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Rinse and repeat, blog style

So I changed my blog again. I think all the changes I end up doing to it follow a pattern. It keeps getting simpler. The first iteration I made, which was a self developed and self hosted blog, was started because I wanted to be more proficient with Ruby on

No more time selling

I haven't wrote any page in the new site about selling hours (ie accepting freelancing jobs) because I don't want to anymore. I already have a full time job developing apps for clients and I'm kind of fed up with their whims and all the other oddities. So, as money

Changed my blog to Octopress

Well, I'm kind of bored with the design stuff on my blog, so I just wanted to spice up things a little. Also, I've wanted to try Octopress for a while... So what the heck, I wrote some export functions to my old blog, and programmed a little import script

Is your code clean?

I’ve been reading some technical stuff lately. My latest prey has beenClean Code [http://www.amazon.com/Clean-Code-Handbook-Software-Craftsmanship/dp/0132350882] , by “Uncle Bob” Robert C. Martin. It has been very revealing about a ton of stuff and made me think a lot about what I could improve, although I

Code detox

Due to some health problems (I just recently underwent surgery) I’m stuck for almost a month without being able to code , and even write this lines is an ordeal – I’m doing it using one hand only. Thanks to all that I’m being able to detox of my

Resistance to change

The title of this post could be misleading. I’m not gonna talk about the ever-existing resistance to change in requisites (even if you work in an agile environment). What I wanted to talk about isthe resistance to change some of us developers have regarding to technology . In our world

Why do people who can't read buy smartphones?

I know one must keep the cool in these situations but they make it hard. At least I know I must not answer, just ignoring them does the trick. Ah, well, haven’t said it yet. I’m talking about the people whopunish your app in the stores (App Store

This grinded my gears... A LOT

A friend of mine tweeted yesterday [https://twitter.com/_TheAway/status/221114784672776193] about a conversation he overheard when he was having a coffee at a bar. They were talking about computer specialists in general, stating that none of us is good, and outrageously they asked for a wage over 700€

Welcome!

Hello there! I’ve been lately wanting to have an space for my coding stuff. I have otherblog [http://www.perry.es] in spanish but its contents are of a different nature. So with that in mind I’ve made this weblog from scratch in a Saturday and I hope