About Me!

Hello there! I'm Samuel, affectionately dubbed the ".NET Guru" by my peers, and I'm thrilled to welcome you to F5Build.com. With over 14 years working with software, my journey began with a formative internship at Microsoft when I was just 20 years old.

This early exposure set the stage for a career where I've had the privilege to contribute my expertise to major industry players in the USA, along with making a mark on the tech landscape of Puerto Rico, developing software for the island's leading newspaper brand.


The Practical Perspective

In the field of software development, the term that often fades into the background is “pragmatic”. Sound familiar? Remember that book? Unfortunately, many software projects today are built on various foundations and approaches, while too often neglecting the pragmatic one. In my content, I dive deep in our craft, aiming to connect theory and practice. I urge fellow engineers to prioritize practical solutions in the ever-changing tech landscape.

I'm on a mission to inject practicality and common sense into our work. From this idea, my motto emerged: “Crafting efficient solutions, without adding complexity just to look smart”.

This motto encapsulates my commitment to delivering efficient solutions without succumbing to unnecessary complexity, a behavior that I like to call: "over-engineering." Together, let's focus on what matters, which is creating software that works, meets real needs, and doesn't merely seek to impress.

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I'm Samuel, an opinionated engineer affectionately known as the ".NET Guru". "Crafting efficient solutions, without adding complexity just to look smart"