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Ezequiel Foncubiera
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Platform Engineer | Aspiring Astrophysicist | Mountain Runner | Author of Crafting Platforms

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November 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Help fight La Liga’s censorship.
Has your website been hit with unexpected unavailability in Spain? Help us find out why. Download the free OONI Probe app, enter the URL in the app and tap "Run.” Your results are anonymous and help measure blocking of websites in your region. https://ooni.org/install/
November 18, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I’m writing an article this week about the “Engineering Momentum Problem” when you want to implement a new practice such as platform engineering in an existing team. I thought a lot about this lately. You never get an empty whiteboard where you can draw an ideal platform…
Crafting Platforms | Ezequiel Foncubierta | Substack
Companion newsletter to the Crafting Platforms book. Notes on book progress, news and trends in Platform Engineering. Click to read Crafting Platforms, by Ezequiel Foncubierta, a Substack publication....
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November 17, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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Are we still doing starter packs?

Put this one together because I love seeing things that lovely folks write on the internet, and I'm sure there are more people to meet and add to this list.

go.bsky.app/AnM2t7r
November 15, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Crafting Platform book. Early Access starting today!

Get your free chapter now, or join the program.

#platformengineering #devops #cloudcomputing

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Early Access KickOff
Write, Edit, Publish, Get Feedback, Repeat
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November 13, 2025 at 7:33 PM
FREE BEER!

I am kicking off a new project. A book about platform engineering called Crafting Platforms. Alongside the book I also started a SubStack to share progress and additional content.

All subscribers will get a copy of the first two chapters

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Welcome to Crafting Platforms
Introducing the book, the craft, and the ideas shaping Platform Engineering
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November 7, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Today, thinking on the many abstractions layer we have been adding on top of machines over the years (programming languages, frameworks, vms, containers, cloud computing, edge computing…) and reflecting on AI as another abstraction layer more.
November 7, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Esta semana escribo sobre un problema muy común en diseño de sistemas, pero que no muchos reconocen ni saben cómo tratar con el.

Principia #2: Back Pressure

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Principia #2: Back Pressure
O cuando la ingeniería se convierte en fontanería
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November 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Voy a empezar una nueva serie de artículos sobre términos que usamos en ingeniería del software y sus implicaciones. ¡Vamos con RELIABILITY!

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#software #engineering #ingeniería
Principia #1 - Fiabilidad (Reliability)
La fiabilidad no es ni gratis ni infinita
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October 28, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Looking forward to squeezing my brain this year again. I’m getting older tho.
Hello, friends! After 10(!) years of #AdventOfCode, I've made some changes to preserve my sanity: there will be 12 days of puzzles each December (still starting Dec 1) and there is no longer a global leaderboard. Read more:
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October 22, 2025 at 5:25 AM
He empezado a escribir un libro sobre cómo construir una plataforma cloud. No tanto sobre la disciplina de Platform Engineering como concepto, sino sobre el lado práctico: qué piezas necesitas, cómo encajan y cómo resolver los problemas que toda empresa se encuentra al levantar una plataforma.
October 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Casi todos los artículos y reflexiones que leo sobre IA en ingeniería es si va a reemplazar a desarrolladores juniors, o si los seniors van a mejorar su productividad en un 10x, pero pocas veces reflexionan sobre si van a reemplazar a project/product managers, o engineering managers…
October 2, 2025 at 8:32 PM
"And then it happened... a door opened to a world... rushing through the phone line like heroin through an addict's veins, an electronic pulse is sent out, a refuge from the day-to-day incompetencies is sought... a board is found."

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30 años de Hackers
La película que despertó mi vocación
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September 23, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Reposted by Ezequiel Foncubiera
Besides the effects on the tech industry, right now there are H-1B holders—people—who built a life in the US.

If they are traveling, they have 17 hours to get back to the US, or the life they built will be shattered and taken from them.

Can you imagine constantly living with this uncertainty?
September 20, 2025 at 9:15 AM
The movie that changed my purpose in life.
Today is the 30th anniversary of Hackers
September 16, 2025 at 6:07 AM
Mi artículo de esta semana fue sobre gestión de prioridades, donde explico un método sencillo pero efectivo.

#engineering #software #management

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Impacto, viabilidad, dependencias y estrategia
Una fórmula sencilla para no perderse a la hora de priorizar proyectos
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September 13, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Artículo de la semana que viene ya en el horno. ¡Viene curvas!

#software #engineering #ingenieria

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Complexity is better than complicated — Tim Peter, Zen of Python Próximo artículo ya en el horno.
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September 13, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Empiezo la enésima newsletter/blog. Las situaciones personales cambian, y creo que ahora es buen momento para escribir algo de vez en cuando. Esta la dejé escrita hace ocho meses 😅 pero tengo más.

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#software #ingenieria #newsletter #productividad
Creando equipos autosuficientes
No se trata de tener a los mejores, sino de que tengan autonomía.
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August 30, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Un poco decepcionado con @pcoffeebreak.bsky.social. Si queréis hacer un programa para hablar del problema del apagón eléctrico, con una visión más madurada e informada del problema, no llevéis a Alfredo, que desde el minuto uno ha estado vomitando soflamas sesgadas y partidistas.
August 23, 2025 at 10:38 AM
A must read from the great Ethan Siegel.
Busting the top 5 myths about the Big Bang

There are lots of arguments against the Big Bang, and many proclamations that it's already been disproven.

But those are mostly based on an incorrect depiction of what the Big Bang even is.
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#space #astro #physics #bigbang
Busting the top 5 myths about the Big Bang
For over 50 years, it’s been the scientifically accepted theory describing the origin of the Universe. It’s time we all learned its truths.
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June 28, 2025 at 4:13 PM
👏👏👏
El mensaje de RTVE antes de #Eurovision2025: "Frente a los derechos humanos, el silencio no es una opción. Paz y justicia para Palestina" www.rtve.es/noticias/20250...

#EurovisionRTVE
May 17, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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NEW 🧵

A quick thread of charts showing how Trump’s economic agenda is going so far:

1) US consumers are reacting very very negatively.

These are the worst ratings for any US government’s economic policy since records began.
April 4, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Es una maravilla ver buena parte de la Península Ibérica de color verde vida, y con nieve en las montañas, en esta imagen tomada ayer por #Copernicus #Sentinel3 😍

Cuidemos de todo este agua, que el verano va a ser muy largo y caluroso!
March 31, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I never asked ChatGPT about the Tiananmen Square or the CCP. I can accept that for a massive cost reduction in my AI companion. #ChatGPT #DeepSeek
January 30, 2025 at 4:17 PM