The Optimist Engineer

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Sharing experiences, learnings, and inspiration from the tech world, with a bit of optimism. Interesting for Tech Leads, Engineering Managers, and software makers from Startups to medium-sized companies. Hope my journey could help yours.

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The Optimist EngineerMay 13

🔴 Your CI Pipeline Doesn’t Speak Spanish. Let’s Fix That

https://newsletter.optimistengineer.com/p/your-ci-pipeline-doesnt-speak-spanish

Your CI Pipeline Doesn’t Speak Spanish. Let’s Fix That

Internationalization as a platform capability — and what it looks like when it’s baked into your pipeline

The Optimist Engineer
The Optimist EngineerMay 7

🔴 Symptoms of Bad Software Design

https://newsletter.optimistengineer.com/p/symptoms-of-bad-software-design

Symptoms of Bad Software Design

4 signals that your software is badly designed and how to solve them

The Optimist Engineer
The Optimist EngineerApr 29

🔴 Why your releases feel harder than they should

https://newsletter.optimistengineer.com/p/why-your-releases-feel-harder-than

Why your releases feel harder than they should

And why is the problem almost never at the time of deployment?

The Optimist Engineer
The Optimist EngineerApr 28

🔴 Why "Why Not?" is a Critical Engineering Skill

https://newsletter.optimistengineer.com/p/why-why-not-is-a-critical-engineering

Why "Why Not?" is a Critical Engineering Skill

A personal story about losing stability, taking a risk, and learning to operate without a clear roadmap

The Optimist Engineer
The Optimist EngineerApr 4

🔴 The Tech Lead’s Toolbox: Managing Debt and Architecture

https://newsletter.optimistengineer.com/p/the-tech-leads-toolbox-managing-debt

The Tech Lead’s Toolbox: Managing Debt and Architecture

Practical tasks to transition from solving bugs to solving system-wide problems.

The Optimist Engineer
The Optimist EngineerApr 4

🔴 Stop Coding Tasks, Start Designing Systems

https://newsletter.optimistengineer.com/p/stop-coding-tasks-start-designing

Stop Coding Tasks, Start Designing Systems

How to shift your mindset from "how it works" to "why it matters" to grow your career

The Optimist Engineer
The Optimist EngineerMar 18

🔴 Ensuring Data Compatibility and Consistency in Microservices with Schema Registries

https://newsletter.optimistengineer.com/p/ensuring-data-compatibility-and-consistency

Ensuring Data Compatibility and Consistency in Microservices with Schema Registries

Put a Schema Registry in your life and ensure nobody hurts you

The Optimist Engineer
The Optimist EngineerMar 12

🔴 You're already a senior dev - now what?

https://newsletter.optimistengineer.com/p/youre-already-a-senior-dev-now-what

You're already a senior dev - now what?

The three paths will guide you in the ride

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The Optimist EngineerMar 12

🔴 RFCs: The Most Underrated Skill in Software Engineering

https://newsletter.optimistengineer.com/p/rfcs-the-most-underrated-skill-in

RFCs: The Most Underrated Skill in Software Engineering

How writing down your decisions sharpens your thinking, improves your PRs, and grows your technical influence

The Optimist Engineer
The Optimist EngineerFeb 25

🔴 MCP Architecture Overview

https://newsletter.optimistengineer.com/p/mcp-architecture-overview

MCP Architecture Overview

An app that implements the Model Context Protocol, how does it look like at architecture level

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