TLDR: Live demo. Repository.

Why do I need to fetch a Medium feed?

Having a cup of warm coffee, 36 open tabs on Firefox Nightly and another 17 on Postman for research and testing while writing about topics that I find fascinating, such as infrastructure and APIs is something I always crave for.

On the other hand, because I want to be somewhat updated with web and software tendencies I usually go to Meetups, workshops and other events.

And often, the best content I get from these places are photos, interviews, a link to video or talk, not necessarily in a text format that I use on Medium.

Even if it is written material, like a code repository, I find that Github is much more suitable for sharing technical content because you can make use of the actual versioning of the code and because the industry is already familiar with looking into repositories for code. …

It was dark at night and in my head I could only think about writing my next article.

While coming back home on the bus, I was framing and polishing ideas in my head about all technical details that I’ve been thinking about during the whole 101 bus route.

When I enter my apartment I find myself with a friend of mine that I know for a long time, and though lastly we’ve having issues, we’ve also seen to be seeing each other more frequently.

As it was already usual, with great excitement she got up from wherever she was waiting and exclaimed “You came! …

Ya había caído la noche allá afuera, y en mi cabeza solo podía pensar en seguir escribiendo el próximo artículo.

Durante todo el bondi de regreso a casa había venido enmarcando y puliendo ideas en mi mente, los detalles técnicos sobre los que había escrito mientras el 101 seguía su recorrido.

Apenas llego, me encuentro en casa con una compañera que la conozco hace mucho, y a pesar de tener una relación bastante disfuncional con ella, siempre parecíamos volver a encontrarnos cada vez más seguido.

Como era ya habitual, con mucho entusiasmo se levantó de donde me esperaba y exclamó un ¡Viniste! …

Have you ever wonder how top engineers at some of the biggest companies are like?

What is it that they do differently to stay sharp and be able to contribute to project that will have impact on million of people across the globe?

I know I have asked myself those questions.

And what I came to realise is that proficiency with a programming language or technology may be required for a job but there is another aspect that plays a more important role in getting through jobs interviews:

Who you are as a person.

That’s why last Thursday I was thrilled to interview Leonardo Andrés Garcia Crespo, after he gave the Workshop “Vine por el render y me quede por las props”. …

¿Te preguntaste alguna vez, cómo son las ingenieras e ingenieros que trabajan en las mayores compañías del mundo?

¿Qué es lo que hacen distinto para mantenerse “afilados” y poder contribuir a proyectos que van a tener impacto en millones de personas en todo el mundo?

Se que yo, al menos, me pregunté eso.

Y lo que descubrí es que la habilidad sobre un lenguaje de programación o alguna tecnología puede ser obligatorio para un trabajo pero también hay otro aspecto que juega un rol mucho más importante para pasar por las entrevistas de trabajo:

Quien sos como persona.

Es por eso que el jueves pasado estaba emocionado por entrevistar a Leonardo Andrés Garcia Crespo para conocer un poco más sobre su historia, después de que termino de dar el Workshop “Vine por el render y me quede por las props”. …

What I wish for everyone, including myself, is a year with a lot of problems.

But with the right problems.

Last year was indeed my worst academic year. Although I passed a few important subjects, I haven’t sit for any final in 2017. Yep, zero, null finals.

I came up with an idea to start a big and complex project, hiring a close friend without having any idea of how on earth I was going to make it come true.

On one night, I drank a lot of alcohol and I took some decisions I wouldn’t do sober.

I told Mati Blayer that I wanted to give a Javascript 101 workshop while being so afraid of screw it up. …

Lo que les deseo a todo el mundo, incluyéndome, es un próximo año con muchos problemas.

Pero con los problemas correctos.

En lo que fue 2017 puedo decir con certeza que fue mi peor año academicamente. Si bien aprobé varias materias “complicadas”, mi cantidad de finales dados es cero. Si, null.

Propuse una idea para empezar un proyecto grande y complejo, contratando a un amigo muy cercano sin tener idea de cómo carajo iba a llegar a terminarlo.

Tomé mucho alcohol una noche y tomé decisiones que no las tomaría estando sobrio.

Le dije que quería dar Javascript 101 a Mati, cuando en realidad estaba cagado hasta las patas de darlo. …

“Hey! I have this awesome idea to make this simple app. Let’s do it together, you do the technical stuff and I handle the rest. We’ll split 50/50”.

Did this sound familiar to you? Maybe you or someone you know heard something similar. Perhaps a client or a friend told you that what they propose it’s a one-time opportunity and that you need to take it. This, while he/she has no more clue on the execution of the idea, than a trader trying to make money in the long term out of Bitcoin by mere speculation.

Is this person, asking for our help and ‘partnership’, someone with bad intentions? Probably not, but naive he/she is, as the idea by itself means nothing without its embodiment in this world of ours. The creator of Linux kernel, Linus Torvalds, said it himself “Talk is cheap. Show me the code”. …