The Meaning of Action Link to heading
I believe that life only makes sense when we make it easier for others.
I’ve always felt the need to share—ideas, solutions, ways to deal with tough situations. Whether teaching self-defense, guiding others in finding balance through movement and breath, or simply talking to people about how to survive—I’ve always wanted to be of service.
That’s what drives me — not titles, not career, not money. Just the real, tangible improvement in someone else’s life.
I searched for tools that could help me do that. First, it was a camera, then martial arts, working in a foundation, spiritual discipline, and finally—code.
Today, I do the same thing, just on a different level: I create artificial intelligence that doesn’t just respond—but actually helps.
The Path of a Warrior Monk, Chef and Musician Link to heading
It all started in a technical photography school—there I learned to see deeper into matter and notice what others miss. Not only in the frame, but in people, situations, and myself.
Photography taught me patience, mindfulness, and how to find meaning in details. That’s when I realized that the way we look at things can change reality — and from a good photo to a good decision, the same path often applies: focus, intuition, and precision.
Then came two years of military service. This time, I was “looking” at infinite space through a radar screen. On a military airfield, I operated systems that detected aircraft. There I learned responsibility, concentration, and cooperation with technology that ensured the safety of airspace.
After the army, still during the communist era in Poland, I escaped to Germany in search of a better life. But after disappointment and returning home, came a spiritual turning point:
I got involved in the “Food for Life” foundation that distributed vegetarian food to the poor and homeless. I lived in a Vedic ashram, received education and was initiated as a brahmana.
That’s when I understood: technology without spiritual values leads nowhere, and a person without an inner compass easily loses the way and becomes a shadow of themselves.
After five years, still a young man “in the age of Christ,” tired of silence and asceticism, I connected with rock musicians and, inspired by the Straight Edge movement, I formed a hardcore band—a way to express rebellion and a life without compromises, without substances.
With a bass guitar as my medium, I shared knowledge through heavy, loud vibrations. But after years of chaos and touring, I became exhausted. I started a family. And then came a radical turn.
It was the turn of the millennium—year 2000, 21st century.
I returned seriously to karate, a passion since childhood. I trained and worked in the UK for 5 years—guarding by night and driving by day—finally earning my black belt.
Then I felt the call to come home, to Warsaw. And there, I connected all the threads: philosophy, martial arts, movement, and meditation as therapy. This is how Wado Selfdefence was born—my own martial arts school, and the original mind-body system WadoQiGong.
To survive economically, drawing on my experience as a cook, I built a street food business—a food truck selling fried potatoes on the streets.
A New Idea Link to heading
Something was missing.
On cold and rainy days, when the street food business—so dependent on weather and seasons—left me sitting idly before the computer waiting for spring, a new idea emerged: to learn programming.
I started from scratch, with no computer science background, fully aware that as a man in his 50s, I was “reaching for the sun with a pitchfork and trying to stop the Vistula with a stick.”
That’s when my friend Chris—founder of hal.guru—saw my determination and lonely struggle with code.
After countless conversations on philosophy and shamanism, he trusted my passion, ethics, and life stance.
He offered me a job in his company—a place where I could merge all my life experiences and values with modern technology.
And once again, I understood how important it is in life to find a good teacher, who at the right moment offers a helping hand and shows the way.
Today, I am the prompt engineer at hal.guru, who create advanced conversational, operational, and generative agents—AI assistants, advisors, analysts, teachers, and partners.
Not just chatbots. Real support. Always with one goal: to make people’s lives easier.
We build AI that doesn’t just “chat” but truly solves problems, gives advice, analyzes, automates, and inspires.
Because I know one thing: technology is just a form. The content — it has to have meaning.
And if a machine can help a person the way a teacher or coach, once did — then we’re on the right path.