balbuenac.hashnode.devSo, you have X years of experience in software engineering?Software engineers put in their resumes X years of experience working building great software. Or years of experience working with some technology building great software too. Awesome, right? But let's imagine the following scenarios: Scenario #1: B...Dec 17, 2022·3 min read
balbuenac.hashnode.devThe Lost Art of Experimentation in Software EngineeringHow do you know when developing a new feature or a new app if is going to work ? And im not talking about A/B testing or UX researching techniques. Im talking about a technical decision. Answer is Experimentation but in my years of experience what I ...Sep 24, 2022·3 min read
balbuenac.hashnode.devMutants in TestingThis happened to me today ! So this post is based on a true story. Let's imagine the following scenario: you finished after long hours and lots of manual testing your feature and QA also tested it and everything was ok !!. As usual and as you are agi...Mar 29, 2022·3 min read
balbuenac.hashnode.dev(Productivity for Programmers) => f(energy_levels, interruptions, focus)I consider myself(now) productive at work. Maybe not in my side projects as i continue procrastinating my start-up ideas. But i think i have learnt three main things that we can focus as developers to be productive and not stress ourselves out becaus...Mar 9, 2022·4 min read
balbuenac.hashnode.devDon't make me think - API EditionYears ago i read a book called Don't Make me Think that is useful when designing UIs or Products: So i know mostly all developers are very(very...) far away from the UX spectrum but nonetheless we have direct users ! And i'm not talking about the e...Feb 22, 2022·5 min read
