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I am a developer (little) known as pinchito on BlueSky, @[email protected] and @alexfernandez on GitHub.

2025

๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2025-09-08: ๐Ÿซ‚ The Three Laws of Humanics
๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2025-07-21: ๐ŸŽจ How Many Arts Are There?
๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2025-02-16: ๐ŸŽจ Advice for the Modern Artist

2024

๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2024-11-07: ๐Ÿ”ง On Tooling
โš›๏ธ ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2024-07-08: ๐Ÿชฝ Avis Minima: Building A Prototype Airship Drone
โš›๏ธ ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2024-03-16: ๐Ÿชฝ Aves ร†ternaรฆ: Building Perpetual Flying Machines
๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ 2024-01-01: ๐ŸŽฏ Repaso de 2023 y propรณsitos para 2024

2023

โš›๏ธ ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2023-12-28: ๐Ÿชฝ Avis ร†terna: A Perpetual Flying Machine
๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2023-09-29: ๐ŸŽฏ How I Searched for a Tech Job
๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2023-08-12: ๐Ÿงฎ Guide to Contradiction: Contradiction in Logic and Mathematics
๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2023-08-08: ๐Ÿค” Climate Change: Conclusion
๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2023-08-05: ๐Ÿ›ฐ๏ธ Climate Change: Space Screens
๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2023-07-09: ๐Ÿชฉ Climate Change: Mirror Roofs
๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2023-06-17: ๐ŸŒฒ Climate Change: Planting Trees
๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2023-06-12: ๐Ÿฅต Some Solutions to Climate Change: Introduction
๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2023-06-03: ๐Ÿคจ Guide to Contradiction: What Is Contradiction?
๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ 2023-05-28: ๐Ÿ›๏ธ Una vida sin fisuras
๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ 2023-01-03: ๐ŸŽฏ Repaso de 2022 y propรณsitos para 2023

2022

๐Ÿฆ  ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ 2022-12-31: ๐Ÿค” Bacterias: Conclusiones
๐Ÿฆ  ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ 2022-12-30: ๐ŸŒ  Bacterias: ยฟVenimos de las estrellas?
๐Ÿฆ  ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ 2022-12-29: ๐Ÿง‘โ€โš•๏ธ Bacterias: Enfermedades autoinmunes
๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ 2022-11-15: ๐Ÿ—บ๏ธ ยฟQuiรฉn lleva el roadmap de producto?
๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2022-07-08: ๐ŸŒ‰ Building Bridges
๐Ÿฆ  ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ 2022-06-28: ๐Ÿ–‡๏ธ Bacterias: El largo camino a la simbiosis
โš›๏ธ ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2022-03-27: ๐Ÿ’ซ Understanding the Limits of Physical Laws
๐Ÿฆ  ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ 2022-03-06: โš™๏ธ Bacterias: Tecnologรญa bacteriana
๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ 2022-01-01: ๐ŸŽฏ Propรณsitos para 2022 y repaso de 2021

2021

โš›๏ธ ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2021-11-07: Understanding the Work of Einstein
๐Ÿฆ  ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ 2021-10-17: ๐Ÿฆ  Bacterias: Y las bacterias, bonita
โš›๏ธ ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2021-10-03: Understanding Quantum Mechanics
๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2021-08-16: API First
โš›๏ธ ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2021-08-12: We Are Not Living in a Computer Simulation
๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2021-07-11: How Remote Work Is Messing with your Memory
โš›๏ธ ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2021-07-10: Understanding Entropy
๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2021-01-23: The TTP Methodology
๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ 2021-01-01: Repaso de 2020 y propรณsitos para 2021

2020

๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ 2020-12-28: Los cinco โ€œCoโ€s: cinco soft skills esenciales
๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ 2020-11-01: La metodologรญa TPP
๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ 2020-08-31: ๐Ÿš€Curso de escalabilidad v2๐Ÿš€
๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ 2020-05-20: ๐Ÿš€Agile Performance and Scalability๐Ÿš€
๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2020-01-13: Insane Plane Ticket Prices
๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ 2020-01-02: Repaso de 2019 y propรณsitos para 2020

2019

๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2019-12-31: Continuous Deployment on the Cheap
โš›๏ธ ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2019-06-08: A Guide to High Speeds
๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ 2019-06-01: Curso de Unix

2018

๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2018-12-01: Has Anyone Else Seen Your Code
๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2018-05-28: More Adventures in the Land of Go
โš›๏ธ ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2018-03-04: Building a Space Launcher

2017

๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2017-09-17: The Origins Of Language
๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2017-07-11: Build Your Own DevOps Infrastructure
๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2017-06-24: How Much Did JSDayES 2017 Cost?
๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ 2017-06-15: Polรฉmica sobre la diversidad en tecnologรญa

2016

๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2016-12-11: The Amazing Mind
๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2016-10-26: Becoming a Better Developer
๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2016-10-26: Becoming A Better Developer, Part 4: Top Of The Cream Of The Crop
๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2016-10-17: Becoming A Better Developer, Part 3: Get Ahead Of The Curve
๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2016-10-06: Becoming A Better Developer, Part 2: Advice For The Novice
๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2016-10-06: Becoming A Better Developer, Part 1: Start Me Up
๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ 2016-08-12: Sobre el intrusismo profesional en informรกtica
๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ 2016-06-07: ยฟCuรกnto costรณ el JSDayES 2016?
๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2016-07-27: MoveinBlue, Five Years Later
๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2016-05-26: Should I Build or Should I Not
๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2016-04-10: Creating a Balancer With Nginx
๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2016-04-03: Continuously Deploying with StriderCD
๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2016-02-22: Adventures in the Land of Go
๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2016-01-10: Increasing Event Attendance
๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2016-01-08: The Case Against Software Craftsmanship

2015

๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ 2015-12-28: La arquitectura fluida 2: estrategias de migraciรณn
๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ 2015-12-27: Ofertas de trabajo y salarios
๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ 2015-11-09: La arquitectura fluida 1: tras la arquitectura perfecta
๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ 2015-11-08: Entrevista en DevUse
๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2015-10-17: Walk Through My Code

2013

๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ 2013-11-24: Optimizando sockets con node.js
๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ 2013-11-12: Node.js: ยฟrรกpido como el rayo?
๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ 2013-08-27: Pruebas de carga
๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ 2013-07-27: Modo cluster para node.js
๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ 2013-07-11: Pruebas asรญncronas en node.js
๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2013-06-07: The Human Body as a Well-Engineered System

2012

๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2012-12-18: Reporting Problems, Part 2: Tooling
๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2012-08-23: Reporting Problems, Part 1: Process
๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2012-07-25: Iterative Evolution
๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2012-06-11: Sources of Irreversibility
๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2012-06-09: How to Fake the Performance Review
๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2012-06-04: From Ground to Cloud in Two Hours
๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2012-05-29: Closing the Gap with Business
๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2012-05-24: Ode to Telecommuting
๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2012-05-20: Reversible Engineering Part 3: Management
๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2012-05-11: Reversible Engineering Part 2: DevOps
๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2012-05-09: Reversible Engineering Part 1: Software Development
๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2012-04-18: Locked to the Cloud
๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2012-04-12: Automating the Automation
๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2012-04-10: Continuous Deployment
๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช 2012-03-30: Developer Discipline

Why?

๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป Here on my blog I like to write about my job in software engineering.
โš›๏ธ There are also some articles related to Physics.
๐Ÿฆ  And some articles related to Biology.
๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ I also write about other things Iโ€™m interested in, like linguistics or event organization.
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Some articles are in Spanish.
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช The rest are in English.

Latest articles first.

CV

In case you are interested in my past experience, here you go. I sometimes work as a freelancer for short-term engagements such as teaching courses, giving private talks or working on an interesting project for a few days. If you have a proposal let me know.

You can also see my full speaker profile.

Credits

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