Hi, I'm Rauf Aliev.

The temporary cat is getting used to us

It’s so rare for me to come across a piano in my life that it’s hard to imagine someone more awkward than me, especially when people are walking around with cameras 🙂 But being allowed to rehearse in a church, with a great instrument and wonderful acoustics in the hall – that’s priceless. This is my third time here (practically next door, Nadya is coaching volleyball players, and I’m waiting for her), and it was only today that I found a local gentleman who I asked after the fact “is it okay that I am using your instrument?”. “Just don’t forget to close it, but of course, play to your heart’s content,” the gentleman replied. In another church, I found several pianos in various rooms, and there was simply no one to ask for permission from either.

In the video – a snippet from Einaudi’s Monday. A very beautiful piece. Overall, it is technically easy, as is much of Einaudi’s work.

Discovered a new cool band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XM-Qa7eCJas&list=PLV1H6VB7YTqH4SNSNm0HIILwN5g3p3kb6 here’s a great LIVE performance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FstmdPCiIso

Marketing is asking for help)

P.S. didn’t ask, and I didn’t take the bottle. Everything broke down after all

“Meduza” does not mention that an idiot slashed a painting at the Centre Pompidou, and the painting is this one, Manifestation 3, with such red stripes, from 1967. The guy decorated subways and various external objects with similar vertical stripes. For several decades, these stripes appeared unchanged in various contexts and on different surfaces.

https://danielburen.com/images/exhibit/18?ref=group&year=1967

An interesting creation. Who is this?

Watched this short film and the movie “Stranger than Fiction” back to back. Both are simply fabulous (and share a common theme)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWs4WA–eKU

Amusing combination

Published a large and detailed (40 pages, 21 diagrams) article about everything related to card payments on the internet, integrating payment systems into websites. Best practices, edge cases, risks, opportunities, architecture, latest innovations, etc. I tried to consolidate everything I knew from my time at Chronopay and learned in the process of working on the online stores of Svyaznoy and Enter.

Co-authored by @[100001044160267:2048:Aleksey Kryuchkov], with whom I have gone through thick and thin at Svyaznoy. He recently joined us at EPAM, and before that, he carried Svyaznoy.ru on his shoulders for over eight years in everything related to development and support. Huge thanks to him for the help in preparing the material!

https://hybrismart.com/2019/09/08/payments-a-look-inside-the-black-box/

The clock has finally started telling me how much I sleep. This month, on average, it’s five hours and twenty minutes a day. And I don’t really want any more than that)