Cristian Zapata Arias

@theposintech

Linux user | Neovim enthusiast | Custom keyboards | Embedded Systems

Madrid - SpainJoined January 2024

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Hey, I'm Cristian Zapata 👨‍💻 Coming from graphic design and front-end dev, I've fallen in love with embedded systems — microcontrollers and low-level programming. Lately I've been diving into Rust and exploring how to bring it into the embedded world. The best things never come easy, but the ride is worth it. ⚡

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Step by step interactive debugger for Rust

At the beginning, when I was working as a frontend developer and made a change in the code, I saved, and instantly it compiled automatically and the results showed up in the browser. It felt almost magical and very simple. But when I started programm...

Feb 68 min read

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Compile your programs faster with Makefile.

A Necessary Contrast Before we talk about Makefiles, it's important to understand the difference between compiled and interpreted languages: Interpreted languages (like Python or JavaScript) execute code line by line, without requiring a prior compi...

Mar 21, 20256 min read

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Portable configurations with dotfiles and GNU Stow 🐧

Since I started using Linux, I realized the great capacity it gives us as developers to interact directly with the system through the terminal. It's fantastic, but for very curious people like me, it can be a bit dangerous. Playing around in the term...

May 22, 20245 min read

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Simplify your terminal commands

As a fellow developer, I'm sure you've found yourself navigating your terminal to manage files, run scripts, or handle git commands. And let's be honest, some of these tasks can be pretty repetitive, right? Ever wondered, "Is there a faster or easier...

Apr 20, 20243 min read

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Improve your workflow with this Neovim tricks

Imagine that we have a variable named myVar, and one of our teammates was reading our code and tell us that it's not descriptive at all but we've used it in numerous places throughout our code, and changing its name step by step isn't an easy task. T...

Apr 5, 20243 min read

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Step by step interactive debugger for Rust

Compile your programs faster with Makefile.

Portable configurations with dotfiles and GNU Stow 🐧

Simplify your terminal commands

Improve your workflow with this Neovim tricks