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Una pausa, un libro, y media hora más cada día

Gracias a la gran cantidad de tiempo extra que he encontrado en mis mañanas, la cantidad de lectura que me he dado el gusto de disfrutar ha incrementado. Solo el hecho de ir al baño sin mi celular fue suficiente; con esto, agregué más de 30 minutos a mi día

Books Over Phones

What a difference it makes to reduce smartphone and social media use. It’s been a couple of weeks since I decided not to take my phone with me when I go to the bathroom, and whoa! my reading time has increased a lot. It’s also true that avoiding

AI as a Learning Partner, Not Just an Automator

I have been using GitHub Copilot, mainly with GPT-5 and VS Code. It works well, but I think Cursor.ai does a better job at integrating chat responses and agentic functionality. Since you can use the same models, the difference lies in the integration with the code editor. What’s

Letters That Last: Why I Bought a Typewriter.

A New (Old) Tool I bought a typewriter. It’s a bright red Hermes Baby with a Spanish key layout and a cursive font. It’s quite rare, and I’m very happy I found it. I’ve been wanting to get a typewriter with Spanish keys—I need the

Breaking the Scroll: Two Weeks, Two Books

Two weeks, two books. All it took was leaving my phone charging across the room. Instead of scrolling first thing in the morning to “catch up,” I picked up a book. The urge to check what was “new” or to make sure I was “informed” was strong at first, but

Memento mori en la era de las distracciones

Tu tiempo es finito, pero tu feed es infinito

The Wealth of Less

Why choosing a simple life is enriching, not limiting.

Perfection by Vincenzo Latronico

Last Friday I was on a bus to Seattle at 9:00 AM. My plan was to stop at a Creative Mornings gathering downtown, where Masoud Torabi, an Iranian American writer, was scheduled to talk about Nomad Life. The event started at 8:30 AM. By the time I arrived,

Mi voz entre el inglés y el español

No recuerdo cuándo fue el día en que decidí escribir la mayoría de mi contenido en inglés. Lo que sé es que hoy me resulta lo más natural y, con algo de pena, me doy cuenta de que escribir en español no se me da tan fácil, al menos por

Why Coding Isn’t Going Away

Coding? What is it? I’ve been doing this since 1999 and I still don’t know what the hell I’m doing. You can say that coding is the process of writing instructions in a programming language, which are then translated by a compiler or interpreter into machine code

Black Coffee, the Dentist, and My First Morning with ChatGPT 5

I’ve realized that even at my age, the dentist is probably the only place where I still feel truly uncomfortable — for all the obvious reasons: the sound of the ultrasonic tooth cleaner, the scraping of teeth with the dental scaler, and lying back in that chair, vulnerable, knowing that

Minimalism in Code and Life

I like the idea of simplicity and minimalism. Although, to be candid, I only follow these disciplines loosely. My goal, however, is always to reduce the amount of complexity in everything I do. The idea of a minimalist-like life is enticing. It attracts me because I know that owning fewer

I Want More Memories, Not Followers

Wouldn’t it be great if we could remember everything we wanted from our past? Of course, we might not want to remember bad things, but I’d love to peek at old memories on demand. A few years ago, as I was walking around the South Lake Union lake

The Bear app Goes Web

Is It the Best Choice for Writers Now?