The future of AI: Code, Hardware and Agents
From my Pereira Tech Talks co-presentation with Sebastián Mora — how programming shifted from writing code to orchestrating agents, what MCPs unlock, and why I brought a robot to a software meetup.
Tech Talks
Building community through shared knowledge
I co-founded Pereira Tech Talks to create a space where developers, designers, and entrepreneurs could learn from each other. Since 2016, I’ve given 30+ talks on everything from Docker to AI — because the best way to learn is by teaching.
Pereira Tech Talks
In September 2017, a few of us sat down with a simple idea: what if we created a space where tech professionals in Pereira could share what they’re learning, building, and struggling with? We’d all been part of PereiraJS and Python Pereira, but we wanted something bigger — a community that brought everyone together regardless of their stack.
That conversation became Pereira Tech Talks. What started as small meetups in borrowed spaces has grown into one of the most active tech communities in Colombia. We’ve filled auditoriums at UTP, brought in speakers from across Latin America, and watched countless developers give their first public talk. The best part? Seeing people who came as attendees return months later as speakers, closing the knowledge-sharing loop.
That conversation became Pereira Tech Talks. What started as small meetups in borrowed spaces has grown into one of the most active tech communities in Colombia. We’ve filled auditoriums at UTP, brought in speakers from across Latin America, and watched countless developers give their first public talk. The best part? Seeing people who came as attendees return months later as speakers, closing the knowledge-sharing loop.
Topics I Cover
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Docker & Containers
From our early days containerizing DailyBot to orchestrating multi-service architectures. I share real production lessons, not just theory.
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Serverless Architecture
How we scaled DailyBot to thousands of teams using serverless patterns. The trade-offs, the wins, and what I’d do differently.
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TypeScript & Node.js
Building type-safe APIs that scale. Lessons from migrating a production codebase and the patterns that actually stick.
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AI & Machine Learning
Bringing AI into real products, not demos. From integrating LLMs at DailyBot to the practical challenges of AI in production.
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DevOps & CI/CD
How a small team ships fast without breaking things. Our CI/CD evolution from manual deploys to infrastructure as code.
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Remote Team Building
Lessons from building DailyBot fully remote from day one. Async communication, team culture, and what actually works.
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Entrepreneurship in Tech
The real story of going through Y Combinator, building a SaaS product, and the startup lessons they don’t teach in accelerators.
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Open Source Development
Why I believe in open source and how contributing to the community has shaped my career and perspective as a developer.
Why I Speak
In 2016, I gave my first public talk about Meteor.js at a small meetup in Pereira. I was terrified. But during Q&A, someone asked a question that made me realize something I hadn’t fully understood about the framework myself. That moment changed everything — I wasn’t just sharing knowledge, I was deepening it.
Every talk I prepare forces me to organize my thoughts, question my assumptions, and find clarity in complexity. Every question from the audience opens a new perspective I hadn’t considered. I speak because teaching is how I learn. And I organize community events because when people share openly — whether they’re giving their first talk or their fiftieth — everyone in the room gets better. That’s the cycle I want to keep alive.
Every talk I prepare forces me to organize my thoughts, question my assumptions, and find clarity in complexity. Every question from the audience opens a new perspective I hadn’t considered. I speak because teaching is how I learn. And I organize community events because when people share openly — whether they’re giving their first talk or their fiftieth — everyone in the room gets better. That’s the cycle I want to keep alive.
Want Me to Speak at Your Event?
I’m always excited about speaking opportunities — whether it’s a local meetup or an international conference. Let’s chat about how I can contribute.
ContactMy Talks
2025
December
October
AI and the New Era of Programming at Open Tech Hackathon
From my Vibe Coding e IA workshop at Open Tech Hackathon — when to use Cursor vs Codex vs Claude Code, the conductor mindset, and practical lessons from shipping AI-powered features at DailyBot.
2024
August
Astro in Action
Why Astro won me over — real case studies from Microsoft and Firebase, measurable performance gains, and a live migration of the Pereira Tech Talks site to prove it's not just hype.
2023
August
How AI is Revolutionizing Modern Application Development
What changed between May and August 2023 — my Manizales Tech Talks experience sharing how AI was transforming app development, three months deeper into the revolution.
May
The Rebirth of Artificial Intelligence
A personal reflection from my Pereira Tech Talks presentation — why ChatGPT, GPT-4, and generative AI marked the end of the AI winter and the start of a revolution I'm living every day.
2022
March
How We Got Into Y Combinator
Three applications, three rejections, one acceptance — what changed between each YC attempt, what the interview was actually like, and what YC taught us about scaling DailyBot.
2021
March
Looking for Product Market Fit
My journey through building and failing products at Rocka.co — what each failed experiment taught me, how I learned to recognize real PMF signals, and why DailyBot finally stuck.
Introduction to MyPy
Why we adopted type checking at DailyBot — from untyped Python chaos to catching bugs before runtime, reducing cognitive load, and shipping with confidence.
2020
February
CSS Grid Layout
How CSS Grid changed the way I think about layouts — from Flexbox limitations to two-dimensional freedom, with practical exercises and accessibility tricks.
2019
October
Vue Vixens Talk: Styles in Vue
Why styling matters in component-based frameworks and how Vue makes CSS scoped, modular, and powerful. From preprocessors to component architecture.
September
WebVR with A-Frame (UniRemington Talk)
Bringing virtual reality to the web and why democratizing VR matters. From 360° photos to interactive 3D worlds, all with HTML and JavaScript.
August
Serverless, IoT and Conversational Interfaces
Why voice-first design matters and how serverless powers the future of conversational interfaces. From Alexa skills to IoT integration.
July
Let's Talk About Flutter
Why cross-platform development matters and how Flutter's widget model changed my approach to building mobile apps. From React mindset to Dart magic.
March
Docker Introductory Workshop
A hands-on Docker workshop at Rocka Labs — from containers and images to Dockerfiles, volumes, networks, Docker Compose, and beyond. The complete guide to getting started with Docker.
Introduction to Serverless with Emphasis on IoT
My journey into serverless architectures and why they changed how I think about building IoT applications. From meditation apps to smart light bulbs.
2018
December
Introduction to Webpack
How Webpack transformed front-end development — my talk breaking down entry points, loaders, plugins, and why developer experience matters more than configuration.
Docker Introduction
What I shared in a talk on Docker and microservice-oriented architectures — containers, microservice characteristics, and practical demos.
November
History, Discussion, and Analysis of the Bitcoin Paper by Satoshi Nakamoto
A deep dive into Satoshi's Bitcoin whitepaper — what makes it revolutionary, the technical innovations I found most compelling, and my personal journey reading the paper that changed finance.
October
Introduction to APIs with GraphQL
Why GraphQL changed how I build APIs — strong typing, client-controlled queries, single endpoint architecture, and the developer experience that makes REST feel outdated.
September
Introduction to Vue.js
Why Vue became my favorite framework after years of Angular and React — a deep dive into progressive design, reactivity, and what makes Vue special.
Taming Big Data: An Introduction to Apache Spark
From RDDs to real-time streaming — how I built hands-on notebooks, a Docker cluster, and a full presentation to teach Apache Spark as my Big Data course final project.
July
Introduction to GoLang
Why Go won me over — my Pereira Tech Talks session on Go's simplicity, built-in concurrency, and how it solves real problems with less ceremony.
April
Blockchain: The Industrial Revolution of the Internet
Why blockchain is more than cryptocurrency — real-world applications in supply chains, identity, voting, and how decentralized trust changes the rules of digital systems.
February
WebVR with A-Frame
Building VR experiences with HTML — my talk at Pereira Tech Talks on A-Frame, Mozilla's framework that brings virtual reality to the web with zero configuration.
Deep Learning: From Academia to Practice
What I shared at PyCon Colombia 2018 on how applied mathematics lets us build AI models — linear algebra, neural networks, gradient descent, and computer vision.
2017
November
Microservices Architecture and APIs with GraphQL
Why I moved from REST to GraphQL for microservices — divide and conquer, client-defined queries, and the trade-offs you need to know.
October
Introduction to TensorFlow
My talk at the first Pereira Tech Talks meetup — exploring Google's TensorFlow, machine learning basics, and why AI was about to change everything.
What is Blockchain and How Will It Radically Transform the Economy?
I gave this talk at Universidad de Caldas — tracing blockchain from the history of money to building decentralized apps with JavaScript.
Introduction to Blockchain and Ethereum
From Bitcoin's blockchain to Ethereum's smart contracts — demystifying crypto for the Pereira JS community with a live Solidity demo.
March
Introduction to the Internet of Things
I teamed up with Alejandro Rendon to explore IoT — from sensors and controllers to programming robots with JavaScript and Johnny-five.
2016
December
NoSQL and MongoDB
When SQL tables aren't enough — my introduction to NoSQL databases, MongoDB's document model, and when to choose flexibility over rigid schemas.
November
Introduction to Meteor.js
My first tech talk ever — building a real-time chat app with Meteor.js from zero to working prototype in minutes, with reactive data and no WebSockets setup.