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…

You thought you knew type? Well, you were wrong! — Lots of developers love TypeScript for many reasons, one of the being of course, the addition of type-safety into their lives. As you know, with TS you can write your code using predefined and custom types, and during the compilation process (also known as transpilation), your code will be checked…

Are you a small fish on a big pond or a big fish on a newly created pond? — Startups, the daring pioneers of the business world, often face a pivotal decision on their journey to success: Should they create a brand-new market for their product, or should they step into an existing one and vie for a slice of the pie? This choice is one of the most…

The solution: extract the contract from the logic and share it around so others can use it — Sometimes building a RESTful API is just an overkill, sometimes your frontend and backend are conceptually very tied together, and properly building an API following all REST recommendations and guidelines is just too much trouble. That’s where tRPC comes into play to save the day, sort of speak. Instead of…

Understanding entity components and how they play a part in building highly scalable distributed systems. — When designing and developing a distributed system, there is always the risk of “re-inventing the wheel” sort of speak. …

With Cosmo, it’s easier than ever to manage your federated GraphQL schemas and prevent composition errors and breaking changes before they reach production. — The GraphQL schema of a company is a dynamic entity, living, growing, and changing alongside it in response to business requirements and pivots. The bigger the data landscape of an enterprise, the greater the chances of introducing breaking changes and errors in merging individual service schemas into a single, cohesive…

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. …