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Introducing Thirdparty

Building software is hard. Sure, AI has made it easier in many ways, but it’s still a complex, messy process. And to make things more interesting, most software doesn’t live in isolation, it often talks to other systems. Sometimes those are your own and you can control them,

Consulting Chronicles: I rarely know what I'm doing

I spent over 10 years in the tech industry, building software products and solutions for customers, before I moved into consulting a couple of years ago, when I joined BCGX. You’d think that after 10+ years of building stuff, I’d know most of what there is to know—

Top 5 most read from 2024

This year came with many nice surprises and other not-so-nice ones, but those are stories to be told on 2025. In general, 2024 is a year I have many reasons to be grateful for, one of those is that I had more time to write than other past years as

Integration testing is hard

If we think about the testing pyramid, at the very bottom we have Unit Testing, this is the most basic testing mechanism, in theory, we can think of our code in terms of Units, a Unit is the smallest piece of code to test, it can be a function, a

Ay!, A.I.

There has been a lot of noise around Artificial Intelligence since around November / December 2023. Specially revolving around the new Generative Artificial Intelligence (abbreviated GenAI) technology that seems to have a mind of its own and being able to chat almost like a human, generate images from a short text

Software Engineering: more than only coding

At work, a while ago, my Engineering Manager asked me to start sharing my knowledge with the rest of the team more often. Of course, we do code reviews and we have some other ways to get the knowledge spread across the team, we have a wiki on confluence, we

The Human Component of DevOps: Conway's Law

I've been part of large and small DevOps implementations, none of them were particularly painful regardless of the size of the team. Everyone seemed open to change and seasoned about best practices in software development, simple and efficient solutions seemed to work perfectly in an elegant orchestrated puzzle

Which languages should I learn?

There are millions of articles and blog posts out there trying to tell you what to learn next or which language or technologies are worth your attention, things like Top 10 programming languages or Learn one of these languages and you’ll be done with some statistics about language popularity

API design is still relevant

I think it's a general issue with us, Engineers, we tend to think everyone sees the world through our same lens. I am one of those who think certain topics are common sense: look both sides before crossing the street, git push before going home and design your

The time management series 1: start o'clock

What's the only resource that we all have, we can't consume and can't be saved but can be wasted? If you said time, that's right. Time is infinite, although, our time is limited. We need to sleep, eat and work and all

How to be a more productive Engineer 4: Efficient collaboration

When working in a team, there are two elements that, to me, are the main components for efficient collaboration: communication and meetings. Communication is crucial when working with other human beings, it's the only way we can make other aware of what we're going to do

Back to coding after more than one year

By the time I wrote this, It's been a minute since I last sat down to write some code. Coming back from a whole managerial role in a consulting project that felt like diving into the deep end of the pool after months of chilling on the sidelines.

How to be a more productive Engineer 3: Manage your day

In our quest for productivity, we often find ourselves caught in a swamp of tasks, racing against the clock to accomplish as much as possible. We often overlook a fundamental truth: how we navigate our day greatly impacts our overall well-being and effectiveness. To me, it's all about

How to be a more productive Engineer 2: Manage your time

In the modern world, where we find ditractions in every corner and time seems to slip through our fingers, building a good time management skill is critical for success. Time is the most valuable resource we have, and once it's gone, it's gone for good. That&