Effective November 1, 2026, I’m quitting my role as the editor-in-chief of the Allegro Tech Blog. Nothing bad has happened. I still enjoy the job, and I’m quitting because I can, not because I have to. I think both people and companies should be doing more of this.

A Brief and Personal History of the Blog #

I became involved with the Tech Blog shortly after joining Allegro in 2014, when the blog was just a month old. Allegro was undergoing a technological revolution at the time, migrating a PHP-based monolith to Java microservices, and we wanted to share our experiences in this new world with other developers.

I started by writing blog posts, the first of which was The Memory Game. After a while, I joined the editorial team and became editor-in-chief in 2018. We chose to blog in English rather than Polish to reach a broader audience, and we formed an editorial team to maintain the quality of the posts. We tried to help authors improve their work rather than act as gatekeepers. The team also sought new authors and encouraged them to write. The blog has always been a grassroots initiative run by engineers for engineers. The roles of editor and editor-in-chief were always unofficial and don’t appear in any company documents.

Over the years, we published more than 256 posts on various technologies, conferences, team-building, and the inner workings of Allegro. We wrote about successes and failures, published postmortems, and described solutions that worked as well as those that didn’t. I consider it a measure of our success that Allegro’s current CTPO, David Roberts, mentioned having read the Allegro Tech Blog while at Amazon, long before joining Allegro.

Knowing When to Quit #

I’ve been editor-in-chief for eight years now. Over time, even well-intentioned people become entrenched in their ways, and the project becomes stale. I don’t want that to happen to the blog. Stepping down now, while things are still going well, will allow new people to take over smoothly. Kasia Zadurska will become the new editor-in-chief, and the rest of the editorial team will support her. Freeing up some time will allow me to focus better on other projects. I will remain available to help with the blog, but only as much as the team wants me to. I’ve seen people step down in name only, so I will do my best to avoid becoming a backseat driver.

Thank You #

This blog has always been a team effort. As far as I’m aware, the idea originated with Piotr Orłowski. Bartosz Walacik was the first editor-in-chief and my direct predecessor. I want to thank my former boss, Rafał Głowiński, who encouraged me to become involved with this project. Bartosz Gałek was always there to help with technical issues. Many people have served as editors, and of course dozens of authors contributed their time and expertise to the blog. Kasia Zadurska bravely agreed to take over the role of the editor-in-chief. The list goes on, and with it the story of the blog.