Ondra Cenek

About me

I have been programming for 16 years, since I was a child I wanted to be a programmer, then it was games, I created several of them, now I am programming smaller websites and information systems.

I like to create logic, I also like to design and code the look. My favorite thing is the design of the database structure.

How I work

I only work from home as a self-employed person. I work continuously throughout the day, sometimes more, sometimes less, I try to complete tasks quickly according to priorities.

I mainly communicate in writing, because then I can read it again and search it. I use email, Skype, I have experience with Teamwork, Asana and Droptask task management programs. I don't like Slack, it's an overpriced sold out app. I am not a supporter of so-called stand-ups. When people have something to say, those who have something to say say it, I consider stand-ups a waste of time.

I only work at home with a powerful computer with two monitors, a comfortable keyboard and a mouse, I don't have a laptop, I don't like them, they are small, I feel very limited on them, I wouldn't allow myself to work on them for clients, because I look for the highest efficiency work.

I don't need a contract to work, I try to trust people. If I make a stupid mistake or learn something general while working, I don't charge the time. I do not give guarantees on the work, because every programmer makes mistakes, otherwise there would be no need for testers. I check the work one after the other, but due to the extensiveness of some information systems, it happens that even after several years some error appears.

I prefer to work alone, when the graphic design is done first, then the coder codes it and I do the functionality. I have experience both in creating websites without WordPress and with WordPress, but I don't like it, it's too slow for my taste. When you click on something, you have to wait a few seconds. I also have experience in creating websites that are so-called one page applications, but they are also often slow, either during normal display or extremely slow when debugging is turned on, then the work is a pain.

I comment the code only in extreme cases, when something seems unclear, I simply read the logic from the code, I don't want to read about it. I like to use long names of functions, variables to make everything clear, I put special emphasis on naming everything as it should be, because I am aware that if I don't spend the necessary time on it now, someone in the future might not like it and then the error for larger projects, it could be very difficult to fix.