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I'm a software engineer and technical architect focused on complex systems and long-term software architectures.

Based in EU (Varna, Bulgaria) and work remotely with international clients.

Download my CV, or learn about my consulting services.

Approach and Core principles

  • Architecture first: Designing systems with clear boundaries, explicit trade-offs, and room to evolve
  • Technology as a tool: Selecting languages, frameworks, and infrastructure based on the problem, not trends
  • People and decisions: Supporting teams with clarity, ownership and strong technical decisions

Everything Works. That’s Exactly the Problem

A reflection on the most deceptive phase of system development — when everything appears to work.

5-Jan-2026 · Yaroslav Pogrebnyak

Codecs and Containers explained

Brief overview of video codecs and containers and why we need both

31-Oct-2019 · Yaroslav Pogrebnyak

What is RTMP and how it's used in live-streaming

Insights into internals of still popular protocol for video streaming on the web - RTMP

18-Oct-2019 · Yaroslav Pogrebnyak