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Me
Me elsewhere
These are links to my profile on several online services.
- pln,social,networking
Experience
Howdy
Developer Advocate
- Jun 2022 – Now
- DevRel, Communication, Soft Skills
Ruby Montevideo
Speed isn't Enough - How to Code with Velocity Using AI (Ruby Montevideo)
- Mar 2026
- AI, Velocity, Ruby, Software Development
- https://www.meetup.com/ruby-montevideo/events/313411079/
Universidad ORT Uruguay
End-of-Degree final projects tutor
- Aug 2016 - Now
- Software Engineering Practices, Artificial Intelligence, Tutoring
- https://fi.ort.edu.uy/72104/17/proyectos-de-fin-de-carrera.html
Self-Employed
Software Engineering Advisor/Consultant
- Mar 2013 – Now
Howdy, OWU La Meetup III sponsor
OWU - La Meetup III - Open Space
- Nov 1, 2025
- https://www.owu.uy/la-meetup
PostSharp Technologies
PostSharp Technologies - Content Writer
- Oct 2024 - Dic 2024
- https://www.postsharp.net/
Universidad ORT Uruguay
My trifecta for success in agile projects - scope, time and quality
- Apr 2024
Howdy
Software Engineer
- Nov 2020 – Nov 2023
- Software Development, JavaScript, Node.js, React.js
Stagger.com
Software Engineer
- Nov 2020 – Nov 2023
Montevideo JS Meetup
Quality is not a fairy tale
- Oct 2023
- Agile Software Quality, Cone of Uncertainty
- https://www.meetup.com/uruguayjs/events/296355984/
Tech Week 4.0
Employability and Personal Brand
- Jun 13, 2023
WebConf LATAM 2022
“Don't panic! Troubleshooting recurring problems on new teams“ talk
- Nov 18, 2022
- team,soft skills,software,problems
- https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck_gQbapWmi/
Facultad de Ingeniería (UdelaR)
Software Quality Techniques for agile and traditional projects
- 2018-2020-2022 INCO-FING-CPAP
- https://www.fing.edu.uy/cpap/cursos/tecnicas-de-calidad-de-software-para-proyectos-agiles-y-tradicionales
Howdy Internal Talk
“Big O 101“ talk
- Oct, 2022
Meetup Austin Software
“Software Quality, Asteroids and the Cone of Uncertainty“ talk
- Aug, 2022 La Plata - Argentina
Universidad ORT Uruguay
Software Engineering Professor
- Mar 2013 - Feb 2022
- Kanban, XP Software Estimation, TDD
- https://fi.ort.edu.uy/escuela-de-ingenieria/docentes
VAIRIX Software Development
Sr. Software Engineer
- Jun 2019 - Nov 2020
- http://www.vairix.com/
VIX
Scrum Master - Project Manager - Node.js Architect
- Nov 2016 - Jun 2019
- https://www.vix.com/en/corp
Agiles2015
Talk about Inception Workshop and how we used it
- Oct 2015 Radisson Victoria Plaza
- https://www.instagram.com/agileslatam/?hl=en
Universidad ORT Uruguay - CIE
Introduction to the practice of Inception
- Jun 2015 Universidad ORT Uruguay
- http://cie.ort.edu.uy/
Universidad EAFIT
9° Entrepreneurship Summer Camp
- Mar 2015 Medellín - Colombia
- https://www.eafit.edu.co/en/eafit-llanogrande
Universidad EAFIT
Inception Workshop talk for agilists and young entrepreneurs
- Mar 2015 Medellín - Colombia
WBagadion Consulting, Inc.
Workshop on Software Requirements Management
- Nov 2014 Bogotá - Colombia
- http://www.wbagadion.com
VAIRIX Software Development
COO - Scrum Master - QA
- Mar 2014 – Nov 2016
- http://www.vairix.com/
Facultad de Ingeniería (UdelaR)
Workshop about reading techniques for software reviews
- May 2013, Nov 2016
- http://www.fing.edu.uy/
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Supervisor - Senior Developer - IT Consultant
- Nov 2004 – Mar 2014
- http://www.pwc.com
InnovaAge
Senior Developer
- Jul 2003 – Nov 2004
- https://www.innovaage.com/
Education
CPA Innovation (Hotel Palladium)
Certified ScrumMaster
- Jun 2, 2014 - Jun 3, 2014
- agile,scrum
NCET2.org (online)
Research Commercialization - Introductory Course
- May 21 - Jun 18, 2013
- research,commercialization
- https://www.facebook.com/ncet2/
Universidad ORT Uruguay
“Technical Debt: basic concepts, research methods and study design” tutorial
- April 11-12, 2013 by C. Seaman
- technical debt,empirical
- https://fi.ort.edu.uy/65505/17/seminario-%E2%80%9Cdeuda-tecnica:-conceptos-basicos-metodos-de-investigacion-y-diseno-de-estudios%E2%80%9D.html
Universidad ORT Uruguay
“Systematic Literature Reviews” tutorial
- Dec 3-6, 2012 (12hs) by M. Genero
- empirical,evidence
- https://www.ort.edu.uy/56587/32/curso-%E2%80%9Crevisiones-sistematicas-de-la-literatura-y-estudios-empiricos%E2%80%9D.html
Universidad ORT Uruguay
“Formalizing software processes” conference
- Oct 25, 2012
- experimental,statistics
- https://www.ort.edu.uy/56472/32/conferencia-%E2%80%9Cformalizacion-de-procesos-software-experiencias-en-la-industria-chilena%E2%80%9D.html
Universidad EAFIT (Medellín - Colombia)
“Software Product Lines” tutorial
- Oct 1, 2012 by J. D. Herrera
- SPL,reuse
- https://dblp.org/db/conf/clei/clei2012.html
IAC-CTC-ORT
Basic computer skills (first steps)
- Jun 2, 2014 - Jun 3, 2014
- computer
Universidad ORT Uruguay
Master (MSc) in Engineering
- 2010 - 2013
- software,research,thesis2013
- https://fi.ort.edu.uy/master-en-ingenieria-por-investigacion
Universidad ORT Uruguay
“Experimental Methods and Statistical Analysis Applied to Software Engineering Research” tutorial
- Jun 25-27, 2012 by M.A. Araújo
- experimental,statistics
- https://www.ort.edu.uy/56186/32/profesor-visitante-de-la-iuniversidade-federal-de-rio-de-janeiro-i-dicta-curso-en-el-master-en-ingenieria.html
Universidad ORT Uruguay
“Experimental Software Engineering: using statistics methods to support planning and execution of experimental studies” tutorial
- Jun 13, 2011 by G.H. Travassos
- experimental,statistics
- http://www.ort.edu.uy/index.php?id=AAALAC&h=¬icias=1&id_noticia=4994&m=6&a=2011&pub=0&publishers=
Universidad ORT Uruguay
“Six Sigma Applied to Software Process Improvement” tutorial
- Apr 4-8, 2011 by T. San Feliu
- research,SPI,six-sigma
Universidad ORT Uruguay
“Software Engineering Experimentation” tutorial
- Mar 21-25, 2011 by N. Juristo
- research,empirical studies
- https://fi.ort.edu.uy/66388/17/seminarios-en-el-marco-del-master-en-ingenieria-por-investigacion.html
Commitment
Soft Skills for Project Leaders
- Sep 2-5, 2009
- soft skills
- http://www.commitment.com.uy/
InspirAction Consulting y D&E Consulting
People Leadership & Management
- Jun 8, 2009
- soft skills
Universidad ORT Uruguay
Software Engineer
- 2000 - 2008
- computer,software
- https://fi.ort.edu.uy/ingenieria-en-sistemas
Essays & Field Notes
Make jobs collaborate
Juggling Multiple Jobs and Collaborating for Success
- life, helath, collaboration, productivity
Senior juniorism
Senior Juniorism in Programming
- programming, advice, self-taught
Focused Conversation
Conversation structuring tool with 4 stages
- conversation, communication, decision-making
Pac-Man rule
- inclusivity, community, events
Circular growth loops
Learning progress and growth loops
- learning, progress, growth
Sombra de toro
Card content
- Card tags
DMARC
What is DMARC and how to use it
- email,campaign
Mock
What is a Mock in Software Engineering
- software,engineering
Why I decided to do research digests
Research articles decoded for the practitioner´s consuption.
- 2020-10-12
Ways to be productive when your brain is dead
What to do when you wake up but your brain doesn't.
- 2019-06-11
Minimum Viable Product
The technique involves the development of a product with the sufficient features to satisfy early adopters.
- 2019-03-18
- research,k-pills
Constant Comparisons
An iterative data-analysis process where findings “emerge” from the data and the comparison with previous findings
- 2019-03-15
- research,k-pills
AI Impact on Software Engineering: Which Areas Can Be Automated
Explore how artificial intelligence is transforming 12 key software engineering areas and which tasks can truly be automated, based on SWEBOK.
- Mar 2026
- AI, Software Engineering, SWEBOK, Automation
A blog post is a search query
Biased summary of the article "A blog post is a very long and complex search query to find fascinating people and make them route interesting stuff to your inbox"
- content, SEO, community
Documinding
Docu [Documentación] minding [mind -mente-, pero también de interés -matter of interest-]
- es,docs,devs
Be the GOAT software engineer: Know your clients
Who are your clients as a Software Engineer?
- 2022-10-04
Learn about what makes your PR accepted/rejected
Insights on how PRs are actually accepted/rejected
- 2021-05-13
Changeset-based approach to improve adoption of agile code review
A painless way to do code review in an agile & smart way, using changesets and auto assigning reviews
- 2020-08-28
- research,digest
Doomsayer
Points out when the sky is falling (and when you're in big trouble).
- 2020-07-20
- agile,role,xp
HIPAA for Software Developers
Make things clearer from a software development point of view
- 2020-02-25
- HIPAA
Agile Principles
Sketches to show the agile principles.
- 2019-11-13
- agility,teaching
HTML to JSON Intermediate representation
HTML articles' JSON abstraction for later manipulation
- 2019-05-20
Personal Kanban with Kanbanize
How to use Kanbanize for everyday tasks management following Personal Kanban as methodology.
- 2019-01-14
- personal,kanban
The First Two Weeks Of The Rest Of My Flow-e Life
Personal opinion about Flow-e based on my experince in the use of the tool.
- 2018-01-03
- guest post
Niveles de Abstracción
¿Qué entendemos por niveles de abstracción?
- 2015-08-20
- lang_es,abstraction,modelling
Projects/Products
Static website generator (NodeJS)
Static website generator (this site)
- 2017
- nodejs,markdown,static
Coopify (PWA - Blockchain)
Coopify: una plataforma de intercambio de servicios apoyada en blockchain
Favoker (PWA)
Favoker: solicitud de pequeños servicios
- 2018-2019
- pwa,react,js
- https://sisbibliotecas.ort.edu.uy/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=89148
'H' (NodeJS+VanillaJS)
Content delivery through distribution channels
- nodejs,cms,microservices
InmunoVR (Samsung Gear VR)
Experiencia virtual educativa: Sistema Inmunológico
- 2017-2018
- gear,vr,unreal
- https://sisbibliotecas.ort.edu.uy/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=88056
Traceability Logger (NodeJS)
Traceability from client side to server through inter microservices comm
- 2018
- nodejs,js,logger
EAJP (NodeJS)
HTML article to JSON abstraction
- 2018
- nodejs,json,abstraction
Research
Articles
Bonsai
Ligustro
lucidum means 'bright' or 'shiny', referring to the leaves.
- li1,li2,li3,li4,li5,li6
Palo borracho
Deciduous tree native to the tropical forests of South America
- deciduous,tropical
Espinillo
Acacia caven
- es1💀,es2
Ligustrum - The first one (tf1)
This is the first Ligustrum of my collection
- 2021-01-17 2017-06-01
Citrus × limonia - Limón paraguayo (lp1)
From seed, 3 Citrus × limonia
- 2019-05-01 2018-12-26
- RIP
Quotes
Isaac Asimov
A poor idea well written is more likely to be accepted than a good idea poorly written.
