Hi, I am Mikhail!
I write code for the web and make irregular updates to this page.
I write code for the web and make irregular updates to this page.
July 29th, 2026 — Yesterday I opened [SignUpBreeze](https://signupbreeze.com/) to everyone and turned on payments. It happened during Laracon, which feels right, because Laracon is where the push to finish came from.
May 5th, 2026 — In the world of software, there is a recurring tragedy: a simple problem gets solved, but the solution eventually becomes so bloated with "noise" that the original utility is lost. For me, that breaking point came while trying to manage volunteer events.
June 8th, 2025 — I recently set up a new Statamic site using the Cool Writings starter kit (statamic/starter-kit-cool-writings). The official documentation walks you through local development and static site generation (SSG), but it doesn’t cover how to deploy to GitHub Pages. Here’s how to do that using GitHub Actions.