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Rafael Mendiola
@raf.dev
React Native developer, I like to make my own products
this is cool, I made myself a webapp to help me manage and combine styles and characters to use with gpt-image-1. It's like my own personal midjourney
August 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Gave a talk at Boston Code & Coffee on How to Get Hired in Tech in 2025. Opinionated advice on leveling up, being discoverable, and adapting to AI. Slides + vibe-coded visuals by Claude Code + DALL·E:

getting-hired.raf.dev
Getting Hired in Tech in 2025
Nurture your skills, become discoverable, and get prepared for the AI paradigm shift
getting-hired.raf.dev
August 3, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Tomorrow I'm giving a small talk about how to get hired as a software eng in 2025. I built my self a slide presentation webapp, and I can get Claude Code to automatically generate images for the slides for me using the OpenAI API. This is so much better than Keynote.
July 12, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Itsame, Mario
Another conference,
another video where @raf.dev is on the first 10 sec 🤣

I had a great time in Kraków, see you all next year!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZdT...
July 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Software development in 2026
July 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Turns out you can animate the Ender's Game book cover
June 28, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Reposted by Rafael Mendiola
i made a chart
June 23, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I recently switched from Cursor to Claude Code and I like it way more. I'm a terminal person who uses Vim, and I didn't want to go back to VSCode for AI coding. Let me tell you what I like about Claude Code. 🧵
June 20, 2025 at 2:32 AM
This is going to be our main coding workflow next year
June 19, 2025 at 8:36 PM
This looks so cool
🚨 just dropped a mac app 🚨

it’s a digital typewriter - made to feel like the real thing.
vibes, sounds & rhythm

totally free & super lightweight, just 906kb
if you like focused writing tools or just wanna try something fun & different:
apps.apple.com/us/app/monot...

how it went: 🧵
June 17, 2025 at 4:39 PM
lool, I'm watching Mountainhead. "If you bust a b-nut into this app, it will give birth to a unicorn"
June 15, 2025 at 2:22 PM
This is so cool
Currently writing the next post: how to animate text along a path on a canvas 🖌️
June 12, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I've been thinking a lot about the future of software developer jobs. I wonder what's going to happen.

On one hand there's going to be a lot of pressure to produce more.

But on the other hand, AI gives developers a lot of power and freedom to build whatever they want.
June 5, 2025 at 3:24 AM
This is a really good idea
June 1, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Wow thank you David!
Large-Scale React Native Development in the Age of AI

by @raf.dev
at @appjsconf
#sketchnote #react #reactnative
May 31, 2025 at 4:59 PM
nice shout-out at App.js conf for @coolsoftware.dev !
May 29, 2025 at 8:24 AM
I have a preposition for
May 29, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Guess who I just ran into the flight to Krakow
Anyone hanging at AMS for the flight to Kraków later?
May 26, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Amazon developers saying that their work is starting to resemble warehouse work.

I think that's going to be a sad outcome of AI tools, and I hope people recognize they can go towards more fun and creative programming careers now.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/25/b...
At Amazon, Some Coders Say Their Jobs Have Begun to Resemble Warehouse Work
www.nytimes.com
May 26, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Vibe coding over the Atlantic. Neat.
May 26, 2025 at 12:48 AM
On my way to App.js Conf!! See you in Krakow 🇵🇱
May 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Reposted by Rafael Mendiola
Digital physical therapy provider Hinge Health raised $437M in its US IPO, after the company and its backers sold 13.7M shares at $32 each, the top of its range (Anthony Hughes/Bloomberg)

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May 22, 2025 at 1:56 AM
These are the stickers I'm going to give out at App.js Conf. Say hi to me if you want one!
May 22, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Every software company should have a weekly "what sucks" meeting on Friday, where you look at the product and list out the things that suck. Then you fix them first thing on Monday
May 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM