Last week a military drone hit the apartment next door to one of our designers.
She's based in Ukraine.

She took one day off.
Then came back to work.

The same week, one of our engineers
was stopped on the street in Kyiv
and taken to the front.

He's still there.
We can't get him back.

These are not stories about resilience. This is just Tuesday for my team.

We started three years ago - two people. Today we're 74.
Four dev teams, no juniors,
almost no mids.
No one who needs to be pushed.

I don't motivate people.
I work 12 hours a day, every day.
I answer fast. I show up.
That's it.

When your team works under blackouts,
under rockets, under real fear -
the least you can do
is never let them see you disappear.

They don't need inspiration.
They need to know the person leading them is still standing.

I'm proud of these people
more than anything I've built. 🫶