Hello, I'm Moises

I'm a Software Engineer based in Los Angeles, CA. I specialize in building reliable and scalable systems, with experience in cloud architecture, backend development, and data analysis.

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Featured

• Embracing the AI Hype: Why I’m Not Being Replaced (Yet)

  2 Mar, 2026

  Reflections on a month of leaning into AI, automation, and the massive ongoing transition to ARM-based hardware.

• Practicing What I Preach: Migrating My Homelab from Portainer to Arcane

  28 Feb, 2026

  Why I finally ditched Portainer for Arcane to bring true Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to my homelab container management.

• I’m Not a Problem Solver. I’m a Professional Fire Starter.

  24 Feb, 2026

  In the age of AI, everyone is a solver. But it takes a human touch to ignite the high-stakes fires that actually matter.

• The Ego in the Machine: How I Learned to Stop Competing and Start Leveraging AI

  17 Feb, 2026

  AI adoption isn't just a technical hurdle—it's a personal one. Here's how I had to check my ego at the door to truly master the next layer of the stack.

• Building My First Gemini CLI Skill: A Journey into AI Automation

  11 Feb, 2026

  Lessons learned from bridging AI prompts with real-world APIs to automate LinkedIn sharing.

• Mall Rinks to Olympic Ice: The Donovan Carrillo Mindset

  10 Feb, 2026

  How Olympic skater Donovan Carrillo's performance today and his history at a local mall rink inspires me to build greatness anywhere.

• If You Use AI at Work and Nobody Hears It, Did It Really Happen?

  6 Feb, 2026

  Why 'closet' AI usage is holding your team back—and how to start narrating your AI-powered workflows for the greater good.

• If You Use AI at Work and Nobody Hears It, Did It Really Happen?

  6 Feb, 2026

  Why 'closet' AI usage is holding your team back—and how to start narrating your AI-powered workflows for the greater good.

• Workshop: Kubernetes AKS, Kube-State-Metrics, and Prometheus

  23 May, 2024

  A Hands-On Guide to Monitoring Kubernetes with Azure AKS using Kube-State-Metrics and Prometheus.