Szymon Wieloch

Jeep Trip to Uyuni

Mon, 18 May 2026 23:27:17 +0200

A 3-day-long jeep trip to Uyuni, a famous salt flat.

Tanzania

Mon, 18 May 2026 23:26:41 +0200

My climb to Kilimanjaro – the highest mountain in Africa. Plus a few extra local trips in Tanzania.

Bolivia

Mon, 18 May 2026 23:26:28 +0200

Local culture and shamanic rituals in Bolivia.

Peru

Mon, 18 May 2026 23:26:20 +0200

Travel through Peru.

Long Distance Running

Mon, 18 May 2026 21:56:00 +0200

Long-distance running has been my passion for several years. I estimate that during this time I have run around 1,250 miles and completed two marathons.

Krav Maga

Mon, 18 May 2026 21:55:27 +0200

In 2018, after more than seven years of training, I finally passed the black belt exam and became one of the few Krav Maga instructors in Poland.

Skydiving

Mon, 18 May 2026 21:55:09 +0200

A parachute jump had always been one of my dreams. I was curious what it’s like to fall at high speed. It took me several years to find a good opportunity (and gather enough courage). But finally, I decided to do a so-called tandem jump, with an instructor attached to my back.

My Trainer Certificates

Mon, 18 May 2026 21:51:16 +0200

Certificates that I received after exams or during trainings in a variety of martial arts courses. Mainly Krav Maga.

Skydiving

Mon, 18 May 2026 21:50:35 +0200

Pictures from my parachute jump from 13,000 feet.

Interpersonal

Mon, 18 May 2026 21:50:18 +0200

A collection of pictures from my interpersonal training.

Survival

Mon, 18 May 2026 21:50:08 +0200

Pictures showing a weekend survival training in a harsh environment.

MBA Graduation

Mon, 18 May 2026 21:49:50 +0200

Pictures showing a graduation from the Master of Business Administration, National Louis University-Wyższa Szkoła Biznesu, Nowy Sącz.

Gardens of Tuscany

Mon, 18 May 2026 21:49:43 +0200

Pictures taken during a one-week trip to one of the most beautiful regions of Italy.

Himalayas

Mon, 18 May 2026 21:49:23 +0200

Pictures come from a 2-day-long trip to the top of Panchase mountain in the Himalayas.

Nepal

Mon, 18 May 2026 21:48:48 +0200

Pictures taken in Nepal – a country in Asia. Mainly in the Chitwan National Park.

India

Mon, 18 May 2026 21:48:40 +0200

Pictures from a trip to India lasting nearly a month.

Resume

Mon, 18 May 2026 21:04:55 +0200

My up-to-date resume in the PDF format.

My Open Source Projects

Mon, 18 May 2026 21:04:27 +0200

My Open Source Projects hosted on GitHub.

Certificates

Mon, 18 May 2026 21:02:57 +0200

My Companies And Projects

Mon, 18 May 2026 20:42:01 +0200

As a contractor, I’ve worked for many companies (contracts are typically short) and taken part in numerous projects. The following is a short summary of those companies and the most important and interesting projects I participated in.

The Phenomenon of Arising Informal Behaviors among Employees

Mon, 18 May 2026 20:42:01 +0200

This article explores the concept, causes, and impacts of informal employee behaviors in the workplace, ultimately arguing that instead of strictly forbidding these natural tendencies, companies should strategically manage or leverage them to boost morale and long-term effectiveness.

Contact

Mon, 18 May 2026 20:41:19 +0200

Simple Investment Strategy During a Global Crisis

Mon, 18 May 2026 20:41:19 +0200

This article describes a simple investment strategy designed for people who do not have much experience with investing but would like to optimize their gain-to-risk ratio and prevent high losses during potential global crises (as observed around 2012).

What Programming Language Should You Choose?

Mon, 18 May 2026 19:25:34 +0200

Modern IT world has created hundreds of programming languages. Each of them has its own pros and cons. If you have a job to do – what language should you choose?

Scrum – Agile Project Management

Mon, 18 May 2026 19:25:09 +0200

More and more programmers are becoming interested in so-called agile project management methodologies. And there is a good reason for that — research done in the USA showed that projects using this approach get better ROI.

Computer Games in HTML5

Mon, 18 May 2026 19:17:52 +0200

When HTML5 appeared on the programming scene, a new trend emerged – computer games running in a browser (and not using Flash). Maybe those games constitute the future of modern entertainment?…

Synchronous vs Asynchronous IO Operations

Mon, 18 May 2026 19:11:34 +0200

Exploring how over-simplified abstractions can decimate software performance, this article contrasts the high resource overhead of thread-heavy synchronous I/O with the efficiency and architectural challenges of managing multiple data streams within a single asynchronous thread.

Object Oriented Approach to Asynchronous Operations

Mon, 18 May 2026 19:03:46 +0200

How to easily implement asynchronous operations using a friendly object-oriented design?

Rust – Modern Alternative to C++

Mon, 18 May 2026 18:36:12 +0200

For many years the C++ language was the only reasonable option for writing real-time or embedded software. But during recent years a new technology has emerged — a technology that has the potential to take the crown of low-level programming in several years. It’s called Rust.

Discovering Network Topologies

Mon, 18 May 2026 18:12:12 +0200

When you work as a network administrator, there are few more useful tools than an application that discovers your network topology and is capable of drawing it to you and providing all the information about the network.

Multiplatform Programming in C++

Mon, 18 May 2026 17:57:38 +0200

Almost all modern language are by design multi-platform. However C++ is not…