by Olgica | Oct 1, 2026 | blog
Every chess player knows the tension that has nothing to do with the position on the board. Serbia Open, the international chess festival in Belgrade, took that tension away. A review of what the 2026 edition looked like from the inside, and why it deserves a place on your calendar for next year.
by Olgica | Apr 3, 2026 | blog
People still debate whether the Polgar sisters were their father’s experiment. The truth is both simpler and far more profound. Chess is usually associated with strategy, tactics, memory, logic, and intense competition. Yet the real story of Judit Polgar transcends...
by Olgica Đurić | Nov 9, 2023 | blog, programming
Open Space 🌻Last week of September 2023 marked a significant event in the tech industry – the first (Un)Conference on the topic of the Future of Tech was held in Belgrade, Serbia. As a woman with over 10 years of experience in the IT industry, I had the pleasure...
by Olgica Đurić | Jun 14, 2023 | blog
Why do I resist the test-first approach? 👋 Hey colleagues, 👐 Let me share with you how I finally achieved start and write every single project using a test-first approach, and how you can too. I feel that the number 1 belief which occurs about the idea of adopting a...
by Olgica Đurić | Nov 20, 2022 | blog, life
Today, in the age of information, ignorance is a choice Let me introduce you one of, in my humble opinion, most beautiful poems by Pablo Neruda: 𝙳𝚒𝚎 𝚜𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚕𝚢 𝙷𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚋𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚕𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚊𝚋𝚒𝚝, 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚏𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚖𝚎 𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚝𝚎𝚜 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚍𝚊𝚢, 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚜 𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚎, 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝...
