Who's behind all this.

I'm Alex. Software engineer, though I no longer write the code myself. If you're here, you want to know who's behind this site. So let me tell you.

How I ended up in software

Vocation for computers? Not much, honestly. I'm from Madrid, grew up there, went to school there, and when the time came to pick a career I was like so many kids: no real clue what to do. So I let my parents guide me with their advice toward a degree with a future and job prospects. And how right they were. And how lucky I got, because I've now spent half my life in what I call "the ones and zeros", and here I am.

My little parenthesis

There was a moment, around 2015, when my day-to-day wasn't quite filling me up. And I made one of those decisions that aren't in the script: preparing for the exams to become a firefighter for the city of Madrid.

Where did that come from? My maternal grandfather was a firefighter. So was my uncle. I don't know if it was that, or something of theirs I carry in the blood, but that mantra of helping others and being useful to society pulled at me.

I spent two years preparing, and they were genuinely hard: marathon days out of the house from 7 in the morning to 10 at night, between work and the academy. A minimum of two hours of physical training a day (gym, swimming, track), plus the classes, the tests, the trade exams... I had to cut my workday to six hours to handle it all without burning out. The injuries came anyway, and one in the hamstring was the last straw. But I didn't quit only because of that: it was watching the official calls never arrive, never having enough time to study, and seeing younger, fitter people with the whole day to prepare pass me on the right. All of it together made me finally decide to let it go, and to try giving my career one more turn.

I did walk away with things from those two years that are still with me. I learned what time and effort are truly worth when you give them to something you really want. I took with me values like camaraderie, and friendships I still keep, very special people. And I learned that quitting doesn't mean failing: it's one more step (and a necessary one) toward success.

The jump to the US

That turn I wanted to give my career ended up being a big one: moving with Diana to the US in 2017, to keep working at Sngular (the technology company I've been with since 2012) but from their office over there, in Birmingham, AL. And get this: by now I've spent more time with them in the US than in Spain.

Out of my comfort zone again, with a language that has never come easy and a completely different culture. And I'll tell you something: I'm a homebody, very much a family guy, so deciding took me a while. If it hadn't been for Diana, I wouldn't have done it.

Since then the adventure has taken us through Alabama, through Texas and, now, through Virginia. And along the way came the best gift of all: our daughter, Lúa.

What's on my mind right now

AI, of course. I use it every day, and more than the tool itself, what hooks me is what it makes me think about: what surprises me, what makes me uncomfortable, and which mental muscle I'm letting atrophy every time I hand work over to the machine. Am I handing over too much? Too little? Just the right amount? That's where I am.

Do I have a closed thesis? Nop. But one thing I do see clearly: this is not about new tools. What's changing is how we work, how we create, even how we learn and how we think. What I told you at the top, basically: I no longer write the code. I define goals and guardrails, design the right harness with its verification and validation stages, review, decide and direct. All with one thing in sight: this only goes up from here, because today's AI is the worst AI we'll ever use in our lives. This curve has barely started. Where does it take us? That I don't know, I don't have a crystal ball. So I process it out loud, over here.

So why do I write this?

Two reasons, really. First, because explaining something shows me what I truly understand and what I don't. And second, because that thing about being useful to others still pulls at me: if something I'm learning with AI helps someone else, this was worth it.

Where to go next

First time here? The short route:

• Start here, which gets you oriented in two minutes.
• The blog, where I write about what I'm seeing.
• The contact page, if you want to reach out.

And if not, no worries. Thanks for stopping by.