Vlad Shcherbinin

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Vlad Shcherbinin — technology leader, writer, builder.

Two decades across four countries, one recurring obsession with systems that actually work.

If You Can't Win, Lead
Aug 02, 2026

If You Can't Win, Lead

My kids are digitally native. So I'm building them a Pelican-style spy-quest toolbox that boots into exactly one app — ciphers, bearings, dead drops, and a cartoon that finally plays when the mission is done.

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The Room Turns to You
Jul 14, 2026

The Room Turns to You

Kedr — a meeting companion that listens for the questions that are yours to answer and hands you the answer from your own knowledge, privately, before you have to ask twice. In active development, invite-only.

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I Don't Get to Say 'It's Just Magic'
Jun 25, 2026

I Don't Get to Say 'It's Just Magic'

One of my kids, eight years old, asked why things get smaller when they walk away. Nineteen interactive, physically accurate relativity drills later — starring Liza, Vika, and George — here's what came of refusing to hand-wave.

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Invention Was Never Supposed to Be a Brainstorm
Jun 15, 2026

Invention Was Never Supposed to Be a Brainstorm

dttriz is live — a Guide that docks Design Thinking with TRIZ, the two innovation frameworks from opposite sides of the Iron Curtain, into one mechanism. The Soyuz-Apollo of Innovation, operationalized.

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You Can't Optimize What You Don't Understand How to Wreck
Jun 05, 2026

You Can't Optimize What You Don't Understand How to Wreck

The SQL Server Internals interactive drills are live — on-disk structures, I/O mechanics, optimizer behavior, execution plans.

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