twitter
github
linkedin
jan 23 · 2012
Internal vs. External DSL
Lately I've been struggling with one of my apprentice tasks because I only knew about Internal DSLs. It turns out that there is another kind: external DSLs.. read it.
All posts
jan 16 · 2012
The key to Ruby hashes is eql? hash
I've been struggling for a few hours with key hashes in Ruby. We usually use primitive values as keys but what happens when we want to use one of our objects.. read it.
jan 9 · 2012
On code and natural language
I gave a talk about the importance of code readability and how it is tightly related to code quality. But what is the readability level we should achieve?.. read it.
jan 4 · 2012
2011: a tale of two cities (part 2)
This is the part of my 2011 retrospective. During the second half of the year a lot of interesting things happened to me, and most of them in Madrid... read it.
dec 31 · 2011
The fisherman and the businessman
Lately I've been reading a lot about minimalism. One of the books I've read had an amazing history about a fisherman and a businessman that I wanted to share... read it.
dec 30 · 2011
2011: a tale of two cities (part 1)
This is my 2011 retrospective. A year that has been a life-changing one for me. In the first part of it I write about what took place in Valladolid... read it.
dec 24 · 2011
A fresh start
A lot has changed since the last time I wrote a post. In this one I reflect about why this blog has been dead for months and what I'm going to do about it... read it.
jun 2 · 2011
SC2011 or why you should learn English
Instead of talking about Software Craftsmanship UK 2011 I will share my insights on why everyone in the software industry must understand and speak English... read it.
may 12 · 2011
Pedigree vs Awesomeness
Tom Preston-Werner gave the best definiton of what University is to professionals in the programming field during his interview on the Teach me to code podcast... read it.
may 11 · 2011
Inception at Wiseri: day 2
Finishing the round up to the inception at Wiseri with the activities of the second day and the final conclusions about the results... read it.
may 4 · 2011
Inception at Wiseri: day 1
This week I attended an inception at Wiseri which was facilitated by Enrique Comba. I'll tell you what an inception is and what we did during the first day... read it.
apr 27 · 2011
RSS feed available
The RSS feed is now available. Check out what I researched about the RSS specfication and how I have developed the feed using HAML and Sinatra... read it.
apr 25 · 2011
Welcome to my new blog
In this post I make my new blog public and I will tell you what I will do with this new site and what you can expect from it regarding serveral things... read it.
mar 21 · 2011
Developing my own blog
The beginings of my pet project: developing my blog using a custom blogging engine with Ruby, Sinatra and Heroku... read it.
mar 8 · 2011
February Kata: Roman Numerals
Katacast showing the implementantion of the Roman Numerals kata in Ruby with RSpec and Autotest. My february katacast for the 12 months 12 katas initiative... read it.
feb 22 · 2011
A week in Be Code
In this post I tell you how was the week the week I spent at Valencia with the awesome people of Be Code. Day by day I let you know what we did and how... read it.
feb 1 · 2011
January Kata: String Calculator
Katacast showing the implementantion of the String Calculator kata in Ruby with RSpec and Autotest. My january katacast for the 12 months 12 katas initiative... read it.