Axel Valdez
Design Engineer
I'm a Design Engineer living in Hermosillo, Mexico. I've been working in the software development industry for pretty much my entire adult life, in roles related to both front-end development and design. I lived through the browser wars, the web standards movement, social media becoming mainstream, and the decay of privacy online. Today I'm very much into the indie web and the small web movements.
This website is my hub on the web, from work to hobbies and everything in-between.

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This sections contains both medium-to-long blog posts, and short and quick thoughts from the stream of consciousness (stream for short) section.
It’s funny how the old ways of thinking have been flipped. If I want to get work done, I stay home. If I want to socialise, I go into the studio.
From Jeremy Keith.
I'm currently reading Building a Second Brain from Thiago Forte and jumping again into the bandwagon of note organization. This time is making more sense, though.
I just finished watching Beef on Netflix. It’s so perfect I’m hoping it’s not renewed for more seasons. Let that story end there :)
Today is the last day of my 30 days without social media. These are some bullet points of my experience:
Apr 03, 2023 · Read post →
I just added a dark mode switch to the website :)
The month without social media is over in 4 more days. Now I know I won't be reinstalling Twitter in my phone, but I'm on the fence with Instagram.
There is this quote from drummer Keith Moon I heard from Ira Glass and deeply resonated with me:
I am the best Keith Moon-style drummer in the world.
It reminded me of my approach to work for my first few years of employment at Nearsoft, a company that heavily promoted self-management. I divided my work into two categories: tasks I had to do and tasks I wanted to do. Although both types of work were part of my daily routine, I prioritized completing the "had-to" tasks quickly to ensure I had more time for the "want-to" tasks.
Mar 29, 2023 · Read post →
Adding blogs to my RSS reader like it’s 1999. I like this so-called demise of Twitter 😅
A lot of work in my personal website today. Added the stream (where I’m typing this). Feeling good (And sleepy).
Not using social media is more difficult that it seems, and it seems pretty hard already. I'm not sure if I'm more depressed than before, or I'm just bored.