Mriia Means Dream

Building a new software development team

DreamProIT is the name of our new software development team, inspired by the word ‘mriia’ in Ukrainian, which means ‘dream’. We were formed in the wake of the destructive Russian invasion of Ukraine, and our Ukrainian team members (everyone but me) all left their homes for safety further west –... [Read More]

Turning from Backend Developer to the (War) Front

Usually developers can switch their role, upgrade their skills and become a full-stack developer, which means that you can create both server (back-end) and client (front-end) applications. Now I’m a Python developer and I’m going to switch from back-end to front… [Read More]

The New Black

On the importance of being transparent

When you google “Project management”, you find a gazillion how-to articles explaining the principles of effective work organization and communication. I wanted to share my personal experience and tell you what the job actually is. [Read More]

New Chapter

Back in 2014, when I was in my last year at school, we used to write lots of argumentative essays. Our Ukrainian language teacher always tried to pick the most controversial topics. She wanted us, know-it-all teens, to see things from different perspectives – the more, the better. Then, she... [Read More]

Introducing Myself – Ustynov Dmytro

I am Ustynov Dmytro, a Python developer on the MriiaPro team. As Ari mentioned in his first post, after the Russian invasion, I was trying to bring my family to safe place, and had to abandon my home city of Dnipro. Luckily, as of May 2022, it is still a... [Read More]