WordCamp Sofia Day 1

November 29, 2025 ~ Veselin ~ Leave a comment

I had the privilege to be part of the organizing team of WordCamp Sofia. Day 1 of that event is behind us, and Day 2 is a contributor day, which will happen tomorrow.

We gave away over 430 badges, however the exact number of attendees will need some special counting and may be lower. As the Volunteers Lead, I didn’t watch many talks but still had the chance to hop in and see some.

This is a tiny part of the front row, with Petya Raykovska speaking and some current and former organizers. Petya shared about how instrumental WordPress is for the people who make Bulgaria a better place, the Open Source community, and made me cry by sharing how important Kaladan was to her life. Kaladan, who was a WordPress contributor and volunteer, passed away.

Myself before the opening, still no red T-shirt.

A group selfie with some of the attendees.

An AI panel, so we can stay current with the hype. WordPress is adjusting to the AI adoption and all of the panelists are treating it as a tool that’s helping people rather than replacing people.

And Afrodita Dobreva, with another really fantastic session about public speaking. I thought the 2024 talk can’t be exceeded but she had a blast.

It was a great event for me. Time to rest a bit 🙂

Booktabby

November 27, 2025 ~ Veselin ~ 3 Comments

Given that the last catseller was a bestseller, here’s another one, selling books and postcards. Same place, Ivan Asen II street, a few hundred meters from the other cat.

Catculations

November 24, 2025 ~ Veselin ~ 8 Comments

Ivan Asen II street, Sofia.

Explain This

November 23, 2025 ~ Veselin ~ 12 Comments

What do you think happened here?

Rosehip

November 21, 2025 ~ Veselin ~ 1 Comment

I attempted to take a few photos of this cat family but the rosehip took the focus.

I need to level up my photography game to give these cats the credit they deserve. The little single-blue-eye void even yawned for me. Not sure if I’ll have another chance with these two – Sofia has so many cats that it sometimes feels you never see the same cat twice.