# matija.eu

matija.eu is the personal website of Matija Munjakovic. It presents his engineering work, current roles, side projects, and writing. The site is built with Astro, Tailwind CSS, Markdown posts, and a generated sitemap/RSS feed.

## Site Summary

Matija is a senior software engineer focused on full-stack product development, API architecture, system design, DevOps automation, and cloud infrastructure. His current public profile highlights work at DTR, partnership at Kodius, and building Apidex (https://apidex.dev) and Esploro (https://esploro.app).

## Pages

### Home

URL: https://matija.eu/

The homepage introduces Matija and links to recent writing. It highlights:

- Senior Software Engineer at DTR.
- Partner at Kodius.
- Builder of Apidex (https://apidex.dev) and Esploro (https://esploro.app).

### About

URL: https://matija.eu/about/

The about page summarizes experience, skills, selected work, and contact routes. It links to the resume, booking page, and email. Core skills include:

- Full-stack Ruby and TypeScript development.
- API architecture and system design.
- DevOps automation and cloud infrastructure.

Selected work references posts on REST APIs, software craft, and product focus.

### Tools

URL: https://matija.eu/tools/

The tools page lists side projects and utilities:

- Apidex: hosted API documentation from OpenAPI specs.
- Fatturo: privacy-friendly invoice generator that runs in the browser.
- x402 Playground: working HTTP 402 payment demo using the x402 protocol.
- Trasmuto: drag-and-drop macOS video converter using ffmpeg.

### Book a Call

URL: https://matija.eu/book-a-call/

Consultation page for discussing product strategy, engineering leadership, and hands-on development support. Links to Cal.com and email.

### Posts

URL: https://matija.eu/posts/

Blog archive for essays and notes.

## Blog Content

### 402 Payment Required and x402

URL: https://matija.eu/posts/402-payment-required-and-x402/

Explains how HTTP 402 can be made practical through x402. The post covers pay-per-request APIs, USDC on Polygon, EIP-3009 transfer authorization, facilitator-based settlement, browser paywalls, and mobile wallet handoff.

### Struggle for Taiwan: Why Saving Taiwan is Worth It

URL: https://matija.eu/posts/struggle-for-taiwan-saving-taiwan-worth-it/

Notes on Taiwan's history, democracy, relationship with mainland China, and why the issue should be centered on the wishes and freedoms of Taiwanese people.

### Programming is like bricklaying

URL: https://matija.eu/posts/programming-bricklaying/

An essay comparing software development with traditional trades. It argues for practical tooling, delivery speed, and resisting unnecessary complexity.

### Grift shift

URL: https://matija.eu/posts/grift-shift/

Short commentary on tech hype cycles moving from crypto and NFTs to the metaverse and AI.

### Building Elegant REST APIs

URL: https://matija.eu/posts/building-elegant-rest-apis/

Links to and summarizes writing about REST API design, HTTP verbs, status codes, REST-specific features, and OpenAPI.

### Anxious Generation - How Safetyism and Social Media are damaging the kids

URL: https://matija.eu/posts/anxious-generation-safetyism-social-media/

Notes on Jonathan Haidt's "The Anxious Generation", social media, helicopter parenting, safetyism, and child development.

## Related Properties

- https://cv.matija.eu/ is Matija's resume.
- https://fatturo.matija.eu/ is a free browser-based invoice generator.
- https://x402.matija.eu/ is a Cloudflare Worker demo of pay-per-request APIs using x402.
- https://munjakovic.com/ covers the etymology and history of the Munjakovic surname.
- https://tandoku.hr/ is a technical leadership and software development services site.

## Crawl Policy

Public content is intended to be crawlable. AI crawlers are allowed in robots.txt, and the sitemap index is available at https://matija.eu/sitemap-index.xml.