How to deal with the Frankenstein Software Monster

A discussion on the dynamics that lead to a Frankenstein software monster. How it occurs, why it occurs and how to navigate the situation.

How to build a chrome extension in 2024

This is a walkthrough on creating the 'Scrolling Zombie' chrome extension which tracks the amount of scrolling a user does to make them aware of their browsing behavior and help them fight dark UI patterns.

Onboarding as a Senior Engineer

This suggested 30/60/90 day engineering onboarding plan is designed to ensure your successful transition as a new team member. Getting connected, delivering consistently and getting involved to best contribute to the company's goals.

The Baseball Rule

Very often, in a course of the engineering life, whether it is a process or code, repetition happens. I suggest a simple rule to decide what to do.

Time to Jack-in and dive into your Data Fortress

Bigger and bigger Cloud infrastructures can be effectively represented as a 3D scene to convey more information and result in a better understanding of its organization and purpose. In addition to that, with the advent of both XR/Spatial interactions and AI agents, a lot can be done to simplify interactions between the operators and the system. I postulate that building analogies with 3 dimensional tangible systems is the way to increase the value of interactions with our computing infrastructures.

How to decide to Build or Buy, now and in the future

Every engineering leader will face this question at every corner Build it or Buy it

Utils classes considered harmful and how to do better

I propose that Utils classes are an antipattern. I will explain why and suggest alternatives. Read this short writeup to learn more.

How to deploy a Hugo site to S3 in 2024

A step by step guide to deploying a static website created with Hugo, from GitHub to Amazon S3. We will briefly present each technology, explain relevant concepts, best practices, and show the necessary configuration.

Hello World

A quick intro.