thoughts & progress — by Pablo Villena

My first open source contribution

I wanted one small thing changed in a Linux Mint applet, so I forked the repo, opened a PR, and learned how contributing actually works. Here's the process, and what the review taught me.

open-source · linux-mint · cinnamon · github · git · javascript

Building a personal developer blog

A personal blog needs surprisingly little infrastructure: an S3 bucket, a GitHub OAuth login gated to the email of your account, and a Markdown editor. Here's how it all came together.

blog · react · nextjs · github · aws · s3