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Pablo Porto
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Made with
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in Spain, 2026™

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My writing on software engineering, technical leadership and how to live a balanced life. You can also follow my writing on Medium.
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2026

  • On using summer to reset, coding assistants and being promotedJul 1
  • On chasing the Northern Lights, splitting focus and revamping this websiteMar 1
  • On testing Claude Code, snowboard season and doing tiny experimentsJan 1

2024

  • My 4 Key Health MetricsApr 27
  • 10 unconventional lessons from 10 years working as a software engineer↗ArticleJan 25

2023

  • Consume less, create moreDec 6
  • Systems over goals: My october resetNov 1
  • How to effectively scale your data pipelines and data products with contract testing and dbt↗ArticleOct 23
  • Data Mesh: Building an “Amazon.com” for your data products↗ArticleJun 20
  • How to improve the code quality of your dbt models with unit tests and TDD↗ArticleMay 21
  • Seven lessons I wish I knew as a junior software engineerJan 19

2022

  • How to stay safe online in eight stepsDec 6
  • Build your own modern data platform and learn data engineeringDec 4
  • The four key metrics of personal financeNov 27
  • Redesign and new stack: Version 5.0Nov 20
  • Minimal macOS development setup for 2022Oct 31

2018

  • Modernising a frontend application with React, Redux and StorybookJan 22

2017

  • What it's like to be a developer in a modern software engineering teamOct 5

2016

  • Entrevista a Pablo Porto, ingeniero informático en ThoughtWorks↗InterviewFeb 1

2015

  • Moving to the phoenix server pattern: Things to consider↗ArticleSep 15

2014

  • P2P live video streaming in WebRTC↗PaperJan 1

2013

  • ITS2.0 and Computer Assisted Translation Tools↗PaperJan 1