Hi! I'm Michal, nice to meet you.
I'm a Freelance Web Developer. Web development has been my passion since 1999.
I have always been mostly a front-end developer. I am working to improve my JavaScript and Angular skills as much as possible. There's always so much to learn.
From time to time, I enjoy doing some back-end programming, as well. I work with Node.js/Express, and MySQL on some side-projects, and I had worked with ASP.NET and C#/VB.NET for quite a while during my recent contracts.
Besides programming, I enjoy travelling with my wife Katarina and our two children — preferably to Spain, which is our favorite destination. I also love running, cycling, swimming in seas and oceans, and listening to music.
Projects
Some of my side projects include:
(These mostly suck, which is probably pretty common among programmers with kids. Sorry - not enough time to make them better!)
- Over.sk ‐ quickly check the availability of any .sk (Slovak) domain. The domain database is updated daily.
- Metallica Setlists ‐ all available setlists from all the shows of the band Metallica.
- Metallica.sk ‐ used to be a thriving community of Metallica fans from the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Started in 1999, I killed this project on December 21, 2012 — after 13 years of life.
- Hide YouTube Comments ‐ Chrome extension with ~250,000 users that hides all user comments on YouTube, so you can get some work done
- ...more coming soon(er or later) ‐ I'm just getting started! :-)
Reading
"Those who don't read, don't live."
(Michal Stankoviansky, ca. 2020)
"I'd rather read, than not to."
(the same guy, around the same time!)
Whether I'm travelling, eating lunch or staying up late, I always try to read as much as I can. Here are some of my most favorite things to read:
- A Baseline for Front-End Developers
by Rebecca Murphey - Life as a Service
by Jacques Mattheij - Angular Docs
I'm never going to know it all... - JavaScript at MDN
Invaluable reference by Mozilla - Flexbox and CSS Grid guides at CSS-Tricks
