Hi, I’m Darko!

IT Professional, MBA

Bridging Tech, Business and People with Creativity & Energy

My superpowers

Business Analysis

Project Management

I like to write…

…and to learn

Biography

With 25+ years of experience in software development – 10 of those in business analysis and project management – I’ve successfully led cross-functional teams in delivering complex software solutions for international clients. With strategic mindset and operational experience, I focused my expertise to an environments where technology plays a key role in optimizing business processes and ensuring compliance.

My experience covers the entire software development lifecycle, from requirements gathering to implementation, ensuring that business needs are translated into effective digital solutions. I thrive in complex environments, quickly adapt to industry standards, and bring a strong growth mindset to mastering new domains.

Latest thoughts

  • AI is not a feature strategy

    A chatbot here.A recommendation engine there.AI-generated content.A predictive model.A copilot added to an existing product. It looks like progress. But adding AI to products is not the same as having an AI strategy. Features answer “what?” An AI feature strategy usually starts with a technology: “Where can we add AI to our product?” This can…

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  • What actually happens inside a neural network

    Most explanations stop at the diagram or jump straight to the calculus. I wanted the bit in between, so I animated it. Six minutes, eight examples. One real input travels through a five-layer network, every weighted sum resolves into an actual number, the loss gets calculated, and the error flows back through every weight. Then…

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  • I built a Chrome extension so I could stop reading clickbait

    My first published extension. Vibe coded, built for myself, now yours too. Every morning I do the same thing: coffee, then three or four news portals. And most mornings I end up annoyed. Half the headlines are clickbait. Of the ones that aren’t, plenty bury the single sentence that actually matters at the very end,…

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Where am I?

Zagreb, Croatia

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