Crafting Software

Some contributions don’t show up in commits or release notes, but they define how a company grows.

Today we’re celebrating a Master Crafter at Crafting Software — Anetta. 🎉

Ten years is a long stretch in software. It means shipping through changing stacks, evolving products, shifting priorities, and still staying close to the craft.

While much of our work is visible in code and products, Anetta has been shaping something less visible but equally important, the people and culture behind it. From the early days, she’s helped build the foundations of how teams form, grow, and stay aligned as the company evolves.

That consistency has quietly influenced everything from hiring to team dynamics to how we scale without losing our human core.

Thank you, Anetta, for 10 years of care, craft, and impact. 🙌

Every strong product is shaped by the people behind it, the builders who care about the details, the experience, and the craft itself.

Today we’re welcoming a new Crafter to Crafting Software — Lorand K.. 🚀

As part of The Makers Guild, Lorand joins us with deep Android expertise and a builder mindset that fits naturally with how we approach software development.

Excited to have you on board and looking forward to what we’ll build together. 💻⚙️

Sixth session of Erlang Academy 2026 ⚙️

Week 6 was all about stepping up from raw processes to OTP abstractions, focusing on GenServer.

After working with spawn and recursive receive loops in previous weeks, we shifted to how Erlang structures the same idea in a safer and more scalable way.

Key topics:
– OTP overview 🧠
– GenServer lifecycle (init, handle_call, handle_cast, handle_info) 🔄
– State management inside GenServers 🗄️
– Inspecting state with sys:get_state 🔍
– How GenServer replaces manual receive loops

A useful part of the session was comparing manual process loops with GenServer to see what OTP is actually abstracting away, same core idea, but with structure, consistency, and built-in patterns for real systems.

As always, lots of hands-on examples and discussion 🧪