8 years at Playtomic.io

I made 8 years at Playtomic today. I feel old :)

I’ve been reading my post from last year. Well… this year has not been well-balanced at all 🥲.

I’ve been responsible for Tech since August. My predecessor left me with a lot of debt to pay, so it has been a year to surface it. We are better than ever in processes, resilience, security, and, especially, internal communication. Still work to do, but I see light at the end of the tunnel.

One of the things I enjoyed the most is the connections I’ve made with many other players in the industry. Many of our providers use Playtomic, and they don’t say it just to gain our favor: they really use it. It’s always an honor when some of our main providers (AWS, Google, MongoDB, Datadog) want to visit us directly in our offices.

What I enjoyed the least was the amount of spam I received on my personal phone number. If you are trying to reach me to sell me something and you read this, be warned: you will be automatically banned from working with me in the future. Yes, I am pretty mad about this.

For 2025, my expectation is to move from this reactive/internal work to a more proactive/external approach. Let’s see how it goes.