Notes on engineering leadership, backend development, and homelab tinkering.https://velev.xyz/https://velev.xyz/blog/commitment-consistency-ownership/https://velev.xyz/blog/commitment-consistency-ownership/The three words my engineering manager repeated until they became how our team works - and, eventually, how I got promoted.Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://velev.xyz/blog/the-feature-we-shipped-twice/https://velev.xyz/blog/the-feature-we-shipped-twice/One feature, two quarters - once without product and users loved it, once by the book and they didn't. What I ask of my team since.Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://velev.xyz/blog/reverse-engineering-toshiba-ac-wireless-led/https://velev.xyz/blog/reverse-engineering-toshiba-ac-wireless-led/How I found the undocumented protocol byte behind the Toshiba AC app's Wireless LED toggle and shipped it as a Home Assistant switch.Wed, 08 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT