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Learn Apache Kafka: Basic Concepts

This week I've been working with Kafka, and since it's new to me, I want to deep study the most important concepts and share these fundamental ideas with you. It's important to note that although I’m sharing key ideas here, to learn how to use Kafka, I recommend two things: first, create a test environment to understand and reinforce your knowledge, and second, deepen some concepts by reading books.

Serverless vs K8S vs VPS: Which is the Best Option to Deploy Your Project?

5/27/2024

infrastructure

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Deploying a project may seem complicated, but it's actually the easiest and most fun part. Professionally, I manage infrastructure, so I want to show you what options exist and why choosing a VPS is the best.

Tutorial: Google Sheets as a Database with Node.js

5/20/2024

development

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When you want to build an IT product, often you need a storage layer. The most common approach is to resort to SQL or NoSQL relational databases. But, are there other alternatives?

Developing an LRUCache in Go with Github

5/13/2024

data structures

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In the last post I talked about my experience testing Copilot for a week. In this one we are going to implement a data structure, an LRUCache, using AI assistants to see how it works.

My experience using GitHub Copilot one week as a Software Engineer

5/11/2024

These past months I have been using ChatGPT in my day to day as a software engineer but, what about tools like GitHub Copilot? This week I've been testing it to tell you about my experience developing with an AI assistant.

Install Ubuntu Server on your Raspberry Pi

5/5/2024

homelab

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Learn how to install and configure Ubuntu Server on your Raspberry Pi to build a homelab, deploy your projects or just learn. I tell you everything you need and a step by step.

Seeking focus in a world full of distractions

5/1/2024

reflection

As there are more and more distractions, as well as so many things to do, I am starting to use different techniques to have more focus and progress on my goals. One of the tools that helps me the most is the pomodoro, as it is very easy to get distracted or procrastinate instead of doing your homework.