Development thoughts

Working on your own project. Starting AVCUD. I am supposed to be writing these blog posts every weekend. This time I almost missed it. You should have been reading this text 5 days ago. The reason why this didn't happen...
How to mock the backend with Webpack Dev Server This is a very useful pattern I was using with my team at TransferWise to mock the backend. Spinning up an entire stack in a codebase with many microservices is a no go, so...
What if? Me and my friend were running the other day and the conversation went to a "What if?" place. What if we never left our hometowns? What if I never picked him out of a...
I feel guilty. The story of a grasshopper. I feel guilty. The day starts and I start my usual ritual. Coffee beans, 16gr weighted, manually grind them, drop them in the aeropress, pour hot water (not boiling), make my...
How to start a sourdough starter Growing up there was always bread at home. Either from a local bakery or later my grandmother baking it daily. I grew up loving it and appreciate it. Later in life I was...
Working from home: Two weeks worth of observations One of the side effects of the quarantine is the fact that I got to work from home for a bit more than two weeks. Here's some of my observations. The work itself I did work...
On office chairs The first thing I bought when I rent my first house was a desk. I was using a random chair that was around. 3 months later I did start having some random pains in the back. I...
Dealing with a pandemic. Suddenly we all had a rude awakening. We woke up in the dark ages, and it's just begun. The coronavirus brought fear and panic to every single one of us. This is the closest...
Understanding exponential growth The past few days it dawned on the entire world that the Coronavirus is here to stay. It's going to be a long battle. A few people have been claiming that the spread of the...
Behaving at work: Accessible but not too familiar I've been working with other people for more than 10 years. My biggest challenge has always been interpersonal relationships, not technical problems. Through my mistakes I've...