Upgrading the database engine in a critical environment is one of those “open-heart surgeries” that truly defines the maturity of an infrastructure team. We recently completed a migration of an...
As 2025 comes to a close, I find myself sitting down to reflect on what has been, without a doubt, one of the most transformative years of my professional journey....
This weekend, I had the pleasure of attending my first-ever open space conference: TheAntiEvent. What a rewarding experience it was.
As Cloud Engineers, we often manage our infrastructure with the confidence that comes from Infrastructure as Code (IaC). When we define an AWS IAM Role in Terraform, we rely on...
As a developer, have you ever encountered the infamous “it works on my machine” problem?
We’re living in a fascinating time in the world of data. Terms like Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence dominate strategic conversations, spark excitement, and promise to transform industries. And...
I’ve always believed that great leadership starts from within. The more we understand ourselves, others, and the systems we operate in, the better we can show up: for our teams,...
I recently reached a new milestone in my professional journey: earning the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate certification. Beyond the personal achievement, this process was an exercise in technical...
This year, I finally attended my first AWS Summit in Madrid, and honestly? It was totally worth it!
As a data engineer, one of the subtlest — and most dangerous — mistakes you can make when designing data models is using the FLOAT type to store decimal values...
In the world of AWS Glue, developers often find themselves at a crossroads when writing PySpark ETL jobs. Should you stick to the native Apache Spark DataFrame, or should you...
If you’ve been following my journey, you probably know that real-time data processing is something that truly fascinates me. There is something incredibly satisfying about designing systems that react to...
This weekend, I had the opportunity to attend Bilbostack 2025, a conference packed with exciting IT topics and super close to home! It felt amazing to have such incredible opportunities...
When it comes to running Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) jobs on AWS, two powerful options stand out: AWS Glue and Amazon EMR. Both services leverage Apache Spark to handle large-scale...