Iván González

A year of building software with AI, countless experiments, articles, and lessons learned. I wanted a place to bring it all together, and that's how my AI Builder Playbook came to life. Always a work in progress, just like my understanding of AI 💜 👉 dreamingecho.es/playbooks/ai...

We’re getting faster at writing software with AI agents. We’re not necessarily getting better at building it together. Why software factories need more than better individual agent workflows: dreamingecho.es/blog/coding-...

An AI harness looks like tooling. In practice, it forces a team to make its way of working explicit: who owns what, where friction goes, and what “done” means. What my team and I learned building ours: medium.com/sequra-tech/...

We measure the time an AI agent saves us. We rarely measure the conversation that no longer happens. What teams may stop seeing when questions move somewhere nobody else can see: dreamingecho.es/blog/asking-...

Delegating execution is getting easier. Deciding what to delegate is not. Working with agents keeps bringing back skills I learned in management: context, autonomy, judgment, span of control. What happens when those become part of an IC’s daily work? dreamingecho.es/blog/managem...

Technical depth still matters. But AI is making implementation cheaper to produce. That makes execution a weaker proxy for the judgment underneath. What should we look for when evaluating seniority now: dreamingecho.es/blog/ai-brea...

Entry-level engineering was never just a job. It was also an apprenticeship that quietly taught us how to form a view, be wrong, and learn why. What happens to engineering judgment when AI starts removing the work that used to build it: dreamingecho.es/blog/growing...

Building software gives us years of practice solving framed problems. But Product Engineering extends beyond implementation: framing, positioning, pricing, distribution, and learning from users. What building Avenida, my own product, taught me: dreamingecho.es/blog/half-pr...

One of the best things to come out of my career break last year was starting a project with a former colleague 😄 That project became Avenida: www.avenida.so I’ve been quietly working on it since, aiming to release 1.0 by the end of summer 🚀 Current beta → 1.0 👇

Publishing a salary range is not the same as reducing uncertainty. Cornell research found that wide ranges can discourage women from applying or negotiating, unless companies explain typical offers and the criteria behind them. Transparency should reduce ambiguity. news.cornell.edu/stories/2026...

I built an AI harness to carry more of the repetitive work around delivery. The deeper lesson was where it should stop: where engineers need to talk to people, understand context, and exercise product judgment. dreamingecho.es/blog/the-ai-...

The AI Fatigue Curve: Why Intensity Is Not Free.

AI Shrinks Cycle Time. Humans Don't.

Learning to Build in the Age of AI.

Career break = time + headspace ✨ I finally wrote down my lived lessons from leading remote teams—my personal Engineering Leadership Playbook: a home for my principles today, and a place to pour new learnings as I grow #TechLeadership #EngineeringManagement 👉 dreamingecho.es/playbook

The Year I Paused to Move Forward.

High Achievers, Heavy Minds.

When Your Worth Becomes Your Output.

The Invisible Burnout.

Qual + Quant Reviews in 45 Minutes.

Post-Launch Care Windows.

Design Debt Is Real Debt.

Weekly Bets vs. Backlog Treadmills.

From PRD to Prod Without Ping-Pong.

When Overcommunication Becomes Noise in Remote Teams.

People‑first, for real: adapt your management style to the person.

Elixir Radar issue 485 is out! 📣 You can read it here: buff.ly/HGjAeCB This issue comes with content from @dreamingechoes.bsky.social @ievgenpyrogov.com @yellowduck.be @lawik.bsky.social @elixircasts.io and Masatoshi Nishiguchi. Thank you! #ElixirLang #MyElixirStatus

Engineering Management isn’t a promotion; it’s a different job. Emma Bostian’s article clearly outlines what effective EM looks like.

High‑impact 1:1s in Remote Teams: Building Trust and Psychological Safety.

I love music, especially discovering new albums that bring me joy. So I built a small GPT to help me find daily album recommendations, and it works great! 🎶 🔗 chatgpt.com/g/g-67dbd8fe...

Career growth in software engineering doesn’t happen by chance. The best engineers don’t just write great code, they take ownership of their learning, seek meaningful challenges, and focus on real impact.

I did this test in 3 h to see how Cursor works. Without knowing React or Typescript. Conclusions: 1. Wow 2. Be prepared for tech bros who think that developers won't be needed 3. Excited to see products that make the most of LLMs 4. Fingers crossed for more environmentally conscious technology soon

Creating an AI-Powered Search Input With Phoenix LiveView #MyElixirStatus #ElixirLang 🔗 dreamingecho.es/blog/creatin...

Building a Minimal Blog in Pure Elixir with Notion as a CMS #MyElixirStatus #ElixirLang 🔗 dreamingecho.es/blog/buildin...

Small Signals, Big Impact: How Tiny Acts of Self-Care Can Transform Workplace Well-Being.

How to Change a Field Type in an Ecto Embedded Schema with a Migration #MyElixirStatus #ElixirLang

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