[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":85},["ShallowReactive",2],{"post-en-US-mam-pomysl-na-startup":3,"adjacent-posts-en-US-mam-pomysl-na-startup":24,"related-posts-en-US-mam-pomysl-na-startup":48},{"id":4,"slug":4,"publishDate":5,"updateDate":-1,"title":6,"excerpt":7,"image":8,"category":9,"tags":10,"author":-1,"draft":14,"metadata":15,"content":16,"featured":14,"lang":17,"renderedContent":18,"tocItems":19},"mam-pomysl-na-startup",["Date","2020-11-16T00:00:00.000Z"],"Taking part in the \"Mam pomysł na startup\" competition","Kanapkaman team in the \"Mam pomysł na startup\" competition. Honourable mention, mentoring and exchange with other teams.","\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002F16-03-2022-mampomyslnastartup.webp","kariera",[11,12,13],"startup","konkurs","kanapkaman",false,{},"With the Kanapkaman team I took part in the \"Mam pomysł na startup\" competition. We got an honourable mention; the main value for me was the meetings with our mentor and other participants.\n\nFrom the start we had an assigned mentor. His support helped us review the idea, see strengths and risks and get a push for next steps. I appreciated that he was open to questions and adapted the pace to us.\n\nExchange with other teams, mentors from different fields and organisers was valuable. Every conversation added something to how we thought about the project. Collaboration and openness to other perspectives taught me a lot.\n\nThe final was on 16 October 2020. We didn’t win first place, but the mention meant a lot to us. I took most from the relationships and advice from mentors and participants – that still pays off.\n\nI recommend this kind of competition to anyone developing a project and wanting to learn. Thanks to the mentors, organisers and teams for that time.\n\n## Links\n\n- [\"Mam pomysł na startup\" – official site](https:\u002F\u002Fmamstartup.pl\u002F)\n- [Kanapkaman on Facebook](https:\u002F\u002Ffacebook.com\u002Fkanapkaman)","en-US","\u003Cp class=\"text-body-1 mb-6\">With the Kanapkaman team I took part in the “Mam pomysł na startup” competition. We got an honourable mention; the main value for me was the meetings with our mentor and other participants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"text-body-1 mb-6\">From the start we had an assigned mentor. His support helped us review the idea, see strengths and risks and get a push for next steps. I appreciated that he was open to questions and adapted the pace to us.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"text-body-1 mb-6\">Exchange with other teams, mentors from different fields and organisers was valuable. Every conversation added something to how we thought about the project. Collaboration and openness to other perspectives taught me a lot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"text-body-1 mb-6\">The final was on 16 October 2020. We didn’t win first place, but the mention meant a lot to us. I took most from the relationships and advice from mentors and participants – that still pays off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"text-body-1 mb-6\">I recommend this kind of competition to anyone developing a project and wanting to learn. Thanks to the mentors, organisers and teams for that time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch2 class=\"text-h4 font-weight-black  text-primary mt-16 mb-6 border-s-lg border-primary ps-4\">Links\u003C\u002Fh2>\n\u003Cul class=\"pa-0 mb-6\">\n\u003Cli class=\"d-flex align-start mb-2\">\u003Cspan class=\"text-primary font-weight-bold me-2\">▹\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmamstartup.pl\u002F\" class=\"text-primary font-weight-bold text-decoration-none\">“Mam pomysł na startup” – official site\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli class=\"d-flex align-start mb-2\">\u003Cspan class=\"text-primary font-weight-bold me-2\">▹\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ffacebook.com\u002Fkanapkaman\" class=\"text-primary font-weight-bold text-decoration-none\">Kanapkaman on Facebook\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n",[20],{"id":21,"text":22,"level":23},"links","Links",2,{"prev":25,"next":38},{"id":26,"slug":26,"publishDate":27,"updateDate":-1,"title":28,"excerpt":29,"image":30,"category":31,"tags":32,"author":-1,"draft":14,"metadata":36,"content":37,"featured":14,"lang":17},"girls-js-3",["Date","2021-09-11T00:00:00.000Z"],"Girls.js workshops Łódź 3 – personal account","11 September 2021 I led a group at Girls.js in Łódź. A short account from a mentor's perspective.","\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Fgirls-js-brand-010.webp","edukacja",[33,34,35],"warsztaty","mentoring","javascript",{},"On 11 September 2021 I was a mentor at Girls.js in Łódź. Workshops for women starting with JavaScript. From the start it felt like a good day – energy and collaboration.\n\nThe organisers went for small groups: one mentor per few participants. That let me adapt the pace to each person, help with difficulties and build rapport. I used to struggle with problems on my own; I know how much difference support makes.\n\nFor me the key things were: individual approach, room to ask questions without fear, and quick clarification when something broke. Participants learned in a safe setting; mentors could share experience and learn from beginners’ fresh perspective.\n\nWatching the group get through the tasks was satisfying. Thanks to the organisers, participants and other mentors for that day. If you’re considering Girls.js – worth a try.\n\n## Links\n\n- [Girls.js website](https:\u002F\u002Fgirlsjs.pl)\n- [Workshop photos](https:\u002F\u002Fgirlsjs.pl\u002Fgaleria-lodz-3)\n- [Workshop video](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.facebook.com\u002Fshare\u002Fv\u002F8idrCjUy16iPyccE\u002F)",{"id":39,"slug":39,"publishDate":40,"updateDate":-1,"title":41,"excerpt":42,"image":43,"category":31,"tags":44,"author":-1,"draft":14,"metadata":46,"content":47,"featured":14,"lang":17},"girls-js-online",["Date","2020-11-14T00:00:00.000Z"],"Girls.js Online Workshops – Mentoring in Times of Pandemic","November 2020 – first online edition of Girls.js. Account of mentoring through the screen and using CodeSandbox Live.","\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Fgirlsjs-online.webp",[45,35,34,33],"girlsjs",{},"On 14 November 2020 I was a mentor at the first online edition of Girls.js. COVID-19 moved everything online; I wanted to see if we could support participants the same way. Energy and willingness to learn were real despite the screen.\n\nBefore the workshops I thought about how to provide support without \"looking over someone’s shoulder\". The organisers took care of logistics and tech, so we could focus on learning. The materials were clear and matched the level; each task built on the previous one. As a mentor I could focus on explaining nuances and solving concrete problems.\n\nCodeSandbox with the Live option turned out to be a game changer. I had real-time access to all participants’ code, could switch between environments quickly, catch bugs before they caused frustration and show live how I debug. Instead of \"do it like this\" – the whole thought process. For beginners that’s a big difference.\n\nI was worried whether we’d manage a warm atmosphere online. Doubts disappeared in the first minutes. Participants asked questions and experimented with code. The moment when someone goes from \"I think it’s broken\" to \"oh, it works!\" reminds me why I care about sharing knowledge. Those small wins – first bug fixed, understanding a loop, styling an element – build a real interest in programming.\n\nThe online format, forced by the pandemic, opened the door for people who couldn’t have made it to in-person workshops. Online mentoring needs a different rhythm though: check more often if everyone’s following, encourage questions. In a virtual space it’s easy to get lost, so we had to be more attentive as mentors.\n\nGirls.js teaches concrete skills, but just as important is building confidence that programming is for everyone. For me mentoring is a way to give back part of what I’ve learned. Thanks to the organisers and participants. If you’re thinking about learning to code – follow Girls.js and come to a workshop, in-person or online.\n\n## Links\n\n- [Girls.js – official site](https:\u002F\u002Fgirlsjs.pl)\n- [Girls.js on Facebook](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.facebook.com\u002Fgirlsjs\u002Fphotos\u002Fa.1731583790426706\u002F2645640129021063\u002F)",[49,61,73],{"id":50,"slug":50,"publishDate":51,"updateDate":-1,"title":52,"excerpt":53,"image":54,"category":9,"tags":55,"author":-1,"draft":14,"metadata":59,"content":60,"featured":14,"lang":17},"mobile-trends-awards-2022",["Date","2022-10-15T00:00:00.000Z"],"Mobile Trends Awards 2022 nomination","In October 2022 KanapkaMan was nominated for Mobile Trends Awards in the MOBILE FOODTECH category. Short account and thanks.","\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Fkanapkaman.pl_.webp",[56,57,13,58],"mobile-trends-awards","nagroda","foodtech",{},"In October 2022 I got the news that KanapkaMan was nominated for Mobile Trends Awards in the MOBILE FOODTECH category. For me and the team it was an important confirmation that we were on the right track.\n\nMobile Trends Awards has been one of the main awards in the mobile industry for years. The jury evaluates execution quality, fit for users, innovation and recognition. Knowing KanapkaMan was among the nominees motivated us to keep going.\n\nThe MOBILE FOODTECH category combined what I care about: mobile tech and changing how companies order and receive catering. Over the months working on the app I focused on making the interface intuitive, processes simple and the user experience consistent. Experts noticing that mattered to me.\n\nThe nomination was down to the whole team: designers (interface), developers (backend, integrations), testers (reliability). Thanks to them for their commitment.\n\nWe didn’t win the main award, but the nomination alone was a success and a sign we were on the right path. Thanks to the Jury, the KanapkaMan team and users for feedback that helps us improve the app.\n\n## Links\n\n- [Mobile Trends Awards – competition site](https:\u002F\u002Fmobiletrendsawards.pl\u002F)",{"id":62,"slug":62,"publishDate":63,"updateDate":-1,"title":64,"excerpt":65,"image":66,"category":67,"tags":68,"author":-1,"draft":14,"metadata":71,"content":72,"featured":14,"lang":17},"behind-the-product",["Date","2026-02-27T00:00:00.000Z"],"From lines of code to 3.5 million orders.","A recap of my talk at Behind the Product #2 in Łódź. I share the story of KanapkaMan – from idea to 3.5 million orders – and what intentional action really means.","\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Fbehind-the-product\u002Fintro.webp","wydarzenia",[11,13,69,70],"prelekcja","product-management",{},"At tech conferences you usually hear ready-made recipes. Charts go up, strategies work, everything goes according to plan. But if you're building a product yourself, you know that behind every button sits someone's decision – sometimes made under pressure or without the full picture.\n\nThat's exactly why I was at **Behind the Product #2** in Łódź.\n\n## A problem everyone knows but few have solved well\n\nI told the story of **KanapkaMan**, which starts with something simple. In Poland many catering companies deliver lunches and breakfasts to office buildings. The sandwich guy shows up at an unknown time with an unknown menu. Nobody knows when he'll arrive – or whether he'll come at all. Employees wait, some leave, some miss him entirely.\n\nThe problem was obvious. The solution also seemed obvious: an app with a menu, orders and a notification when the delivery driver arrives. From a code perspective it's straightforward. I've written harder systems.\n\nBut the code turned out to be the easier part of this project.\n\n![KanapkaMan – app for catering companies](\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Fbehind-the-product\u002Fkanapkaman.webp)\n\n## What programming courses don't teach you\n\nAs developers we entered this project thinking that understanding the problem was half the battle. It turned out we had only just begun to grasp how much we didn't know.\n\nWe had to learn to look at the same product through the eyes of three different groups. And that didn't just mean having conversations.\n\n- With catering companies we ran several meetings walking through their processes step by step: how they plan routes, how they manage orders, where they lose time and money. We documented every meeting and looked for recurring patterns.\n\n- With the delivery driver we spent an entire day in the field. From loading the van in the morning, through every stop at office buildings, to settling up in the evening. We saw where he lost time and how he actually worked. None of that could be read from any brief.\n\n- For office workers we set up a survey system. The results diverged from what people said out loud: asked directly, they pointed to concrete problems.\n\n![User needs analysis – process discovery](\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Fbehind-the-product\u002Fproduct_disco.webp)\n\nToday **KanapkaMan** has over **250,000 users** and **3.5 million processed orders**. If I had to identify the one moment that made the difference, it wouldn't be any feature. It would be leaving the office and spending a whole day riding along with the sandwich guy.\n\n## How the presentation came together\n\nThe first version of the slides was correct, chronological, complete – and utterly bland. The second was better, but something still wasn't right.\n\nA meeting with **Tomasz Szer** at **Robimy Startupy** helped. Tomek asked one question: *what do you actually want people to take away from this talk?* Not what story I'd tell, but what should stick in their heads after they leave the room. That reframed the entire structure.\n\n![Talk at Behind the Product #2 in Łódź](\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Fbehind-the-product\u002Fo_mnie.webp)\n\n## Intentional action – what we're really doing and why\n\nThe core of my presentation was one thing: intentional action.\n\nWhen I look back at decisions that turned out to be wrong, most of them happened because we were doing something because we could, because we were pumped with energy, because a new technology seemed exciting. Not because we had a clear reason. The decisions that turned out to be right came from a specific problem we could see, or from conversations with users. They had intent.\n\nIt's much easier to act fast than to act with purpose. But only the latter compounds over time.\n\n## Where would I start today?\n\nIf I were starting from scratch today, I'd go earlier to environments where you can test ideas against reality. Events like **Robimy Startupy** aren't networking for its own sake. They're places where someone tells you directly what doesn't hold together in your idea.\n\nI'd also take my surroundings more seriously. Mastermind groups let you see your own projects from the outside, regularly. Thanks to the **Ponadprzeciętni** community for creating that kind of environment in Łódź.\n\n## What the other speakers talked about\n\nI don't want this post to be only about me.\n\n**Maciej Krasowski** shared his journey in fintech – concrete and unvarnished. **Olka Fiszbak-Biernat** talked about product distribution and where AI actually helps versus where it's just noise. Both talks were good for exactly the same reason: they didn't try to prove how great we are, they showed what it actually looks like.\n\n![Speakers at Beyond the Product #2 – Maciej Krasowski on fintech](\u002Fimages\u002Fblog\u002Fbehind-the-product\u002Ffintech.webp)\n\nIn the product world that's precisely what's missing: not more case studies written for conference programmes, but honesty about what those decisions looked like before we knew the outcome.\n\n## Thank-yous\n\nThanks to the organisers – Paweł Lewiński, Michał Moroz and Karolina Boguszewska – for the invitation. You created an event worth attending, and I hope there will be more.\n\nThanks to Klaudia Pietrzak for the excellent photo coverage, and to Paweł Konieczko for analysing my talk through the eyes of a public speaking coach.\n\nEvent partners: Uniwersytet Medyczny w Łodzi, Makimo, PonadPrzeciętni, Zwinna Łódź, ProductMeetups.com, Agile Polska and Da Grasso.\n\nIf you're building a product and want to talk about making decisions with intention, reach out.",{"id":74,"slug":74,"publishDate":75,"updateDate":-1,"title":76,"excerpt":77,"image":54,"category":78,"tags":79,"author":-1,"draft":14,"metadata":82,"content":83,"featured":84,"lang":17},"kanapkaman-pl",["Date","2023-06-16T00:00:00.000Z"],"KanapkaMan.pl Project","App for ordering breakfast and lunch at work. I co-built it with the team; today over 150k users use it.","projekty",[80,81,11],"catering","aplikacja-mobilna",{},"Hi. A few words about KanapkaMan.pl – a project I was part of.\n\nThe app is for ordering lunch at work: notification when the driver arrives, reserving dishes, browsing the offer (ingredients, allergens). Works on Android and iOS. [Visit KanapkaMan.pl](https:\u002F\u002Fkanapkaman.pl\u002F)\n\n## How the project evolved\n\nFrom the first version we built with the team, the app grew into a full platform. Today: orders, online payments, invoices, vouchers. Detailed dish descriptions (meat\u002Fvegetarian, allergens, macros). \"Astronauts\" program – users can suggest changes. Kanapsy – loyalty points redeemable for meals. Multilingual support (including for users from Ukraine).\n\nFor catering companies: team management, route optimization, stats and reports.\n\nFor me, working on KanapkaMan was a mix of technology, collaboration and paying attention to user needs. Thanks to the team and everyone who uses it.\n\nTry the app – if you order lunch at the office, it might be useful.\n\n## Links\n\n- [KanapkaMan.pl – homepage](https:\u002F\u002Fkanapkaman.pl\u002F)",true,1790687720790]