Privacy
Privacy
Digital sovereignty, self-hosting and tools to look after your data. Like the masked flowerpiercer: see without being seen.
Masked flowerpiercer · Diglossa cyanea
About · field card
Hi, I'm Alejandro.
I write about software development, open source and technology.
- Name
- Alejandro Ramírez
- Habitat
- Bogotá, Colombia · 2,640 m above sea level
- Specialty
- Systems Engineer
- Call
- @bogdev@api.bogdev.com.co
Who writes
I'm a Colombian software developer who loves building things that matter.
This blog is my corner of the internet where I share what I learn. I believe teaching is the best way to learn, and that quality technical content in Spanish deserves more room.
What I write about
Five topics, five birds of the savanna
Each topic on the blog takes its color from a bird of Bogotá. Privacy and DIY are the pillars; everything else grows around them.
DIY · Do it yourself
Do it yourself
Home labs, hardware and projects built at home. Like the swallow, which builds its nest with whatever it finds.
Blue-and-white swallow · Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence
Language models, RAG and how to connect them to your own data, without depending on anyone.
Sparkling violetear · Colibri coruscans
Software development
Software development
I build apps with React, Next.js and React Native. I write about frontend architecture, performance and accessibility, and about the road code travels to production.
Great thrush · Turdus fuscater
Linux and open source
Linux and open source
Free software as a philosophy of transparency and collaboration. Sharing what I learn and keeping the code open is my way of giving back.
Yellow-hooded blackbird · Chrysomus icterocephalus bogotensis
Projects
What I've built
All the code behind this blog is open: backend, frontend and now its place in the fediverse.
Featured project
BogDev on the fediverse
An ActivityPub plugin built with Fedify inside Strapi 5. The blog has its own account, articles reach Mastodon when they're published, and replies, likes and boosts come back to the blog as moderated comments and counters.
- Stack
- Fedify · Strapi 5 · Koa · PostgreSQL
- Scope
- Follow, publish, reply, likes and boosts
- Tests
- Full suite on SQLite and PostgreSQL
Frontend
Micelio
FrontEnd implementation for a headless Strapi CMS built with Nuxt 4 and Vue 3, in Spanish and English, with search, comments, a double opt-in newsletter and RSS.
- Nuxt 4
- Vue 3
- i18n
- Vitest
- Playwright
Design
BogDev design system
Tokens with two themes, Páramo Night and Salmona Day, five categories colored after birds of Bogotá, and seven React components.
What I believe
Five principles
Free software
This is one of the pillars of this blog. I believe open source is not just a license: it's a philosophy of transparency, collaboration and technological sovereignty.
Community over competition
The best part of this industry is the people who share without expecting anything in return.
Learning in public
Writing forces me to understand. Teaching forces me to go deeper.
Simple and clear
Complexity is inevitable; confusion is optional.
Iterate without fear
Everything you see here is a work in progress.
This blog is open source
This blog is built entirely with free tools. All the code, both backend and frontend, is on GitHub if you want to look around, learn or contribute.
shell
$ git clone https://github.com/bogd3v/micelio
$ git clone https://github.com/bogd3v/micelio-cmsHow to get around
- Use search if you have something specific in mind.
- Browse by topics to discover things you didn't know you were into.
- Comments are open. You don't need to agree to join in.
- Subscribe to the newsletter if you'd rather get posts in your inbox.