Jero Sanchez
Software Engineer. Building things that matter.
Welcome back!Here you have the latest
chapter of my story, ready for the curious mind. Grab a seat, get comfortable, and let’s see
what new twists are on the table today:
What Two Years in the Backend Taught Me: It Wasn't What I Expected
What happens when you come to learn backend and discover that what you actually learned was something about yourself?
Read more ⟶The Rest Of The Story:
Catch up on the chapters that brought me here.
Behind the Buzzword: What Real AI-Assisted Engineering Actually Looks Like
What happens when a recruiter suggests you add an AGENTS.md to show you're using AI—and the AI infrastructure was already there, just not in the shape the industry learned to look for?
Read more ⟶Ownership Changes What Counts as a Skill: The Complete Loop
What happens when you realize that knowing a system is different from owning it—and that owning it completely changes your credibility?
Read more ⟶Structured to Scale: The Architecture Call Most Teams Get Wrong
What happens when you build a financially complex backend from scratch and face the monolith-versus-microservices question before you've written a single domain model? The reasoning behind that choice is where senior judgment shows up.
Read more ⟶The T-Shaped Fallacy: It's Not About Coverage
What happens when you realize that being T-shaped isn't about touching everything—it's about knowing where to go deep?
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