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My name is Christos Sotiriou and I am a Software Engineer / Software Architect based in Athens, Greece.
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Tips for developers during the Coronavirus quarantine
Human Aspects of Working as a Software Engineer
A small collection of cases that frequently occur when working in the field of Software.We are Software Engineers. We pride ourselves to write the most concise code, to create good architectural designs. We tend to believe that our professional
Do you need a Computer Science Degree?
Yes, but not just for the obvious reasons.As Software Development is becoming more accessible through internet media, I see more and more places on the Internet with people asking, “Do I really need a Software Engineering (or Computer Science)
Microservices: Have you thought this through?
Regardless of the traction that microservices architectures have, there are technical areas and essential matters that you should take into consideration before developing in a microservices structure.
Goodbye iOS... Hello Web development
The last year has been one hell of a year for me. After eight years of full-time iOS development and 11 years of developing for Apple devices, I decided to move on to something new that I have wanted for
Speed up NodeJS server-side development with Webpack 4 + HMR.
When webpack 4.0 came out, I decided to migrate my codebase implementing webpack for the frontend to webpack 4.0. One thing I hadn’t invested time to do however, is to enable HMR in my backend code. I
8 months with Texture (a.k.a. AsyncDisplayKit)
I have to admit that I love React & React Native. I began using React in 2014, and React Native in 2016. I loved RN not because of its cross-platform mechanics, but for its pragmatic approach when designing user interfaces
Working for personal projects without burning out
There are some among us who just can’t sit tight, and feel the urge to create something on their own. Most of the time this ‘something’ will end up never seeing the light of day. It has happened to
DevLog: How I created my first AR NodeJS-backed web service
A few years ago, a client of mine had an idea about an application that would leverage augmented reality features to play videos on top of images that would be featured into pages of his Greek news magazine. Back then,
On software dogmas
I love coding. I don’t care about the language I use, or the technology. I care about solving difficult problems, about creating something from nothing. I grew up believing that software is philosophy, knowledge, way of thinking. I still
React Native Navigation
I have been trying to find a good navigation library for a project I have undertaken, and I have been looking into numerous frameworks the last few days. Although I have been able to find some decent frameworks, I haven&
A Showcase of Ambient Intelligence appliances
It’s been a while since my last blog post. Those were some very busy months. One of the highlight of those months, was work done for Atcom NEXT, a yearly event where we get to show the future of