PhD Thesis

14 May 2026

In 2019, I've enrolled in doctoral study programme in the scientific field of computing at University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing. I have finally completed it on March 31, 2026 when I defended my thesis titled Distributed software development governed by security-constrained data flow. The thesis can be found here (LaTeX source) and the proof-of-concept implementation can be found here.

I often say it is the most difficult stupid thing I've done since I do not think that the PhD title is useful. Additionally, the chances that the proposed paradigm will ever be useful in practice are extremely slim. Nevertheless, there are some takeaways from this undertaking. I got to see how the university works. I practiced communicating complex topics in writing and verbally. I developed my own taste for coding since I had to write the proof-of-concept from scratch.

Thanks to everyone who interacted with me on this endeavor.