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A new hope for Venezuela?

A new hope for Venezuela?

As a Venezuelan living abroad, there are dates on the calendar that carry weight long after they pass. For many of us, April 11 is one of those dates. Whether you were impacted by what happened, lost someone or were injured in 2002, April 11th left deep scars in the

Identifying Resources from Requirements

Identifying Resources from Requirements

Resources do not come from databases, frameworks, or other existing ways of modeling data. They come from requirements. More specifically, they come from understanding what users want to do and what concepts they talk about when describing their needs and identifying the different roles. The best way, in my experience,

Introducing REST++

Introducing REST++

Abstract This document proposes REST++, an evolution of the Representational State Transfer architectural style, designed to address practical shortcomings observed in large-scale API implementations. REST++ preserves the general philosophy of resource-oriented communication while relaxing several constraints that have proven difficult to apply consistently in modern distributed high-performing systems. This document

Thinking in Terms of Resources Instead of Tables

Thinking in Terms of Resources Instead of Tables

One of the most significant mental shifts in API design is moving away from database-driven thinking. We often start by designing APIs around tables, schemas, or ORM models. While this approach may feel natural, it leads to brittle APIs that expose internal structure and limit evolution in the future. In

What REST really is (and what it isn’t)

What REST really is (and what it isn’t)

One of the most common ways to implement dynamic web applications is by separating the client from the server. We usually write the clients using a frontend stack, which is basically HTML, CSS and some Javascript, and the backend using a server-side technology, these days Python and Typescript seem to

AI for the Sake of AI Is the New Microservices

AI for the Sake of AI Is the New Microservices

AI has been eating the world faster than Galactus, and this time we did not even get a Silver Surfer to warn us. Suddenly, companies are forcing their engineers to use AI to write code faster and “more efficiently,” while we, engineers, are still figuring out what it even means

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day

Sometimes it feels like we are in a relationship with our work. We spend a big part of our lives thinking about it, talking about it, stressing over it, and sometimes even choosing it over other things. We celebrate the wins, suffer through the hard moments, and keep showing up