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Updated September 2nd, 2026, from the Galápagos Islands

Galápagos with Isa

I'm in the Galápagos with Isa.

We just went diving and saw a hammerhead shark, sea turtles, manta rays, bright yellow starfish, an orange fish with one little horn, and even a sea snake.

There are iguanas all over the beach, and at Tortuga Bay a turtle managed to scare us.

Work

Working on Recurrente.com, a payments platform based in Guatemala with the mission to bring economic prosperity to the region.

AI agents & agentic engineering: I'm still excited about what the future holds in agentic engineering. I feel like we're exploring how to restructure a software engineering org from first principles: where AI is useful, where human judgment matters most, how to avoid fatigue, and how to keep powerful tools in check. Codex is my main coding tool right now.

The practical question is becoming more interesting than the abstract one: how do you use agents to ship better products without losing taste, context, or the habit of listening to users?

Health

Trying to be consistent with the basics: going to the gym, eating well, and sleeping well. None of these are complicated, which somehow makes doing all three reliably the interesting part.

Side projects

My side-project energy is mostly going toward small, useful systems:

  • AI for my dad: I helped my dad get access to an AI that can help him make changes to the Smart Parking system. It's deployed and working beautifully.
  • Digital Garden: slowly making this site feel more like a map of what shaped me.

Entertainment

Reading: Leviathan Wakes by James S. A. Corey.

Gaming: Loved the game Blue Prince. I love puzzle games and the dynamic/pacing of this one in particular.

Life

Enjoying the Galápagos with Isa.

Kitesurfing: Watching the Atitlán wind windows and trying to get on the water when the gusts are good.


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