AWS and MSFT do not like to coexist

We have a tool for data testing purposes during a data migration project in the context of Insurance. This tool started to be build in MS- Power-BI. It progressed well, use case validated, and suddenly we had to expand it. Once that was done and it was working well with high volume: over 500k policies. … Read more

One year as Product Manager

In January of 2025 I jumped in the Data migrations product team and started covering a holidays and ended being the Product Manager. In the past I did product management, but (fun fact) in that time it was not called in that way. Since the beginning the major challenge has been to work in a … Read more

Don’t trust the mapper, included Google Maps

If you use Google Maps, you probably know that it offers different versions depending on where you connect from. I did an test today with a colleague from India. This is how the Maps of Kashmir zone is drawn for a user accessing from India. You can see how the borders are clearly defined. The … Read more

Why people is buying gold?

I have not an answer for that question, but when you look at the history and see things with perspective of time you can understand some reasons to do it. I build a map with my understanding of the scenario we have lived during last 250 years. We have had different monetary systems, where gold … Read more

John Mathews is not who you think

This week something interesting happened. John contacted me, and I use to reject this type of connect requests, but this time I thought “let’s play” John sent me a note: I answered: John replied: And we stopped here. As we say in Spanish “against the vice of asking, the virtue of not giving”. This is … Read more

Weight loss drugs

Disclaimer: This analysis is based on publicly available information and should not be construed as investment or medical advice. I have a lifestyle that is considered healthy (do sport, good eating habits…) and I was shocked some months ago when I learned from a friend that stayed in an AirBNB apartment and the host had … Read more

Adoption by humans

Sometimes we lose the perspective about the time humans take to change things. We are going too fast in some technological changes, but we are so much slow on the adoption of the new practices.