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Dev Life

Reflections on career, soft skills, productivity, and the human side of programming.

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What Really Matters
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What Really Matters

Sometimes, life gets too noisy—work, technology, AI everywhere, and things always changing. We forget to care for what really matters. That’s when your body and health send a strong message and make you stop to think about your life. I’ve been offlin...

2024 Yearly Recap
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2024 Yearly Recap

The year 2024 is almost over, and reflecting on it, it was amazing with many tech talks, community contributions, learning from the community, and sharing great times with friends and family. Special Thanks I want to say a big thank you to Jörgen de ...

November 2024 - Recap DevFest and Community
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November 2024 - Recap DevFest and Community

Hi! 👋🏽 November has ended, and it was packed with four events in a single month (special thanks to my family, Edgar, and Silvia, for their patience ❤️). It was an incredible experience sharing and learning with the community and GDG. Let’s recap! �...

September 2024:  📖 Signals and Learning
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September 2024: 📖 Signals and Learning

September has come to an end, and it was a calm and reflective month. While I couldn't write as much as I had hoped, I took the time to adapt to my job at @celonis and dive deeper into Angular Signals, writing, and reading a great book. Let's take a ...

July 2024:  Testing in Angular and Using LLM and ChatBots
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July 2024: Testing in Angular and Using LLM and ChatBots

July has come to an end. That month has been a bit busy, so I can't write too much, but I always take time to write about things I'm doing. During July, most of my time was spent writing tests and playing with ChatBots and LLMs. Let's take a look bac...

June 2024: NgRx, Angular, and with the Community
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June 2024: NgRx, Angular, and with the Community

June has come to an end, and it has been a fantastic month with some changes in my professional life! I want to take a moment to share the great experience I had working with the community and learning about NgRx and testing. Let's take a look back a...

May 2024: Angular, Performance, SSE, Gemini, Signals, NgRx  and More
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May 2024: Angular, Performance, SSE, Gemini, Signals, NgRx and More

May has come to an end, and what a fantastic month it was! I had a great time learning about real-time apps, optimization, and NgRx. I also enjoyed working with Progress Telerik and Kendo UI learning about improve performance, build flexible componen...

April 2024  Typescript, Angular and Testing
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April 2024 Typescript, Angular and Testing

April has come to an end, and what a fantastic month it was! I had a great time learning about Signals, Angular 17, and the future of testing. Let's take a look back at the highlights and fun moments. 👋🏼 Bye Bye Karma! Hello Web Test Runner and 🦥 ...

March 2024 Recap: IA / Schematics, Community and Writing
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March 2024 Recap: IA / Schematics, Community and Writing

March has come to an end, and what a fantastic month it was! I had a great time diving into AI, learning about Angular and Typescript, and connecting with the DonWeb Cloud & IaaS community, especially about Kendo. Let's take a look back at the highli...

February 2024 Recap: IA, Community and Writing
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February 2024 Recap: IA, Community and Writing

February was amazing and full of surprises! Let's go over the best parts and the fun projects I worked on. Cheers from the Community Big cheers: I became a #ProgressChampion! 🎉 Thank you so much to Progress Telerik and Kendo UI for this big honor. ...

My Yearly Summary: 2023 Edition
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My Yearly Summary: 2023 Edition

Reflecting on 2023, I experienced a year brimming with presentations, contributions, and remarkable achievements in content creation. Here's a snapshot of my year by the numbers: 🎤 14 Talks: Shared knowledge on topics like Angular , Astro, Analog, ...

My Yearly Summary: 2022 Edition
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My Yearly Summary: 2022 Edition

The year 2022 is close to ending; it has been a fantastic year for my professional goals and family. I am 39 years old, so I have focused on investing energy in topics related to my job to make my life as a developer easier. I want to use this post t...

My Yearly Summary: 2021 Edition
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My Yearly Summary: 2021 Edition

The 2021 year was good, professional, technical, and personal, but I'm 38 years old, so I can't learn too much stuff simultaneously. I'm learning slowly; similar to 2020, I'm only spending my energy on topics related to my job to make my life easy. I...