Create a data ingestion service with budget constraints — One of my recent challenges as a software engineer/architect included the creation of a data ingestion service that allowed users to import data continuously from different providers. Budget constraints was a reality from the very beginning, so I had to come with a solution that would be friendly for everyone…

TL;DR: Create Jenkins infrastructure based on AWS SpotFleet instances — Introduction The main goal of this article is to share my journey on the creation of a Jenkins instance based on AWS technologies, but also share some headaches throughout the whole process. Most of the decisions taken during the process were made taking into account technology and time constraints. Bear in…

This article is part of a series of articles that talk about AWS Amplify, but also how to migrate it to a more flexible and extensible infrastructure. Amplify is an excellent framework for many reasons: (1) ease of use, (2) fast-paced development process, but also (3) speed to market. Throughout…

What to take into consideration when selecting the right framework to develop frontend applications — Selecting a frontend framework nowadays is even harder than it was 5 years ago. Software is always evolving, new frameworks arise and try to solve older framework problems, you name it. Just to name a few, React, Angular, Vue.js, Svelte are just valid examples of frameworks to use [1]. This…

Secure your code in an effective way — Introduction In the last couple of years, I got this feeling that cyber security was not predominant in my skillset. I believe that is important for a software engineer to keep in mind at least the very basics in order to “survive” out there. Not only is relevant to take into…

Migrate react native projects to a more sophisticated ecosystem and leverage white label applications — Hi folks! You might be wondering the reasoning of making an article about this, if you can just read the documentation. If you are just trying different tools, or your project is taking the first steps, the documentation might suit your needs. However, chances are that your project is so…

Exploring the importance of adding testing to your development workflow, its benefits, and the challenges involved. — This article is part of a series of articles that talk about different stages of a development workflow. Since testing as a concept was introduced to me several years ago, I was not expecting to become so fond of it, or even using it in a regular basis. Testing methodologies…

This article is part of a series of articles that talk about different stages of a development workflow. TL;DR: Linting plays an important role on development processes For those who don’t know, linting consists of a process that analyses code and looks for potential errors (AKA code smells). Overall, it plays an important role within a development process as…

Throughout my years of experiences, I had the pleasure to contribute to different kinds of projects: solid products with already a development workflow in place, projects in which CI/CD was not prioritised due to time constraints, products in which software development was still on a very early stage, you name…