Lessons from the mountains
A transformative journey through the Dewa Sanzan, training with Yamabushi monks in Japan's sacred mo...
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About
I'm Miguel. A polyglot biologist turned software engineer with a passion for building products and making the world a better place. Welcome to my digital garden!
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Garden
The space for my writings.
I think of them as a crystallisation of thought. There is a mix of creative and philosophical pieces.
Para la Yaya
Eulogy for my grandma, may she rest in peace. A celebration of a life lived with love, humility, and...
Two "truths" I can get behind
Reflections on the meaning of truth, the certainty of death, and the wisdom of not knowing
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Projects
Ongoing and recent work. Currently serving as CTO at FLOWN, where we're reimagining the future of work and productivity.
Current Project
FLOWN
Reimagining the future of work through science-backed tools for deep work, virtual coworking, and expert-led sessions. We help people access flow states and be the best version of themselves.
#Next.js
#TypeScript
#Vercel
#Dato
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Completed
Focus & Flow — Bunkobon
A digital bunkobon exploring the science of deep work and flow states, drawing on research from FLOWN, Cal Newport, and Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi.
#Design
#Deep Work
#Flow
#Web
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Completed
般若心経 — Heart Sutra Bunkobon
A digital bunkobon (Japanese pocket paperback) of the Heart Sutra, with the complete text in Japanese and English, furigana, romaji, and sumi-e illustrations.
#Design
#Japanese
#Buddhism
#Web
Completed
Pokemon Recall
A memory training game that tests your knowledge of Pokemon. Challenge yourself to recall Pokemon names, types, and attributes while tracking your mastery progress.
#TypeScript
#React
#Cloudflare Pages
#Pokemon API
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Archived
Personal website v1
The first iteration of my personal website, built with Astro.
#Astro
#MDX
#TailwindCSS
Archived
Readium
The human-friendly app to keep track of what you read
#Full stack development
#Product
#Reading
Archived
Omniago
A crowdsourced platform built to foster constructive online debates and combat climate change misinformation by creating a community-curated, citation-backed knowledge base.
#Product
#Climate
#Misinformation
#Community
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Technologies
Tech that I work or have worked with
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Writing
I started publishing my creative writing in Substack before creating this website and will continue publishing in both for now.
You can also find links to my latest tech related articles.
Creative Writing
Technical Writing
Latest posts on Medium:
Podcasts
- Diary of a CTO Nov 2025
Guest on Diary of a CTO, talking about career, work philosophy, deep work and FLOWN. Watch on YouTube
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Languages
Languages are one of my passions and I've been lucky to live in environments that enabled this. In rough order of fluency:
🇵🇹 🇪🇸 🇬🇧 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇯🇵 🇱🇺 🇩🇪 🇮🇷
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People
Cool people worth following — creators, collaborators, and kindred spirits doing interesting things.
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Kyler Phillips
Product designer - Designing and building software, occasionally writing but always enjoying life.
Community #design#product#software
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Maggie Appleton
Designer, anthropologist, and visual thinker exploring digital gardens, tools for thought, and the future of interfaces.
Inspiration #design#digital gardens#tools for thought