Juri Mlich

Is this what life is supposed to feel like?

Sun, 24 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

For years I was tired. Not the kind of tired sleep fixes. The kind that’s just there, behind everything. Doctors never found anything so I kept gaslighting myself into thinking it was me. I’m too stressed, I’m not eating right, I’m not moving enough, …

Two months ago I gave up on that and spent an ungodly amount of money at private hospitals. Turns out it wasn’t all in my head - I have a rare gut disease. I’m now on immunosuppressants and a six-food elimination diet (no wheat, dairy, egs, nuts, fish or soy). Pretty much every comfort snack I like is out. No bread, no pasta, no sushi, no ramen, nothing. What’s left is meat, veggies, fruits and a lot of label reading.

Seeing typos makes me hapy

Tue, 05 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

I read a company-wide announcement yesterday congratulating us on delivering something hard we’ve been working on for months. As I was reading it, I started noticing words my boss would never use… and then a few em dashes. I stopped reading. I’ve enjoyed my job a lot this last year, it’s a relatively small company, so there’s good laughs, work’s interesting, not overly corporate or anything. But it certainly feels that AI has been stealing more and more of the human parts of it and is slowly making it feel like an assembly line.

One Thing

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

I took this photo in Las Palmas, Gran Canaria in 2020, a few weeks after dropping out of uni to travel the world while working remotely. It wasn’t a great month. I was anxious, unsure of myself and had no idea what came next. But every day I’d grab my camera and walk until the noise in my head quieted down. I was a terrible photographer - trust me - and this shot was more luck than skill. But somehow it came out perfect in a way I still can’t quite explain. That month, I needed exactly one thing to go right. This was it.

They don't own me

Mon, 23 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Fuck you, Instagram. Fuck you, TikTok. Fuck you, Dennik N. Fuck you, Reddit. Fuck you, Hacker News. Fuck you, YouTube.

I’m not a fan of foul language. But I need to get this out.

I’m Gen Z. I grew up with computers and internet available everywhere I go. And over the years, I’ve watched my relationship with these platforms turn into something I can only describe as addiction.

Here’s what it looks like. I wake up. I check all the apps. An hour goes by. I do another loop through them all. Suddenly it’s 11am. I haven’t gotten out of bed. I have no willpower to do so and the whole day already feels ruined.

My dad vibe-coded a thermostat UI in 12 hours

Sat, 21 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

My dad is a tinkerer. He’s got a 3D printer, a CNC cutting machine, something to do with lasers, he’s good with electricity, … the whole deal. For the past year and a half, I’ve been helping him with code. It’s not easy for him, especially considering almost all great resources are in English, not in our native language (Slovak). So every time I’d come home for a visit, there’d be a “come have a look, how do I do x” kind of question.

The apartment you no longer live in

Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

You walk into the neighborhood. There’s a quiet excitement. You know where to go - you don’t need a map. You notice a new cafe around the block. The restaurant you liked closed. The trees look different somehow. You get closer to the building and think: I’ve walked this sidewalk a million times. I push open the front door, climb the stairs, turn the key - and I’m home.

Except you aren’t. You notice the light is on. You wonder about the people who live there. It’s their home now.

Waves

Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

They come and go
Relentlessly, even if nobody’s looking
But only if an ear is listening
And an eye is looking
Can their beauty be appreciated

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