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Me
Finish this website
This is a (never-ending) work in progress
- 2012-now
- Tags: WIP
About me
Working in Developer Relations ⬩ MSc in Software Engineer ⬩ Speaker & Professor ⬩ Building bridges across communities, “routing” information among them ⬩ Systematic yet flexible ⬩ A bit literalist ⬩ Doomsayer
- External link: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dariomac/
Me elsewhere
These are links to my profile on several online services.
- Tags: pln,social,networking
Experience
Howdy
Developer Advocate
- Jun 2022 – Now
- Tags: DevRel, Communication, Soft Skills
Universidad ORT Uruguay
End-of-Degree final projects tutor
- Aug 2016 - Now
- Tags: Software Engineering Practices, Artificial Intelligence, Tutoring
- External link: https://fi.ort.edu.uy/72104/17/proyectos-de-fin-de-carrera.html
Self-Employed
Software Engineering Advisor/Consultant
- Mar 2013 – Now
Howdy, OWU La Meetup III sponsor
OWU - La Meetup III - Open Space
- Nov 1, 2025
- External link: https://www.owu.uy/la-meetup
Howdy Dev Day 2025
Prompt Engineering and the Future of Programming
- Sep 2025
- External link: https://www.youtube.com/live/I7fjLxwwl28
Howdy <> Ruby Montevideo
Ruby Montevideo meetup - March 2025 interviews
- Mar 2025
- External link: https://www.meetup.com/ruby-montevideo/events/306636509/?eventOrigin=group_past_events
PostSharp Technologies
PostSharp Technologies - Content Writer
- Oct 2024 - Dic 2024
- External link: https://www.postsharp.net/
Universidad ORT Uruguay
My trifecta for success in agile projects - scope, time and quality
- Apr 2024
Howdy <> Angular MVD
Software Estimates: No Longer an Engineering Problem
- Dic 2023
- External link: https://www.meetup.com/es/angular-mvd/events/296109989/
Howdy
Software Engineer
- Nov 2020 – Nov 2023
- Tags: Software Development, JavaScript, Node.js, React.js
Stagger.com
Software Engineer
- Nov 2020 – Nov 2023
Montevideo JS Meetup
Quality is not a fairy tale
- Oct 2023
- Tags: Agile Software Quality, Cone of Uncertainty
- External link: https://www.meetup.com/uruguayjs/events/296355984/
Howdy <> MIS.uy
Software Estimates: No Longer an Engineering Problem
- Set 2023
- External link: https://www.meetup.com/mis-uy/events/295531029/
Tech Week 4.0
Employability and Personal Brand
- Jun 13, 2023
Howdy <> Tribu Latam Tech
Personal Brand & Learn in public
- Mar, 2023
- External link: https://www.youtube.com/live/TR-_QxiN6A8?feature=share
Howdy
The realities of Software Development
- Feb, 2023
- External link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Hi-_GkucPw
Howdy <> NodeCO
How does AI affect software developers?
- Jan, 2023
- External link: https://www.meetup.com/node_co/events/290942070/
WebConf LATAM 2022
“Don't panic! Troubleshooting recurring problems on new teams“ talk
- Nov 18, 2022
- Tags: team,soft skills,software,problems
- External link: https://www.instagram.com/p/Ck_gQbapWmi/
Facultad de Ingeniería (UdelaR)
Software Quality Techniques for agile and traditional projects
- 2018-2020-2022 INCO-FING-CPAP
- External link: https://www.fing.edu.uy/cpap/cursos/tecnicas-de-calidad-de-software-para-proyectos-agiles-y-tradicionales
Howdy Internal Talk
“Big O 101“ talk
- Oct, 2022
Meetup Austin Software
“Software Quality, Asteroids and the Cone of Uncertainty“ talk
- Aug, 2022 La Plata - Argentina
Meetup Frontend Perú
“Quality in Agile Contexts“ talk
- Jun, 2022
- External link: https://www.meetup.com/frontend-pe/events/286793562/
Universidad ORT Uruguay
Software Engineering Professor
- Mar 2013 - Feb 2022
- Tags: Kanban, XP Software Estimation, TDD
- External link: https://fi.ort.edu.uy/escuela-de-ingenieria/docentes
Meetup Python Chile
“Quality in Agile Contexts“ talk
- Jan, 2022
- External link: https://www.meetup.com/es/pythonchiledev/events/283338972/
JIS.uy 2019
“Scrum Zombies & Orcs teams” talk
- Oct 2019
- External link: https://is.uy/jis-uy/
VAIRIX Software Development
Sr. Software Engineer
- Jun 2019 - Nov 2020
- External link: http://www.vairix.com/
VIX
Scrum Master - Project Manager - Node.js Architect
- Nov 2016 - Jun 2019
- External link: https://www.vix.com/en/corp
Agiles2015
Talk about Inception Workshop and how we used it
- Oct 2015 Radisson Victoria Plaza
- External link: https://www.instagram.com/agileslatam/?hl=en
Universidad ORT Uruguay - CIE
Introduction to the practice of Inception
- Jun 2015 Universidad ORT Uruguay
- External link: http://cie.ort.edu.uy/
Universidad EAFIT
9° Entrepreneurship Summer Camp
- Mar 2015 Medellín - Colombia
- External link: https://www.eafit.edu.co/en/eafit-llanogrande
Universidad EAFIT
Inception Workshop talk for agilists and young entrepreneurs
- Mar 2015 Medellín - Colombia
WBagadion Consulting, Inc.
Workshop on Software Requirements Management
- Nov 2014 Bogotá - Colombia
- External link: http://www.wbagadion.com
VAIRIX Software Development
COO - Scrum Master - QA
- Mar 2014 – Nov 2016
- External link: http://www.vairix.com/
Facultad de Ingeniería (UdelaR)
Workshop about reading techniques for software reviews
- May 2013, Nov 2016
- External link: http://www.fing.edu.uy/
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Supervisor - Senior Developer - IT Consultant
- Nov 2004 – Mar 2014
- External link: http://www.pwc.com
InnovaAge
Senior Developer
- Jul 2003 – Nov 2004
- External link: https://www.innovaage.com/
IAC (Instituto Americano de Computación) - Red Qualitas
Computing Teacher
- Dec 1998 - Jun 2003
- External link: http://www.redqualitas.com
Education
INCO - FING UY
Formal Methods and Unified Modeling Language (UML)
- Nov 2015 by Alexander Knapp
- External link: https://www.fing.edu.uy/evento/alexander-knapp-towards-institutional-framework-heterogeneous-formal-development-uml
CPA Innovation (Hotel Palladium)
Certified ScrumMaster
- Jun 2, 2014 - Jun 3, 2014
- Tags: agile,scrum
NCET2.org (online)
Research Commercialization - Introductory Course
- May 21 - Jun 18, 2013
- Tags: research,commercialization
- External link: https://www.facebook.com/ncet2/
Universidad ORT Uruguay
“Technical Debt: basic concepts, research methods and study design” tutorial
- April 11-12, 2013 by C. Seaman
- Tags: technical debt,empirical
- External link: https://fi.ort.edu.uy/65505/17/seminario-%E2%80%9Cdeuda-tecnica:-conceptos-basicos-metodos-de-investigacion-y-diseno-de-estudios%E2%80%9D.html
Universidad ORT Uruguay
“Systematic Literature Reviews” tutorial
- Dec 3-6, 2012 (12hs) by M. Genero
- Tags: empirical,evidence
- External link: https://www.ort.edu.uy/56587/32/curso-%E2%80%9Crevisiones-sistematicas-de-la-literatura-y-estudios-empiricos%E2%80%9D.html
Universidad ORT Uruguay
“Formalizing software processes” conference
- Oct 25, 2012
- Tags: experimental,statistics
- External link: https://www.ort.edu.uy/56472/32/conferencia-%E2%80%9Cformalizacion-de-procesos-software-experiencias-en-la-industria-chilena%E2%80%9D.html
Universidad EAFIT (Medellín - Colombia)
“Software Product Lines” tutorial
- Oct 1, 2012 by J. D. Herrera
- Tags: SPL,reuse
- External link: https://dblp.org/db/conf/clei/clei2012.html
IAC-CTC-ORT
Basic computer skills (first steps)
- Jun 2, 2014 - Jun 3, 2014
- Tags: computer
Universidad ORT Uruguay
Master (MSc) in Engineering
- 2010 - 2013
- Tags: software,research,thesis2013
- External link: https://fi.ort.edu.uy/master-en-ingenieria-por-investigacion
Universidad ORT Uruguay
“Experimental Methods and Statistical Analysis Applied to Software Engineering Research” tutorial
- Jun 25-27, 2012 by M.A. Araújo
- Tags: experimental,statistics
- External link: https://www.ort.edu.uy/56186/32/profesor-visitante-de-la-iuniversidade-federal-de-rio-de-janeiro-i-dicta-curso-en-el-master-en-ingenieria.html
Universidad ORT Uruguay
“Experimental Software Engineering: using statistics methods to support planning and execution of experimental studies” tutorial
- Jun 13, 2011 by G.H. Travassos
- Tags: experimental,statistics
- External link: http://www.ort.edu.uy/index.php?id=AAALAC&h=¬icias=1&id_noticia=4994&m=6&a=2011&pub=0&publishers=
Universidad ORT Uruguay
“Six Sigma Applied to Software Process Improvement” tutorial
- Apr 4-8, 2011 by T. San Feliu
- Tags: research,SPI,six-sigma
Universidad ORT Uruguay
“Software Engineering Experimentation” tutorial
- Mar 21-25, 2011 by N. Juristo
- Tags: research,empirical studies
- External link: https://fi.ort.edu.uy/66388/17/seminarios-en-el-marco-del-master-en-ingenieria-por-investigacion.html
Commitment
Soft Skills for Project Leaders
- Sep 2-5, 2009
- Tags: soft skills
- External link: http://www.commitment.com.uy/
InspirAction Consulting y D&E Consulting
People Leadership & Management
- Jun 8, 2009
- Tags: soft skills
Universidad ORT Uruguay
Software Engineer
- 2000 - 2008
- Tags: computer,software
- External link: https://fi.ort.edu.uy/ingenieria-en-sistemas
Instituto Cultural Anglo Uruguayo
English studies (First Certificate Level)
- 1993 - 1999
- Tags: english
- External link: https://www.anglo.edu.uy/cursos-preparacion-cambridge/first-certificate-in-english-fce/
Essays & Field Notes
Make jobs collaborate
Juggling Multiple Jobs and Collaborating for Success
- Tags: life, helath, collaboration, productivity
Senior juniorism
Senior Juniorism in Programming
- Tags: programming, advice, self-taught
Focused Conversation
Conversation structuring tool with 4 stages
- Tags: conversation, communication, decision-making
The Pac-Man rule
The Pac-Man Rule at Conferences
- Tags: inclusivity, community, events
Circular growth loops
Learning progress and growth loops
- Tags: learning, progress, growth
DMARC
What is DMARC and how to use it
- Tags: email,campaign
SEO & React
How to improve the SEO of a React application
- Tags: SEO,React
Before massive email campaigns
Things to take into account before a massive email compaign
- Tags: email,SPG,DKIM,DMARC
Mock
What is a Mock in Software Engineering
- Tags: software,engineering
Why I decided to do research digests
Research articles decoded for the practitioner´s consuption.
- 2020-10-12
Ways to be productive when your brain is dead
What to do when you wake up but your brain doesn't.
- 2019-06-11
Minimum Viable Product
The technique involves the development of a product with the sufficient features to satisfy early adopters.
- 2019-03-18
- Tags: research,k-pills
Constant Comparisons
An iterative data-analysis process where findings “emerge” from the data and the comparison with previous findings
- 2019-03-15
- Tags: research,k-pills
Scaling development with AI using Git Worktree for agents
Learn how Git worktree allows you to work with multiple AI agents, isolating branches, reducing friction and improving your development workflow.
- 2026-01-20
- External link: https://www.howdylatam.com/blog/escalando-el-desarrollo-con-ia-usando-git-worktree-para-agentes
Code 5X BETTER (not faster) with AI
Five tactics for using AI like Claude Code to write higher-quality, maintainable, and well-designed code. More than speed: better decisions.
- 2026-01-12
- External link: https://www.howdylatam.com/en/blog/codea-5x-mejor-no-mas-rapido-con-ia
The metamorphosis of programming: a journey through the AI revolution and its dilemmas
What remains of human work when code is written by a machine? We explore the dilemmas of trust, quality, and purpose in the AI-assisted era.
- 2025-10-17
- External link: https://www.howdylatam.com/en/blog/la-metamorfosis-de-la-programacion
Towards Real Productivity
Discover how to get back to basics with the GTD method and simple habits that help you focus on what really matters.
- 2025-08-04
- External link: https://www.howdylatam.com/en/blog/hacia-una-productividad-real
The relationship between a Junior and his current AI
The use of AI poses a new dilemma: Are junior developers actually learning or just executing?
- 2025-07-22
- External link: https://www.howdylatam.com/en/blog/la-relacion-entre-un-junior-y-su-ai-de-turno
Documinding
Docu [Documentación] minding [mind -mente-, pero también de interés -matter of interest-]
- Tags: es,docs,devs
Problemas sobre documentación
3 preguntas sobre documentación, 2 con respuestas 😃
- Tags: es,docs,problemas
Be the GOAT software engineer: Know your clients
Who are your clients as a Software Engineer?
- 2022-10-04
Learn about what makes your PR accepted/rejected
Insights on how PRs are actually accepted/rejected
- 2021-05-13
Rescued by Kanban: A Real-Life Story of Using Scrum and Kanban Together
Can Kanban help deal with some challenges in Scrum? Find out in this real-life story of using Scrum and Kanban together to enable better team performance.
- 2020-11-24
- Tags: kanban,scrum
Changeset-based approach to improve adoption of agile code review
A painless way to do code review in an agile & smart way, using changesets and auto assigning reviews
- 2020-08-28
- Tags: research,digest
Doomsayer
Points out when the sky is falling (and when you're in big trouble).
- 2020-07-20
- Tags: agile,role,xp
HIPAA for Software Developers
Make things clearer from a software development point of view
- 2020-02-25
- Tags: HIPAA
Agile Principles
Sketches to show the agile principles.
- 2019-11-13
- Tags: agility,teaching
HTML to JSON Intermediate representation
HTML articles' JSON abstraction for later manipulation
- 2019-05-20
Personal Kanban with Kanbanize
How to use Kanbanize for everyday tasks management following Personal Kanban as methodology.
- 2019-01-14
- Tags: personal,kanban
The First Two Weeks Of The Rest Of My Flow-e Life
Personal opinion about Flow-e based on my experince in the use of the tool.
- 2018-01-03
- Tags: guest post
Niveles de Abstracción
¿Qué entendemos por niveles de abstracción?
- 2015-08-20
- Tags: lang_es,abstraction,modelling
Projects/Products
Static website generator (NodeJS)
Static website generator (this site)
- 2017
- Tags: nodejs,markdown,static
Ahorranza: Sistema de gestión de finanzas
Ahorranza: Sistema de gestión de finanzas
- 2022-2023
- External link: https://dspace.ort.edu.uy/handle/20.500.11968/6431
Sistema de Variables Meteorológicas
Sistema de Variables Meteorológicas
- 2023-2024
- External link: https://rad.ort.edu.uy/items/ff794350-ca08-4790-af45-c62531650a81/full
Servicio de consultoría para la implantación de CRM y productos satélites
Servicio de consultoría para la implantación de CRM y productos satélites
- 2022-2023
- External link: https://rad.ort.edu.uy/items/5bc15017-9a06-4b34-9637-a8a16e533185/full
BlueDepot: Sistema de gestión de almacenes
BlueDepot: Sistema de gestión de almacenes
- 2022-2023
- External link: https://dspace.ort.edu.uy/handle/20.500.11968/6439
Ariadne's Thread: Gestor organizacional para Qualabs
Ariadne's Thread: Gestor organizacional para Qualabs
- 2021-2022
- External link: https://sisbibliotecas.ort.edu.uy/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=93698
FastRabbit - Plataforma de testing de servicios de Movistar
Software to run test cases that interacti with various client systems
- 2019-2020
- External link: https://sisbibliotecas.ort.edu.uy/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=92347
MiTurno (ReactNative - Python - Raspberry Pi)
MiTurno - Sistema de gestión de turnos para la atención al público
- 2019-2020
- External link: https://sisbibliotecas.ort.edu.uy/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=90656
Coopify (PWA - Blockchain)
Coopify: una plataforma de intercambio de servicios apoyada en blockchain
Favoker (PWA)
Favoker: solicitud de pequeños servicios
- 2018-2019
- Tags: pwa,react,js
- External link: https://sisbibliotecas.ort.edu.uy/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=89148
'H' (NodeJS+VanillaJS)
Content delivery through distribution channels
- Tags: nodejs,cms,microservices
InmunoVR (Samsung Gear VR)
Experiencia virtual educativa: Sistema Inmunológico
- 2017-2018
- Tags: gear,vr,unreal
- External link: https://sisbibliotecas.ort.edu.uy/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=88056
Traceability Logger (NodeJS)
Traceability from client side to server through inter microservices comm
- 2018
- Tags: nodejs,js,logger
EAJP (NodeJS)
HTML article to JSON abstraction
- 2018
- Tags: nodejs,json,abstraction
LimpiezaUY: plataforma colaborativa de limpieza
LimpiezaUY: plataforma colaborativa de limpieza
- 2017
- Tags: startup,mvp
- External link: https://sisbibliotecas.ort.edu.uy/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=86187
Gestión de compras para proyectos de construcción
Gestión de compras para proyectos de construcción
- 2016-2017
- External link: https://sisbibliotecas.ort.edu.uy/cgi-bin/koha/opac-detail.pl?biblionumber=85479
Inception Workshop for Entrepreneurs
Short workshop with the goal of identify essential software features, technological risks and get an idea of size & effort involved in its development.
- Tags: entrepreneurship
Raphaël Utils (Javascript)
SVG importer (and other utilities)
- Tags: RIP
- External link: https://dariomac.com/raphael-utils-doc
Local Read Later (Google Chrome Extension)
Similar as Read It Later service but runs locally.
- Tags: RIP
Research
JQuery Plugin Quality Assessment
JQuery plugins saves development time, but poor quality plugin are destabilizing factor. How to evaluate the quality of JQuery plugins?
- Tags: picoresearchs
Software Inspection Adoption
Factors that difficult the adoption and how to avoid or overcome them
- Tags: MSc
Research on 3D modeling of the human body
Technology and methodology for modeling the human body in 3D
- Tags: swingimprover
TDD Failures
Difficulty of TDD in game development
- Tags: swingimprover
Articles
Eugenia Parodi, Santiago Matalonga, Darío Macchi, Martín Solari
Comparing technical debt in student exercises using test driven development, test last and ad hoc programming
- External link: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7833380
Bonsai
Jazmín del país
Jasminum officinale (Common Jasmine) is a large semi-evergreen or deciduous climbing shrub.
- Tags: Card tags
Ligustro
lucidum means 'bright' or 'shiny', referring to the leaves.
- Tags: li1,li2,li3,li4,li5,li6
Ceibo
National flower of Uruguay and Argentina
- Tags: Faboideae
Palo borracho
Deciduous tree native to the tropical forests of South America
- Tags: deciduous,tropical
Juniperus chinensis
Evergreen conifer native to China with a dark green foliage and brown bark
- Tags: jn1
Falso cafeto
Manihot Grahamii, also known as Mandioca Brava
- Tags: fc1, fc2
Espinillo
Acacia caven
- Tags: es1💀,es2
Ligustrum - The first one (tf1)
This is the first Ligustrum of my collection
- 2021-01-17 2017-06-01
Citrus × limonia - Limón paraguayo (lp1)
From seed, 3 Citrus × limonia
- 2019-05-01 2018-12-26
- Tags: RIP
Quotes
Isaac Asimov
A poor idea well written is more likely to be accepted than a good idea poorly written.
Reinhold Niebuhr
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.
- External link: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/reinhold_niebuhr_100884
Gustavo Gretter
Para ser ágil tenés que ser veloz...sino pa' que sos “ágil“?
- External link: https://www.innovaportal.com
Theo Jansen
The walls between art and engineering exist only in our minds.
- External link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azy-c6QXUCw
Phil Karlton
There are only two hard things in Computer Science: cache invalidation and naming things.
- External link: http://martinfowler.com/bliki/TwoHardThings.html
Various attributions
Watch your thoughts, they become words; watch your words, they become actions; watch your actions, they become habits; watch your habits, they become character; watch your character, for it becomes your destiny.
- External link: http://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/01/10/watch-your-thoughts/
