Joining the Now Page movement
I just added a /now page to my blog. Here’s why, what’s on it, and why you might want one too.
Archive
2025
PostgreSQL Fixtures Editor
I built a VS Code extension to make editing PostgreSQL fixtures easier. Here’s why I made it, how it works, and how you can use it.
2023
Automating Callbacks to Async/Await Migrations for Mocha Tests: Part 2
In this second part we will go deeper into AST editing techniques and show how to automatically migrate tests that use the supertest NPM library.
Automating Callbacks to Async/Await Migrations for Mocha Tests: Part 1
Doing this migration in a large codebase can be tedious but necessary. The article will show you how to automate this task using JS code transformation tools.
My Top 10 Reads of the Month
Have a look at the best articles, posts, projects and stories I’ve found this month. Featured topics: programming, science, security, AI.
My Top 10 Reads of the Month
Have a look at the best articles, posts, projects and stories I’ve found this month. Featured topics: programming, security, AI.
Farewell, Google Hashcode
Sorry to see Hashcode go away, like many other Google things.
Why I moved from Google Analytics to Counter
Giving users their privacy back and avoiding nasty banners never felt this good.
My Top 10 Reads of the Month
Have a look at the best articles, posts, projects and stories I’ve found this month. Featured topics: cloud, AI and security.
Generating flashcards with ChatGPT
Let’s explore how language models like ChatGPT can automate knowledge extraction to help humans learn.
My Top 10 Reads of the Month
Have a look at the best articles, posts, projects and stories I’ve found this month. Featured topics: cloud, AI and security.
Python Quickstart for Experienced Engineers
Python is not only a language, some people consider it a way of life. In this article I show a very fast way to get to know it.
AWS SAM JSON Schema in VS Code
The AWS team has released the JSON Schema for SAM templates. Let’s try it out in VS Code.
My Top 10 Reads of the Month
Have a look at the best articles, posts, projects and stories I’ve found this month. Featured topics: cloud, databases, AI and psychology.
2022
My Top 10 Reads of the Month
Have a look at the best articles, posts, projects and stories I’ve found this month. Featured topics: economics, society and AI.
My Top 10 Reads of the Week
Have a look at the best articles, posts, projects and stories I’ve found this week. Featured topics: Rust, Webassembly, career, AI, learning and society.
My Top 10 Reads of the Week
Have a look at the best articles, posts, projects and stories I’ve found this week. Featured topics: Markdown, hacking, art, databases and performance.
My Top 10 Reads of the Week
Have a look at the best articles, posts, projects and stories I’ve found this week. Featured topics: machine learning, databases, security and society.
Resuming blogging activity
Getting back to blogging after a couple of very intensive years.
2020
OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect: Which flow should you use?
A brief introduction to OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect that allows you to quickly choose the best flow for your application.
Published my notes on OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect
Added new topics to my public notes: JWT (JSON Web Token), OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect.
Software Architecture resources
Some of the best software architecture resources according to the Hacker News community.
2019
An open source stack for developers’ personal notes
How to combine QOwnNotes, Git and mobile clients to build a cloud-based solution for personal notes.
Interesting technologies - 01/2019
Some interesting technologies as of January 2019.
2018
Interesting technologies - 11/2018
Some interesting technologies as of November 2018.
Interesting technologies - 10/2018
Some interesting technologies as of October 2018.
Pizza in Naples
Or “How I spent my holidays trying some of the best pizzerias in the world”.
Interesting technologies - 06/2018
Some interesting technologies as of June 2018.
Npmfix
A Node.js CLI that fixes integrity check issues with NPM packages.
My notes
A brief history of my approach to note taking.