‍♂️ The fun part? A lot of what looks…

Nikola Brežnjak by Nikola Brežnjak Mar 19, 2026 read 🤖 Summary

9. Productivity tip: rate things 1-10 without 7 (nikola-breznjak.com)

TL;DR I started using a simple rule: rate 1–10 without 7. Because 7 (for me) usually means one of these: meh I’m being polite I don’t want to…

Nikola Brežnjak by Nikola Brežnjak Mar 4, 2026 read 🤖 Summary

10. Productivity: Paper, Pomodoro, Kanban, Tracking, and actually showing up (nikola-breznjak.com)

Sure, with all the AI tools we’ve become more productive (or so they say), but there are some old and battle tested techniques that will help you if…

Nikola Brežnjak by Nikola Brežnjak Mar 2, 2026 read 🤖 Summary

11. The Keyboard Layout That’s Making Us Type Slower (nikola-breznjak.com)

TL;DR Why are we still using the QWERTY layout even if: it makes our fingers ‘walk’ way more miles for the same amount of written text (supposedly as…

Nikola Brežnjak by Nikola Brežnjak Feb 28, 2026 read 🤖 Summary

12. Stop Tabbing. Start Using Your Monitor (nikola-breznjak.com)

OK, I admit, this one is going to be weird. So, buckle up… Tabbing feels like it costs a second. It doesn’t. It costs your train of thought.…

Nikola Brežnjak by Nikola Brežnjak Feb 26, 2026 read 🤖 Summary

13. StackOverflow – Was It Worth It? (nikola-breznjak.com)

TL;DR By now, everyone has probably seen this (or a similar version) graph: So, let’s not dwell on it, shall we? It was nice (great even), when it…

Nikola Brežnjak by Nikola Brežnjak Feb 21, 2026 read 🤖 Summary

14. Get in the Habit of Learning Daily (nikola-breznjak.com)

TL;DR In software, daily learning is the real career cheat code. Use the Feynman technique to turn “I think I get it” into real understanding. Read less, summarize…

Nikola Brežnjak by Nikola Brežnjak Feb 18, 2026 read 🤖 Summary

15. Be Fearful When Others Are Greedy and Greedy When Others Are Fearful (nikola-breznjak.com)

⚠️ I wrote this in 2016 (yes, 10 years ago), and never actually hit publish 🤦 I found it now while I was going through my drafts. What’s…

Nikola Brežnjak by Nikola Brežnjak Feb 17, 2026 read 🤖 Summary

16. How to find a branch parent in Git (nikola-breznjak.com)

You know that moment when you’re staring at a branch named feature/whatever and thinking: "Cool… but what was this branched off from?" Maybe you’re cleaning up old branches,…

Nikola Brežnjak by Nikola Brežnjak Feb 16, 2026 read 🤖 Summary

17. Caffeinate your Mac to prevent it from sleeping (nikola-breznjak.com)

TL;DR I’ll show you how to use macOS’s built-in caffeinate command to keep your Mac awake: until you stop it for a set amount of time, or only…

Nikola Brežnjak by Nikola Brežnjak Feb 3, 2026 read 🤖 Summary

18. Vibe Coding a Pokémon Search App with Cursor (nikola-breznjak.com)

TL;DR We’re going to build a Pokémon search app. But we’re not going to write even one line of code. 🤨 I know, coming from a developer (who…

Nikola Brežnjak by Nikola Brežnjak Jan 31, 2026 read 🤖 Summary