Barbara Filipowska

I write about accessibility, technology, creative work and the occasional subject that refuses to fit neatly into any of those categories.

My background includes music, teaching and IT, which probably explains some of the strange intersections you’ll find here.

This is my personal website. The articles below are simply things I thought were worth thinking about long enough to write down.

Recent articles

• The framework does it. And now what?

  2 October 2026

  Frameworks can simplify development, but their limitations remain part of the product. A look at architectural risk, proof-of-concept testing and what happens when abstraction meets reality.

• To supervise, or not to supervise? That is not the question

  30 September 2026

  Coding agents need supervision. People approach it differently. I ask questions. Some of them are necessary. Some are not.

• No, Thank You. I Don't Need That.

  25 September 2026

  Not every kind of effort belongs to creative work. Some of it serves the work itself; some merely gets in the way.

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