the backstory

I never wrote or read a lot, in fact, I was that kid in school that always tried to get things done with the absolute minimum effort possible. Like searched for a resume on the internet or asked a friend whenever the teacher gave us a book to read, knowing that later I would have to explain it and answer questions to her.

Of course, most of the times it ended the same: me having to read the book after the fail -- why did she always have to ask those tricky, specific questions that only appeared on one random page? It felt like she knew exactly who hadn't done the reading. However, this laziness was never a disadvantage for me in general when I had to write or read in front of people, instead, I was always very careful about making spelling mistakes.

I've often thought that reading and writing would help me communicate, and know more words — and it does — but for some reason I never paid that much attention to it. I was stuck in my ways. To give you an idea of how much I avoided "analog" work: back in school, I wouldn't even take my books or notebooks out of my bag. I would sit there with my phone or computer doing things, and eventually, the teachers just accepted it. They realized I wasn't the type of student who was going to write things down on paper.

I think that changed some months ago, when after several times of my girlfriend saying to me "You want an agenda?", "Why don't you take notes on this agenda?!", I tried before to keep track of everything on some Notion or note taker, but I always ended up dropping it.

the turning point

One day, I simply started writing. I listed down every single task I was doing on paper, breaking down the coding work I needed to handle for Easyfit. I even started planning the next day in advance, listing out the pending tasks before I went to sleep. This simple habit didn't just help me keep track of my development work, it was a complete life changer when it came to my productivity.

I was shipping features 10x and also having the next day planned with new tasks to do. Immediately, I felt stupid for not doing this sooner. I couldn't believe that something so insignificant like writing your TO-DOs on a piece of paper each day—could make such a massive difference in my output. It seems basic now, and I think most people still don't do it in their daily routine.

this blog

This is actually one of the first texts I've written fully in english, like expressing a full real thought that other people will probably read —and without AI.

In this blog, I want to write mostly about code, security, and anything that I feel like writing — maybe some side projects or random experiences that I had while just living my life.

let's see where this goes. Also, I don't want to have a frequency of posting. I'll write when I have something worth saying.