46 karma · joined September 12, 2011
My electricity cost to run this unit every night is ~$55 extra
I have been developing software for 15+ years. Usually my biggest contributions to projects are:
1) looking at the "big picture" and deciding the best path to solve the business problem at hand; most of the times it means combining great, stable and proven open-source software to serve as the basis of the project, customizing them here and there. Also, simplicity is the ultimate sophistication;
3) coming up with challenges and creative ways to motivate the team, in exchange for $$$ bonus or a day off. I've managed internal and external dev teams and budgets of more than +$10M;
2) coding the bits no one on the team wants to, those that requires more thinking and research than coding. I'm best in backend coding. I love figuring out and coding great UX, but I suck at making things look pretty and sexy. Nowadays I tend to use JavaScript or Python, but I still use PHP, .Net (VB, C#, ASP), C++ and Java - whatever is the best for the task at hand.
Sometimes I find fun projects on Upwork, you can check some of my client's feedback here, as well as the (very) different types of projects I've worked on: https://www.upwork.com/o/profiles/users/~01ef5120bd178f9fcc/
I've built several small businesses: corporate training, used car sales, business intelligence software, car repair shop. I love to talk business and marketing.
I'd love to partner with a more business oriented person/team. I'm super responsive. Fluent in English, Spanish and Portuguese.
Location: Brazil, GMT+3 Willing to relocate: Yes pepicon@gmail.com
I read the other 20 or so files monthly or when looking for something specific.
The task file is the one always opened, there are my pressing issues and there I'll note anything that later I'll pass to the other files. The most important though is the tactics/strategy one, where I write details, thoughts of my life, business strategies and general stuff that I like to read at least every week, the projects I want to do next, hobbies I want to try, advice that I like to read, and even if I have some of this etched on my mind sometimes it's a great north on a confusing day. It's great to read about this idea I had a week ago and now completely forgot about because I was focused at the current issue. Writing is also great to organize the thoughts, I had so many breakthroughs just by reading and writing on these files. It's an extension of my memory and my process.
I searched a lot and gave Google Keep a chance, but it has no API so I can't write on it through Alfred or Terminal. Also the sync is crazy as sometimes takes MINUTES to an updated file appear on my mobile. The dropbox app is not good for my needs too because it requires too many steps to see the updated file - when I start it and the file is already open I need to go back to the files list and get back to the file so it can refresh.
So I decided to build it.
My surprise was that dropbox supplies the entire code for an app with its API (Notes Example) that's very, very, very similar to PlainText! Two days using and nothing seems to be missing or not functioning well. So no coding, just compiling ;-)