I’m here to answer that age-old question: who the f*ck is this guy? — Hi there! Thanks for checking out my profile, I’m Fernando. I’m a writer originally from Uruguay but now living with my family in Spain. I’ve been writing about software development since I was 15 years old, in one way or another I always kept a blog somewhere (the first one…

There are several big ones, so I’ll let you be the judge — Open source is one of the most fascinating things I’ve ever encountered in our industry. It is a movement that essentially groups people together to work on a product because they want to. They usually do it for free, especially during the first stages of the project, and then —…

I tried to live as a freelancer. This is why I failed at it. — The dream of being your own boss is one that almost everyone goes through at some point during their career. For some strange reason, we tend to believe we can do away with concepts such as “boss,” “9 to 5,” or “team meetings” and just sit down, put our head…

It’s never been your fault, tutorials weren’t meant for you — Online tutorials have become a go-to resource for developers seeking to expand their knowledge. But let’s be honest, how often have you found yourself scratching your head after hours of reading a tutorial, feeling like you’re missing crucial pieces of the puzzle? If you’re nodding in agreement, you’re not alone. …

They’re just not detailed enough, and that’s a problem — In the vast void of online tutorials, there’s no shortage of content promising to teach you everything you need to know. A quick Google search yields countless results, all screaming for your attention. Yet, despite this apparent abundance, there’s a problem that plagues most of them, have you noticed? The…

How to refactor frontend apps in 2024? — Maintaining an old project is never fun, especially not when you see places where you can make the code better and reusable, but the extra effort required to do that would simply not be worth it to the project itself. Lucky for you, there are tools out there that…

How to build a successful architecture for your composable frontends — Composable frontends allow you to create complex UIs from reusable, individual and (most importantly) independent logic building blocks (you can think of them as digital Lego bricks). They facilitate collaboration with other teams, making it easier to grow and scale these “bricks”. However, architecting your project in a way that…

Composable frontends are the future, so let’s get ready for them — While 2024 is still a bit away, it’s never too early to start thinking about how the industry is changing and what alternatives should you be looking into. Especially so because composable frontends pose a fantastic solution to an ever-growing problem: the apps are getting bigger and more complex, and…

Best practices to follow when implementing the BFF pattern: do’s and don’ts. — The Backends-for-Frontends (BFF) pattern is an interesting solution to a problem many teams face — meaningfully decoupling the frontend from the backend, insulating the former from changes to the latter. In this article, I’m going to quickly explain the BFF pattern, and then focus on some of the best practices…