The other day, a colleague at my company told us he needed to format his laptop to declutter the system a bit. He is an outstanding professional. He ticks all the boxes: writes neat code, always reviews his code thoroughly before creating a PR, carefully refactors the code to make it as perfect as possible… But he was struggling with the task of formatting his computer. Why? Because that means starting from scratch and losing all the configurations he already has.

Lately, I’ve been involved in a project that uses MongoDB. I haven’t worked much with NoSQL databases, so it’s great to give it a shot. I’m used to working with dockerized applications, but this specific project doesn’t have this setup, instead using a locally running MongoDB on the host. It’s okay, but I’m so accustomed to Docker that I can’t help but feel uncomfortable nowadays having a database running directly on my local machine.

Hey, y’all! I’m Pablo. This is yet another try to have a blog to share knowledge and hopefully some pills of wisdom, hope you find it useful. Don’t hesitate to contact me via Bluesky or Twitter. Happy hacking!