Marin Atanasov Nikolov

Every seamless app experience has a story behind it. Ciprian, a Software Engineer in the Azure Core Resiliency team in Romania, helps design and implement solutions that keep Azure services resilient and reliable for millions worldwide. It’s about building trust at scale - making sure that when you open an app or website, it just works. #MicrosoftCareersEMEA #MicrosoftLife #MSFTAdvocate

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Every seamless app experience has a story behind it. Ciprian, a Software Engineer in the Azure Core Resiliency team in Romania, helps design and implement solutions that keep Azure services resilient and reliable for millions worldwide. It’s about building trust at scale - making sure that when you open an app or website, it just works. #MicrosoftCareersEMEA #MicrosoftLife #MSFTAdvocate

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🚀 New IntelliJ IDEA 2025.1.3 Release is Live! The latest update from JetBrains brings key performance and stability improvements to IntelliJ IDEA, making your development workflow even smoother. 🔧 What's new in 2025.1.3? Fixes for key bugs and regressions Enhanced IDE responsiveness Improved Gradle and Kotlin support General UI/UX refinements As a proud JetBrains distributor, we at Aquion are excited to share this with our developer community. Keep your tools updated to take full advantage of the latest enhancements! 📥 Reach out to quotes@aquion.com.au for more information! #JetBrains #IntelliJIDEA #SoftwareDevelopment #DeveloperTools #Aquion

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I can already hear it: "Let’s run our own CI/CD! It’s easy, and we’ll save a fortune!" - being shouted from IT departments all over. "It's not so difficult! we would save a fortune!" Dear IT leaders, please be sceptical of such enthusiasm. Developers quickly bore of such side projects. Engineers move on, side projects stall, and suddenly you own a fragile system no one understands. Make infrastructure choices that serve the business for the long haul, or you risk spending precious energy on the wrong problems. Yes the GitHub outage of today is a pain. But in my experience, it is the lesser of the evils.

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The time has come to unveil some groundbreaking technology in Windows Automation. As majority of the test automation in Windows is using Appium for their tests, the brand new *NovaWindows* Driver will come in as a drop-in replacement in your projects. With 50+ times improvement in test execution time and performance for control of the windows applications, this open-source project is a must-try. Thanks to Teodor Nikolov who was working on the project, windows automation now has bright future in any programming language and technology stack. #testautomation #windowsautomation #automatetheplanet #appium #performance #selenium #bellatrix

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The hardest problems in tech usually aren’t technical. Last week in Bucharest, I joined a meetup with software engineers and managers. It was a reminder that how we work with people is just as important as how we work with code. Key takeaways: - Clarity beats assumptions. Misaligned expectations quietly kill productivity and trust. - Respectful communication drives performance. Trust gives people space to take ownership and grow. - Culture is everything. A silent team is just as toxic as one with public call-outs. We often call these “soft” skills, but they’re the hardest to master and the most critical for long-term success. Big thanks to Adelina Stanciu for an insightful evening. I’m already putting these lessons into practice.

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Every seamless app experience has a story behind it. Ciprian, a Software Engineer in the Azure Core Resiliency team in Romania, helps design and implement solutions that keep Azure services resilient and reliable for millions worldwide. It’s about building trust at scale - making sure that when you open an app or website, it just works. #MicrosoftCareersEMEA #MicrosoftLife #MSFTAdvocate

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