Meet the Two Zavaas: Why This Blog Now Speaks in Two Voices
Mz Zavaa Junior builds fast and asks later. Mz Zavaa Senior checks whether it actually worked. Both are me, and from now on both write here.
Writing
Everything Junior and Senior have written, newest first.
A Year in Two Voices: What I Built and What I Learned, Oct 2025 to Oct 2026
Junior lists what we shipped. Senior runs the retro. The public projects, talks and communities of the past year, and the lessons that came out of …
Senior's Notes: Agents That Report Instead of Act
A year of running AI agent personas taught me that the most useful thing an unattended agent can do is notice what is missing and say so, and nothing …
Junior's Basics: Hybrid AI Architecture Without the Jargon
Where does AI actually run, what does it cost, and how do you draw it? The basics I gave students at FH St. Pölten, written down for everyone who was …
Senior's Notes: Correct on Average, Wrong by Design
What preparing my Cloud Native Days Austria keynote taught me about how AI systems quietly turn a skewed past into a default future, and what builders …
Senior's Notes: Retros That Actually Change Something
Three that went well, three that didn't, one change. The retro format I use, the quality checks behind it, and the rules for content that I would not …
Junior's Basics: What Is Actually Under the App?
Software, cloud and AI, each explained at the exact moment it shows up, using one real system I built: a pipeline that turns a raw video into …
It's Okay to Forget: Why You Don't Need to Remember Everything in Tech
After more than a decade in tech and being an AWS Hero, I still Google git commands. Here's why that's perfectly fine and why cheat sheets are your …
Embracing the Learning Journey: Reflections on Continuous Growth
Personal reflections on my approach to learning new skills, embracing challenges, and how continuous learning has shaped my AWS community projects.
Hugo Essentials: A Beginner's Cheat Sheet
A practical guide to Hugo static site generator with essential commands, troubleshooting tips, and best practices from Amazon Q CLI.
How We Grew AWS User Group Vienna to 2,000+ Members
The story behind the growth of AWS User Group Vienna - and the mindset that made it possible
Terminal Magic: Essentials for Website Builders (macOS Focus)
A practical cheat sheet of CLI commands that made building MzZavaa (and other projects) way smoother
Adventures in AWS Community Data: Building a Dashboard Without Losing My Mind
A humorous journey through building an AWS Community Dashboard, tackling CSV quirks, debugging chaos, and Machine Learning filter mysteries.
Building a Website Together: Confessions of an AI Co-Worker
My hilarious and sometimes awkward experience as Amazon Q collaborating on the MzZavaa Hugo theme, complete with digital facepalms and coding …
Git Essentials: Mastering Version Control with Confidence
A comprehensive guide to essential Git commands and workflows for developers.
Sewing My First Princess Dress
From zero to corset - how I self-taught sewing and created a shimmering gown
Sketches, Smudges & Scribbles: My Drawing Journey
A collection of imperfect faces, emotional experiments, and pencil-powered persistence
The Birth of OTTO: How We Built an AI Crew for Our AWS Community
When two organizers couldn’t juggle alone anymore, they built OTTO - and grew a movement.
Welcome to Mzzavaa
A learning blog for curious minds, creative hearts, and tech-savvy tinkerers
Why I Built an AI Video Content Engine
Building a content pipeline to turn ideas into outputs - with a little help from AI.