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Startup Engineering Playbook

Feb 27 · 7 min read · Sixteen months of work, a failed product, and a near-departure from engineering. I used to think software engineering was about writing fancy code and talking to stakeholders. I was wrong. This took m

Surprising Backend Tips Revealed After 2 Years of Real-World Experience

Sep 3, 2025 · 11 min read · When I started working on backend systems I didn’t know what I was doing. I was there repeating logic, building fragile environments, chasing the next trendy framework and overcomplicated things that didn’t need to be complex. Most of the pain came f...

10 Database Design Lessons Learned Working for a Startup

Aug 31, 2025 · 9 min read · Hi! The abyss has been quite intense these weeks, but we're back with a new entry. I remember when I was working in the database design of my first position a year and a half ago. The amount of things I was blundering: bad practices, poor naming conv...

What 41 Users in 4 Days Taught Me with my First Browser Extension

Aug 17, 2025 · 4 min read · I've launched Veelo, a browser extension which you can use to take notes within each tab, kind of like a minimalist Notion in your browser this Wednesday 13th in August. By the day I'm writing this, in August 17th we've gotten: 41 people across 4 co...

How I'm Escaping the Startup Grind Before Burning Out (At 21 With 2 YOE)

Aug 15, 2025 · 3 min read · Hi, I’m Francisco Luna, Full - Stack Engineer. Let me tell you how I almost lost myself because of the startup grind and what you can learn from it. The sword Of Damocles July 2025. I had just finished university. Stable job, hobbies, freedom, a soci...