Stroke

I had a TIA (Transient Ischemic Attack) or as people know it, Brain Stroke on August 9. After 2 months of recovery, I’m back to normal and I feel great :) It seems it had to do with an issue with my blood coagulation and my heart health… It disturbed my vision and motricity… but I’m ok now. Needless to say, it was a very scary experience. I got a bit depressed and sometimes anxious when I was recovering, but I stuck with a strict diet and exercise regime which helped enormously and helped with the mood changes. Now that I’m much better, I’m here reflecting the on how the last 2 months of my life have passed. ...

October 27, 2021 · 3 min · oschvr

How to create your npm card

Lately, our company started growing so I had to start interviewing frontend engineers, UI/UX designers and other developers who focus on the UI aspect of web development At first, my expectation was that the process wouldn’t involve anything else but talking to a person. I was caught off guard about the fact that a lot these amazing developers shared with me their portfolios, websites or even demos. It was surprising and inspiring to see some of the creative ways people standout. ...

July 5, 2020 · 5 min · oschvr

How I got my AWS CSAA. Notes included

Disclaimer: I’m not being paid to promote anything here. I just received an email containing the badge from acclaim.com. It made me look back on how much things have changed for the better since I made this exam, so I thought of making a blog post on how things went for me. AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate was issued by Amazon Web Services Training and Certification to Oscar Chavez ...

May 14, 2020 · 4 min · oschvr

Blocking Ads with PiHole

Before going into the post carefully documenting my process in setting up everything, here’s what this post is about in short: Installed PiHole on a Raspberry Pi Zero W and connected it to my network to have DNS level ad blocking. It was reasonably fast to complete and works well. Here’s how it looks before and after: Now, for whomever wants to understand why and how to build this, carry on… ...

April 27, 2020 · 8 min · oschvr

De Mexico al Reino Unido

Ya tiene mucho, muchísimo (10 meses) que no escribo/tengo ganas de escribir acá. Me han preguntado si olvidé por completo del blog y del diminuto momentum que tuvo cuando lo estaba manteniendo, pero yo me cuestiono si fue uno de esos momentos de brillantez y dedicación completamente mal distribuida, como el que cualquier programador pasa: Debería registar mis pensamientos en algún lado… haré un blog ! O quizá debería enfocarme en artículos técnicos, con código y todo… reharé mi blog ! ...

March 2, 2020 · 4 min · oschvr