About

Hello! I'm Víctor de la Cruz, a software engineer with a couple of decades of experience spanning interface engineering and backend systems across healthcare, education, real estate, and geographic information.

I build interfaces and systems.

I like projects where interface work and systems work are part of the same problem. That might mean shaping a user flow, refining typography and spacing, implementing an advanced UI, improving performance, modeling data, or tracing unexpected production behavior.

Elixir and Phoenix are where that way of working feels most natural to me today. I have taken a particular liking to LiveView because it allows the frontend and backend to evolve together.

I use AI agents to expand what I can learn, explore, and build.

Outside of work

I practice Zen Buddhism, enjoy building PCs, play games casually, and love learning new cooking techniques.

I'm a proponent of self-hosting, and I usually have a few side projects underway. This site is one of them.

I write to understand things better.

This site is my notebook and lab. I use it to record what I learn, preserve solutions I want to find again, and explain ideas clearly enough that they might be useful to someone else.

Some time ago, I removed posts that felt more personal and kept only the technical ones. I came to see that as a mistake. As AI-generated content becomes more common, I think a human point of view matters even more; otherwise, we risk ending up with AI writing for AI readers.

Alongside technical guides and notes, expect links to songs, recipes, and thought-provoking videos on YouTube.