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A collection of 12 posts

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Cold calls and closed doors

Several salespeople have contacted me because of this blog. On one hand, I like that you try new ways to get our attention. On the other, it…

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Starting to fail

Two things happened to me this month: I missed a meeting and I missed a train. That had never happened to me in 20 years, and for most…

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Thoughs on my way home

The 21st century really is amazing. I’m on an AVE train back to Madrid, coding on a laptop that weighs less than 1 kg, connected to the…

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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…

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What I Learned in 2024

I don’t usually write year-end reviews, but I opened this blog and saw that I haven’t posted since February. The drop in time I spend…

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personal,  startup

7 years at Playtomic.io

This year I haven’t written much. Time flew by; I blinked a few times, and suddenly, a whole year had passed. I’ve added only 2 posts to…

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personal,  startup

This is Playtomic's Anemone

We, tech companies, don’t share a lot about our internals. But I think we should share more often, especially if we are proud of what we…

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personal,  startup

6 years at Playtomic.io

I started this post 6 months ago but never finished it. Today, I make 6 years in Playtomic. Everything goes so fast that it feels like…

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github,  personal

What I see in Github contributions

I have seen several people sharing their contribution graph in Github. Some of them, bragging about how dark and green their graph is. A few…

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personal,  microservices

What I have learned from building microservices

Continuous Integration + Continuous Deployment. Repeat with me: there is no agile without CI+CD. Continuous deployments get you to the next…

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personal,  startup

2 years at Playtomic.io

Last February I made 2 years in Playtomic. Everything goes so fast that it feels like 2 decades. It goes so fast that I started to write…

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Yet another static blog

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