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Now

First edition of this post is from 15-09-2020.

Updated:

• 2025-01-25

I’m an Research and Development engineer but that doesn’t describe my job very well. What I’m doing now doesn’t neither, but it’s a good way to show how random my lifestyle is. All these points are the things I’ve been doing for the last few months that are still active in my mind.

I’m the guy behind ElenQ Technology, as you know.

• I work on R&D engineering projects: programming, telecom, data…
• I teach advanced computing topics for companies or individuals who need them. I prepare the courses on demand and sometimes they let me write actual books as course material, that I publish later. Examples:
  • Advanced Python
  • Web Scraping
  • Modern C++
  • Advanced JavaScript
  • Git
  • C programming
• I also collaborate with a training company as a teacher for unemployed people in my city, to help them find a job in the software development sector.

But also code a lot of free software:

• I’m a Guix contributor with commit access.
• I’m one of the people behind Guix’s RISC-V Bootstrapping process and you might know me because of that.
• I ported Guile’s JIT to RISC-V, too
• And I collaborate in many random projects, maybe yours is next

I’m interested on programming languages and the design decisions behind them. Programming languages I use:

• I code a lot in Scheme
• I code in C and Zig, too
• Since I teach it, I’m starting to like JavaScript
• Still do a lot of Python
• I do not find time to learn Haskell
• I’m able to code in many other languages, but I may or may not be interested on starting my own projects on them.

Art is important in my life but I haven’t taken care of myself with it in long time. I’m back to it.

• Sculpting, mostly miniatures, has been the artistic task I’ve made the most, and recently I’ve been making some molds of old miniatures I want to preserve.
• I try to draw more
• I’m interested on bookbinding. I made several notebooks and photo albums for my friends.
• I learned about leather craft and made some wallets too.

I do a lot of talking, specially in person. Come visit me.

• I have a simple podcast-like project in spanish, where I try to think about many things: https://thoughts.elenq.tech
• I’m streaming my both loves (programming and art) on twitch¹.
• I’ve given talks, some are in the internet:
  • Guix Social: Full Source Bootstrapping RISC-V
  • FOSDEM24: RISC-V Bootstrapping in Guix and Live-Bootstrap
  • FOSDEM23: Bringing RISC-V to Guix’s bootstrap
  • FOSDEM22: A year of RISC-V adventures: embracing chaos in your software journey