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Bart Smaga
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always: husband, father; sometimes: Software Engineer → iOS | watchOS | macOS | Swift | SwiftUI

https://prosoche.co | https://father-bart.medium.com
Working on some articles, I found something mind-blowing. Documents by Trygve Reenskaug - the creator of MVC (Model-View-Controller) from 1979 at Xerox PARC!

Embarrassing to admit I didn't know this man. BTW original name of MVC was THING-MODEL-VIEW-EDITOR 🤯
September 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Yesterday I had the pleasure -yes, pleasure - of attending a Parent Forum at my son's school (A-Level, heading to university soon /I hope/). One thing that brings joy and optimism is that the education system, or perhaps more precisely, the people who work in it/fulfill this mission...
September 26, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Vibe-coding, shit-coding. I try, I try. Something that was creative, inspiring, becomes totally repetitive, connected with the frustration of fighting the machine. I'm not the first, I'm not the last with this opinion - but...
September 25, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Reposted by Bart Smaga
This paper shows that empirical economics research often lacks credibility because of low statistical power and publication bias. About 80% of reported effects are overstated, typically by a factor of two, and sometimes by four or more.
September 12, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Amazing evening, deep talk, serious topics but lots of smiles and laughs too. Have a peaceful weekends.

#mindfulness #meditation #buddhistteachings #buddhism #zen #engagedbuddhism #plumvillage
September 13, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Evening thoughts: What happens to humanity when AI does all our thinking for us? As we outsource our entire cognitive load, we risk losing the ability to think complexly. Remember: use it or lose it! 🧠 prosoche.co/sb/2025/even...
May 28, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Reposted by Bart Smaga
Excited to announce Notepad.exe 1.0! A notepad that takes your code for a spin. #Swift #iOSDev

Check it out at notepadexe.com, open to all!
May 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
May 21st - World Meditation Day 🤗

Remember.

Meditation has been commercialized and has little in common with what it's actually meant to serve. It's just one of many exercises supporting the process of building mindfulness.

#meditation, #mindfulness
May 21, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Spending time outdoors is very important for our health: both physical and mental - regardless of age. That's why I sent my son for a walk...
May 18, 2025 at 9:55 AM
A Personal Framework for Intentional Productivity and Self-Regulation

I thought that perhaps this might be useful to someone. So I've taken the liberty to write down a few things related to my personal note-taking system 🤗

prosoche.co/2025/notesys...
Mindful Productivity
PROactive - SOcial - Cultivate Human Excellence
prosoche.co
May 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
The last thing I ever expected from myself — but here I am, I set up a page.

prosoche.co
ProSoCHE
PROactive - SOcial - Cultivate Human Excellence
prosoche.co
April 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
I’ve added a small but useful feature: haptic feedback - for when you don’t want to or can’t use audio.
April 23, 2025 at 7:50 AM
prosoche.co/sb/2024/ourc...

And another my old article (but I think it’s still relevant), when I tried to explain the matter of estimating our (dev) work…
Our curse - work estimation
My private little corner in the depths of the internet.
prosoche.co
April 16, 2025 at 9:03 PM
prosoche.co/sb/2024/1.pr...

As part of my holiday cleanup, I've started moving some of my articles from Medium to Jekyll. Processes, teamwork, estimates, psychology. That was the plan already last year.
Processes and teamwork - Introduction
My private little corner in the depths of the internet.
prosoche.co
April 16, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Forgive me, today I'm feeling a bit nostalgic - perhaps it's this spring, which has burst so intensely outside the window this week.

Video was done in April 2015 but game is long since just history.

Long, long ago, I heard a sentence from someone I greatly respect that has stuck with me...
Long time ago - modification for the game Country Driver
YouTube video by Bart Smaga
youtu.be
April 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Yesterday, this video popped up on my feed - a short 2min video (understandably, since humanity has a chronic problem with maintaining attention) version of a legendary talk by the one and only Uncle Bob. I still remember the original lectures...

youtu.be/kxk3Kg7LofY?...
Agile vs Scrum and Flaccid Scrum - Uncle Bob
YouTube video by Dev Tools Made Simple
youtu.be
April 1, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Weekend vibes!!! Lately, I've been experimenting a lot with consciously moving from focused attention meditation to open monitoring meditation - it’s fascinating what happens with our minds, with our emotions and perception.

youtu.be/7jX9XW47pa8

#mindfulness #meditation #zen #buddhism #buddha
March 30, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Reposted by Bart Smaga
On Amanpour & Co. yesterday… youtu.be/I3JtZlSRMAw?...
Scott Galloway on Markets, Musk, and Trump’s “Weapons of Mass Distraction” | Amanpour and Company
YouTube video by Amanpour and Company
youtu.be
March 13, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Will America awaken as Poland did in the 1980s? Are Western societies - accustomed to comfortable, secure lives - capable of the courage and uprising I witnessed as a young person in Poland? It’s an intriguing question.
March 6, 2025 at 10:52 PM
What’s happening in the world is not encouraging. Has 🇺🇸 become the Wild West again? Everything points to that. Hordes from the East and the Wild West.

What future awaits us? I’m still shocked at how easily people can be bought and deceived, how readily they allow themselves to be led.
March 5, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Reposted by Bart Smaga
It was a busy weekend. I released an update for my small application. In addition to Walking Meditation, I added Breathing Meditation and two sample breathing exercises: box breathing and the 4-7-8 technique.
#thichnhathanh #mindfulness #meditation #contemplation #zen #buddhism #buddha
February 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
“Vanity, definitely my favorite sin”

Thursday evening. I just watched the classic ‘The Devil’s Advocate.’ Al Pacino is flawless ❤️.
February 20, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Reposted by Bart Smaga
Generative AI: Turning the great mass of people into Eloi, which is exactly what our Morlock overlords like Musk and Altman wanted….
Microsoft Study Finds AI Makes Human Cognition “Atrophied and Unprepared”
Researchers find that the more people use AI at their job, the less critical thinking they use.
www.404media.co
February 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM