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Igor Minar posted this"Health and family first!" That's what I always say when a coworker, a teammate, or their manager tells me that something is going on with them or their family and it's affecting their work commitments. It's now time to take my own advice. While I have many exciting things going on in my professional life — in short, I had decided to leave Cloudflare early this year and start my own business — as I was going through the transition, my dad's health deteriorated suddenly. I had to jump on a same-day flight from California to Slovakia to be with him and comfort him during what looks like his last days with us. I apologize to many of my Cloudflare colleagues and friends that I left without saying a proper good-bye. Rest assured that I'll do my best to catch up with you once my family situation settles down. In the meantime, please connect with me here on LinkedIn so we can stay in touch — I no longer have access to internal chat or email. To those of you who have checked in on me already while I've been busy and mostly offline — thank you! I appreciate you. I'll be back, but for now — family first. ❤️
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Igor Minar reposted thisAt DevFest Kosova, I met amazing speakers 🎤 They were all very humble, and their talks were truly worth listening to. I also had the pleasure to spend time with Natalia and Igor 😊 Natalia Venditto is Principal Product Manager at Microsoft and Igor Minar is Senior Director of Engineering at Cloudflare and co-creator of Angular and at DevFest Kosova they gave a keynote on Web-Fragments: a radically new architecture for micro-frontends,that works. Their talk introduced Web Fragments, an open-source micro-frontends architecture. It helps large, monolithic applications slowly adopt new features and AI capabilities, with fully isolated JavaScript and styles, making the transition safer and more performant. Natalia and Igor’s work is impressive 💖 Their talk was inspiring, practical, and full of ideas that will make a real difference for developers. Everyone left motivated and excited about what’s possible in web development. #WebFragments #MicroFrontends #WebDevelopment
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Igor Minar shared thisOver the course of my career, I’ve had the privilege to visit very many countries across three continents (yes, I know, I still have a few continents to go, I’m a perpetual work in progress 🙃). So far the most mind blowing and positively surprising has been my recent visit to Kosovo. It’s been hands down a place with the most enthusiastic, self-driven, funny, and smart developer, hungry to learn, and best of all hungry to contribute to the world and help their own country grow and thrive. I feel ashamed that prior to my visit, I knew little about the country, except for the war that happend 26 years ago. Little did I know that Kosovo is quietly turning into a tech hub already serving many countries around the world, including Switzerland, Germany, and the USA. I predict that Kosovo is the next Portugal, Spain, Poland, Czechia or Slovakia. Tech investments have been flowing into the country for many years and Google, Deloitte, Microsoft are already establishing their influence in the country. Rochester Institute of Technology runs a campus with 750 students (soon to expand to 1200!) in the capital city of Prishtina which I visited. This is where I presented on Web Fragments to an audience curious about the tech and eager to ask questions for a few hours in the hallways after the presentation. With Euro as the currency, very close business ties to USA and the rest of the western world, lot of tech and processes compatible with the rest of Europe, zero language barrier, and highly motivated and large young population, I expect Kosovo to become a major player in the tech world within the next 5-10 years. Tech leaders sleeping on Kosovo will have regrets. Dane Knecht & Stephanie Cohen 👀Igor Minar shared thisthanks to the organizers of devfest Kosovo 2025 day-2 was fun and exciting and thanks to all the speakers without all of this devfest wouldn't have been possible and thanks Federico Iezzi, Igor Minar, Natalia Venditto, Miraç Vuslat Başaran, Waqas S J., Getoar Krasniqi for making it more special and discussing specific topics with me thanks again. Nil shehu best of luck.
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Igor Minar reposted thisIgor Minar reposted this👾 Natalia Venditto & Igor Minar join DevFest Kosova 2025! Natalia is a seasoned full-stack architect and strategist with 20 years of experience across enterprise, cloud, and distributed systems. She is a Principal Product Owner at Microsoft, where she leads the design and enhancement of developer tools for AI and JavaScript, including contributions to VS Code, GitHub, and Azure. An influential Google Developer Expert and major open-source contributor (Web Fragments, Node.js), she translates complex technical visions, specializing in AI/RAG architectures, into high-impact solutions and educational content for global developer audiences. Igor has dedicated the last 15 years of his life helping devs by building infrastructure, APIs, and tooling for the Web. He’s the co-author of Angular, he’s helped the TypeScript team, bring better type-checking to mainstream web developers, and has worked with browsers on improving Web APIs. Nowadays he works on the role of Senior Director of Engineering at Cloudflare where he is pioneering the Gen 3 shift to server-first architectures, leveraging Cloudflare Workers to build the next generation of scalable and high-performance Web frameworks. At DevFest, they’re taking the spot of our second keynote with their talk “Web Fragments: Micro-Frontends Done Right?”. This session will introduce Web Fragments, an open-source micro-frontends architecture created by Igor and Natalia to help monolithic applications incrementally adopt new features and AI capabilities, providing fully encapsulated JavaScript execution and styles for a performant, low-risk migration. 🎟️ Grab a ticket now 🔗 https://lnkd.in/drdtqCmD #GDGPrishtina #DevFest #Kosova #Keynote
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Igor Minar shared thisThanks for highlighting, Luca Mezzalira. The frontend space continues to foster new ideas and innovation, and IA is only going to supercharge Web as the deployment medium for experiences. Exciting times!Igor Minar shared thisMicro-frontends have come a long way. What started as an experiment to bring autonomy to frontend teams has evolved into a discipline: one that shapes how we think about scalability, ownership, and platform thinking across the stack. This week’s resources explore that evolution from different angles. In my conversation with Sam Newman, we talked about how both #microservices and #microfrontends face the same challenge: delivering value, not complexity. Architecture alone doesn’t make teams faster — but the right platform and boundaries do. At the same time, pioneers like Natalia Venditto and Igor Minar are reimagining what’s next with WebFragments — a new approach that challenges how we compose and deploy web applications. Their work shows how fast this space keeps evolving, pushing us to rethink the foundation our platforms are built on. That idea extends also into my latest talk, The Ideal Micro-Frontends Platform, where I break down the four key architectural decisions (Identify, Compose, Route, Communicate) and explain why a strong platform team and developer experience are essential for scaling successfully. All these perspectives converge in the 2nd edition of Building Micro-Frontends published by O'Reilly. It captures how far we’ve come as a community, from early experiments to proven patterns that help organizations balance speed, efficiency, and autonomy. The book is available now on #Amazon and O’Reilly. If you want to stay ahead of how teams are rethinking web architecture and developer platforms, subscribe to the Building Micro-Frontends newsletter: https://lnkd.in/ew3JxPr LINK TO THE LATEST ISSUE IN THE COMMENTS 👇👇👇
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Igor Minar reposted thisIgor Minar reposted thisNobody remembers your business? You need a brand character! 😊
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Igor Minar reposted thisWill be at GHC this year. Hope to see you there! I genuinely enjoyed the conference last year. While it was a lot of work, it was so awesome to talk to so many bright and accomplished professionals early in their careers looking to make an impact in the world. The positive energy and inspiring careers really were infectious! To be among this outstanding group, and be able to help support and provide a head start in their early career felt so meaningful and rewarding! Our teams are hiring full-time and interns! Come to talk us!Igor Minar reposted thisJust starting out in tech? Grace Hopper Celebration 2025 is the place to explore what’s possible. As a proud partner of #GHC25, Cloudflare is excited to connect with rising talent, share how we build inclusive teams, and help you find your path — and your people — in tech. Whether you're exploring internships, first jobs, or mentorship, stop by our booth and let’s talk about your future. Chicago, Nov 4–7
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Igor Minar reposted thisIgor Minar reposted this𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗔𝗜 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝘀. 𝗜 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺. Creativity needs 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦: time, trade-offs, the friction that makes ideas real. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆. 𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆. Enough constraint to help us 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬, not just 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘦. 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿: 𝘌𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘐𝘥𝘦𝘢 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘓𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵 → https://lnkd.in/gVrui9jp
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Igor Minar shared thisAnd while I'm recommending teams to join, the other excellent team to consider joining is Elizabeth Rapoport's Workers Authoring and Testing — if you are into build tools, editors, test tools, and frameworks take a look at this job post: https://lnkd.in/gAKnBkzY
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Nil Shehu it’s never safe to underestimate a highly motivated and smart underdog! Go Kosovo! Go Kosovovars!
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Igor Minar liked this5 Things I Never Thought I’d Do as an Introvert - But I Do Now For a long time, social anxiety was the one making my decisions. I was the person who would skip an event if I didn’t have someone to go with It took time, and a lot of stepping out of my comfort zone but looking back at my journey, here are 5 things I never thought I’d do: ➡️ Walking into events alone: I walk into a room with confidence, knowing that every stranger is just a connection waiting to happen ➡️ Asking the "stupid" questions: I’ve realized that the only way to build great things is to ask. If I don't understand something, I ask it - loudly and clearly ➡️ Public speaking & presenting: It’s no longer something I run from. I’ve learned how to speak up and present my ideas in front of people. ➡️ Leading communities & Project Managing: I’ve since realized that being an introvert allows me to lead with empathy and manage complex projects with a focused, calm perspective. ➡️ Making new friends: I’ve found the joy in reaching out first and building a network of incredible, like-minded people. 🚀 2026 is going to be super awesome. I'm heading into the year feeling stronger than ever and ready for what's next. 💙 To my fellow introverts: Your "quietness" is not a barrier to your success. It’s just a different way of showing up. 👇Share in the comments What’s one thing you never thought you’d be able to do but you’re doing now?
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Igor Minar liked thisIgor Minar liked thisOn Dec. 31st 2021 I announced I was joining Microsoft. Four years later, today, it’s my last day. A new adventure is about to begin….! I want to express sincere gratitude for the opportunity to serve JavaScript developers at that incredible scale. Building tools and experiences that impact millions of professionals, students and even hobbyists lives. I want to acknowledge all I learned about product design, about data driven decisions, about strategy, experimentation, analysis and documentation of decisions. I want to thank my leadership, my team (Dev Tools), those that became friends for life: brilliant professionals and sharpest minds. Too many names to name and too many services I influenced. I was so lucky to be working at the forefront of AI innovation as this new intelligent apps era started. But if I have to mention the achievement that makes me proud the most it was specifying and prototyping the developer experience for Edge Actions as my DevDiv side contribution, collaborating with folks in Azure Front Door and Azure Core. Our v-team joined forces and worked tirelessly to bring serverless compute to Azure customers, and now it’s live. But there are other memorable contributions: leading the deprecation of old Node.js versions in the platform, consulting for the Mariner team as well as the Aspire team for JavaScript experiences, and so much more! I can say I leave a strong footprint in the Azure ecosystem that will power the experiences of today and tomorrow. Now it’s time to move to a new role (and adventure!). I feel very privileged (especially given the circumstances many of our peers face today) to announce that as of tomorrow I’m joining Adobe as a full time principal engineer, reporting to Gilles Knobloch and working for VP of AEM engineering, Michael Marth and Conrad Woeltge . I’m joining a team of forward deployed, customer requirement driven engineers, that are building the CMS, AI tools and web technologies that power the leading global brands platforms, shaped by customer needs and input. Going to Adobe feels like going back to my roots, in a way. All my enterprise-grade frontend engineer, technical lead and software architect roles were as a lead developer in the Adobe Experience Manager stack. As was my first involvement/contribution to an open-source JavaScript framework, now Edge Delivery Services. Speaking of OSS, I am grateful for Adobe clearing my way to continue to contribute to Web Fragments and the web platform, that I care deeply about and demonstrating their commitment to open-source. I’m so pumped for the future! Happy 2026, everyone! May this year bring you all you hope for, but most especially health, time with those you love and love you, happiness and work!
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Igor Minar liked thisIgor Minar liked thisIn March 2026, I will be Mockito maintainer for 10 years (nearly a third of my whole life). Looking ahead, I decided that a decade milestone is a good moment to pass on maintainership to other folks. Mockito has been an integral part of my software engineering career up to this point and it feels bittersweet to say goodbye. While I never got paid for my volunteering work (I also never wanted to, since then it would start to feel like actual work), it gave me loads of attention and recognition across the industry. Mockito undoubtedly has helped me shape as an engineer and gained valuable experience along the way. Today I posted my message to the Mockito community (https://lnkd.in/eaAAhNam) announcing this change. It feels uneasy to let a project such as Mockito go, unknowing how the project evolves. But I am hopeful that some other souls in this world will pick up and continue dedicating their volunteering time to an open source project such as Mockito. If anything, it would benefit today's world if more folks would do volunteering work and help society forward. In recent months, I have rediscovered the joy of programming by working on Servo. It's a web engine written in Rust. For the foreseeable future, I will spend my volunteering software engineering time on Servo and will see what's next after that.Stepping down as maintainer after 10 years · Issue #3777 · mockito/mockitoStepping down as maintainer after 10 years · Issue #3777 · mockito/mockito
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Igor Minar liked thisCelebrating 2+ Amazing Years with Google Developers Group! It's hard to believe it has been over two years since I joined the Google Developer Groups (GDG) family. What an amazing time it has been! We’ve reached a huge goal at Google Developer Group Prishtina: we now have over 1,000 members in our chapter! This is a massive win and shows how strong our community is. 🎉 The good news doesn't stop there! Our second DevFest Kosova 2025 is going great, and we are getting ready for an awesome event. If you haven't signed up yet, please grab your spot before it's too late: ➡️ https://lnkd.in/dfT6ajvR A huge thank you to the whole GDG team. They are always there to help, supporting us, and giving us great ideas. And a special thank you to Katsiaryna Skwarek she is truly one of the best! She is always so fast with her answers and makes sure we have the support we need. Are you coming to DevFest Kosova 2025? Tell us what tech topic you are most excited about! 👇 #GDG #DevFest #GoogleDevelopers
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Igor Minar liked this🎉 DevFest Kosova 2025 Was Awesome! 🎉 What a weekend! DevFest Kosova 2025 is finished, and we are so happy with the amazing feedback, the great feeling, and the huge number of people who came to learn and meet new friends.🤩 This big success happened because of the super hard work and effort of our main team: Getoar Krasniqi, Gjon Hajdari, Alba Hajdini and our co-organizer Doruntine Demiri. Thank you for making this idea real! 🙏 Big Thanks to Our Volunteers and Community To our wonderful volunteers: You were the helpers that kept everything running smoothly, from sign-in to showing people where to go. Thank you for your kindness and energy! To all the attendees: Your interest in tech made the whole place exciting. Thank you for coming and being part of the biggest DevFest around! 🎤 Thanks to Our Speakers! A huge thank you to all our speakers for sharing their knowledge and making every session great! ✨ Kyle Bringmans: Shared great tips on starting a career at Google. ✨ Waqas S J.: Gave insightful talks on AI in chip design and Intel's internship programs. ✨ Yoyu Li: Led a fun, hands-on workshop about building AI games. ✨ Dajana Stojchevska: Shared priceless lessons for a great tech career. ✨ Adrian Romański: Offered practical advice in his panel and a useful DevTools workshop. ✨ Gentrit Fazlija: Brought great insight to the AI panel and a strong workshop on building AI tools. ✨ Celik Nimani: Shared valuable real-world experience on the AI panel. ✨ Igor Minar & Natalia Venditto: Gave a strong perspective on webfragments micro-frontends architecture. ✨ Federico Iezzi: Walked us through how to manage AI for billions of users. ✨ Seifeddin MANSRI: Taught us important ways to save money on cloud services (FinOps). ✨ Miraç Vuslat Başaran: Reminded every developer about essential privacy rules. ✨ Enes Turan: Gave a clear overview of building intelligent agents with Vertex AI. ✨ Bilal Çınarlı: Shared excellent advice on tech careers and running efficient frontend teams workshop. ✨ Taulant Gashi: Provided helpful tips for career growth in the tech field. ✨ Blendrit Elezaj: Shared key steps for growing a tech company globally. ✨ Vjollca Kastrati: Led a very useful workshop on finding the root cause of problems. ✨ Hasan Cana: Ran an important workshop on connecting code and data (DAL). ✨ Faton Mustafa: Shared how to build a cloud storage system that is always reliable. ✨ Matthias Geisler: Gave a fantastic workshop on Test-Driven Development using Kotlin. And our special guest Katsiaryna Skwarek for making our event even better! Thank you for your support! ✨ We can’t wait to see you next year! Keep an eye on our pages for pictures and videos from the event! #DevFestKosova #DevFest #GoogleDeveloperGroups #GDG
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Igor Minar liked thisIgor Minar liked thisEnding the year off with an absolute bang 🦅 I think it’s safe to say DevFest Kosova came back this year blowing all the expectations we had. I’m very happy and proud with the scale, experience, and quality time DevFest managed to bring to Kosovo. Big shoutout to Getoar Krasniqi, Alba Hajdini, Kujtesa Paçarizi, and Doruntine Demiri from the team, the speakers sharing valuable knowledge, and all the hard working volunteers <3 Most importantly, thank you to the people. We’re so proud to have such an engaged community that’s always looking to grow, meet people, and have fun!! Was a huge pleasure getting to know everyone. You were all awesome :D Kyle Bringmans・Waqas S J.・Natalia Venditto・Igor Minar・Miraç Vuslat Başaran・Federico Iezzi・Dajana Stojchevska・Gentrit Fazlija・Enes Turan・Bilal Çınarlı・Seifeddin MANSRI・Yoyu Li・Matthias Geisler・Adrian Romański・Hasan Cana・Faton Mustafa・Vjollca Kastrati・Taulant Gashi・Blendrit Elezaj・Celik Nimani・Katsiaryna Skwarek See you all next year with and even bigger and better DevFest. Keep an eye out on Google Developer Group Prishtina for announcements 👀 #GoogleDeveloperGroups #GDGPrishtina #DevFest #Kosova
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