Category: Lessons learned

  • WordPress Administrado vs Alojamiento Compartido #WCSJO2018

    WordPress Administrado vs Alojamiento Compartido #WCSJO2018

    El día de ayer, Domingo 22 de Julio del 2018, me uní a más de 700 personas para ser parte del tercer WordCamp de Costa Rica.  El evento estuvo super concurrido y con asistentes de Argentina, España, Estados Unidos, Guatemala, El Salvador y siempre miembros de la Comunidad WordPress de Nicaragua. En esta última edición…

  • Introduction to WordPress Security by Sucuri

    Introduction to WordPress Security by Sucuri

    Security on websites and mostly on WordPress which is on more than 29% of the entire internet, its crucial, preventive security is 10 times cheaper than proactive security. Below is an amazing and easy to follow infographic about WordPress Security by my favorite Website Security provider: Sucuri See the full infographic here: https://sucuri.net/infographics/intro-to-wordpress-security  

  • El Trabajo Remoto y yo

    El Trabajo Remoto y yo

    Ayer me decidí escribir algo corto que resulto crecer mucho más de lo que pensé. Quería escribir sobre trabajo remoto en Nicaragua pero terminé contando mi historia, mis obstáculos y mi motivación. Decidí también probar escribir en LinkedIN Pulse para probar el reach del mismo. Fue una bonita experiencia y escribir es algo que ayuda…

  • MacOS Improvements: Homebrew

    MacOS Improvements: Homebrew

    For those who have used any Linux distro like Debian or CentOS, you are pretty familiar with packet managers. But this is also for all those Mac newbies out there, basically a packet manager is: … a collection of software tools that automates the process of installing, upgrading, configuring, and removing computer programs for a computer‘s operating…

  • Conversatorio sobre Trabajo Remoto (VIDEO)

    Esta fue una sesión improvisada nacida de un post publicado en Facebook en el Grupo de Desarrolladores de Nicaragua Le comparto la grabación de lo que hablamos!

  • 4 cosas que NO me gustan de WordPress

    4 cosas que NO me gustan de WordPress

    WordPress esta en 1 de cada 4 sitios web en internet. Es el CMS más usado del mundo, tiene miles de integraciones y un sin numero de diferentes temas y plugins, pero, a como todo en esta vida, no es perfecto. Mi experiencia en Sucuri y compartiendo comentarios con amigos de SiteGround, he creado esta breve…

  • What I’ve learned about people from providing support to WordPress Users

    WARNING: This is a rant. Read at your own discretion! For the past 5 years my work has been focusing on WordPress, started a web development agency, then worked for mexican integrator, then moved to the web hosting world and now, at I work at a website security company called Sucuri.net. It’s been a great…

  • From Managua to Miami, Orlando & Tampa

    Every once in a while you need some vacations right? Well this is the story of how I kept my cost low using internet deals and other websites. Plane tickets To buy a cheap plane ticket you have 2 options, you buy it online either on Kayak or CheapoAir (expedia.com is another good option)or you use…

  • My Credomatic credit card was cloned

    My Credomatic credit card was cloned

    Yes, I went to California back in May for work, and a couple of days after I came back to Nicaragua, I received a call from BAC Credomatic, the guy who called me identified himself as part of their Security group. It was odd why was my credit card issuer’s security department calling me ?…

  • Alternative to PayPal in Nicaragua: Costa Rica

    Alternative to PayPal in Nicaragua: Costa Rica

    After an overwhelming traffic to my previous post 2 Alternatives to Paypal in Nicaragua, I was asked to expand my comments on each case, so today I am bringing you more information about using Paypal in Nicaragua, and yes its thru our southern neighbor country, Costa Rica. As many of you already know, we can receive…