Hello
I'm Xavier, a technologist and builder based in San Juan.
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I'm a technologist who loves to build things that matter. I have a deep belief that the best products sit at the intersection of engineering rigour and thoughtful design — and I've spent my career trying to prove that out.
I obsess over developer experience, systems thinking, and making complex things feel simple. Whether I'm writing infrastructure, designing an API, or shipping a product, I try to do it with the same care.
Outside of work I write here, take photos on film and digital, and collect more keyboards than I can justify.
Work
I run Ikarolabs, a small studio where I take on select product and engineering work — from early architecture to shipped features.
Before that I spent several years in the industry learning how software gets built at scale: what survives contact with users, what collapses under its own weight, and how teams make the difference.
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- IkarolabsFounder & CTONow2022–now
- Placeholder CorpSenior Engineer2019–2022
- Startup IncFull-Stack Developer2017–2019
I tend to thrive in environments where there's real ownership and a high bar for craft. I'm equally comfortable deep in an architecture decision or pairing on a tricky bug.
This site
I've been publishing here since 2025. Everything is designed and coded by me — no themes, no templates. Written on a MacBook Pro, committed with Claude Code.
- —Built with Next.js, hosted on Vercel.
- —Content pipeline via Content Collections — articles are MDX files in git.
- —Styled with Tailwind CSS v4. Type set in Lora (serif) and Geist (sans).
- —Dark mode is actually a warm dim mode — easier on the eyes than pure black.
Read the journal to see how the thinking behind this place has evolved.