This is my little corner of the internet

Hi, I'm Ernest.

I'm curious about far too many things — how software works, how languages are built, what makes a good idea, why a trail keeps going. I build things to understand them, and this site is where I collect what that curiosity turns into.

Ernest sitting with his cat Tora, looking out over a wide blue sky at sunset.
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“The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy”

— Albert Camus

About

Not really one thing.

"There's a lot I don't know, and I want to discover it."

I don't define myself by one profession. I get curious about a lot of different things, often just because I want to understand how they work.

My mother bought me a computer when I was young. I didn't only use it to play games — I took it apart, put it back together, and tried to figure out how the whole thing worked. That habit never really left.

I've always had a lot of ideas in my head, and explaining them to other people isn't always easy — sometimes it comes out a little chaotic. Programming gave me something valuable: a way to turn things that only existed in my imagination into something real, without needing someone else to fully understand the idea first. I can just build it.

Programming is still a big part of how I create things, but it's one part of a bigger habit — I'd rather spend an afternoon figuring out how something works than take it for granted.

Things I care about

  • Software development & computer science
  • Technology
  • Learning languages
  • Books & literature
  • Philosophy
  • Psychology
  • Traveling & discovering cultures
  • Creating things
  • Experimenting with ideas
  • Hiking & exploring
  • Personal projects
  • My cat, Tora

Mainly here for the professional side of things? Jump to Create.

Right now

Based in Spain

Learning Korean 한국어

Improving English. Building Heiwa.

Reading — nothing pinned yet

Create

Things I make.

A short, curated list rather than everything I've ever touched — what I'm actually building or want to start.

Heiwa

Project in progress

Still taking shape.

Details about this project will be available once it's ready to share.

Aenari

Project in progress

Still taking shape.

Details about this project will be available once it's ready to share.

Huginn

Project in progress

Still taking shape.

Details about this project will be available once it's ready to share.

Thinking about working together?

Questions I get asked before a project starts, and a few words from people I've worked with.

Questions I get asked

How do you approach new challenges? +

I tend to become more curious when I run into something I don't know. I like breaking problems down, exploring different approaches and learning whatever I need along the way. Not knowing how to do something doesn't discourage me — it usually gives me another reason to figure it out.

How do you work with other people? +

I enjoy working with people who bring different skills and perspectives. I'm comfortable taking the lead when needed, but I don't need to be the one leading. I like sharing ideas, listening and helping whenever I can. And when someone asks me something I don't know, I'm usually just as interested in finding the answer — sometimes the best way to learn is to figure something out together.

What keeps you learning? +

One of the things I enjoy most about technology is that it never really stands still. There's always something new to understand, a different approach to discover or something I thought I knew that can be improved. The more I learn, the more aware I become of how much there still is to discover — and that's what keeps me curious.

Why do you enjoy learning languages? +

For me, learning a language isn't just about being able to communicate. It's another way of understanding how people think, how cultures express ideas and how differently the same thing can be seen. I also enjoy the process itself — there's always something I don't know yet, and every new thing I learn seems to reveal ten more things to discover.

What kinds of projects interest you most? +

I'm drawn to projects that can have a positive impact on people, whether directly or indirectly. I especially enjoy building applications, tools, bots and plugins that solve practical problems, simplify something unnecessarily complicated or make someone's everyday life a little easier.

What makes something worth building? +

It doesn't have to be a huge idea. If something solves a real problem, saves someone time, makes an experience simpler or teaches me something in the process, that's already a good reason to build it. Some of the things I make start with nothing more than wondering, "Could this be better?"

A few words from people I've worked with

"Pleasant colleague, organized and focused on the objective to be achieved. Very hard-working and resilient until the job is done"

Jan Plata

Software Developer

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“As our circle of knowledge expands, so does the circumference of darkness surrounding it”

— Albert Einstein

Learn

What I know, and what I'm getting to.

What I actually use, what I'm currently learning, and what I'd like to get to someday — kept separate on purpose, so a future interest never reads as a current skill.

Languages

No inflated levels — just an honest read of where each one stands.

  • Spanish
    Native
  • Catalan
    Native
  • English Working on it every day.
    B2 · Improving
  • Korean 한국어 Current focus.
    Learning
  • Japanese 日本語 Next one I'd like to start.
    Planned

Someday

Chinese · German · French · Italian · Portuguese · Latin · Arabic · Russian · Turkish

Life

Everything that isn't a job title.

The things I make time for.

The little one at home

Tora 虎

Tora

Tora came into my life after I unexpectedly started caring for the street cats around me. I tried to give one of them a home, but eventually realised that bringing them inside could also mean taking away a freedom they had been born with.

Not long after, I met Tora.

She's not much of a lap cat, but she's almost always somewhere close. She watches me while I study or code, sleeps beside me and follows me around like a dog. She's incredibly curious and observant — she likes to take everything in before deciding when to come closer, which sometimes reminds me a little of myself.

New places don't seem to scare her much either. Wherever we end up, it doesn't take long before she starts exploring.


Travel

Places I have been, places I want to go.

A map of the places I have visited and the ones still on my list. Travelling gives me a different way of seeing places, people and everyday life.

Visited Want to visit

Reading

Books are one of the ways I explore ideas outside software.

They help me see the world from different perspectives, question assumptions and understand people, myself and the human experience a little better.

Writers that stayed with me

Albert Camus

Albert Camus

  • The Myth of Sisyphus
  • The Stranger

Camus changed the way I think about meaning. The Myth of Sisyphus especially stayed with me: the idea that life doesn't need a predetermined purpose for us to keep moving, choosing and creating our own reasons to live it. I find something strangely freeing in that.

Explore my library in Huginn →

Training

Training

Training has taught me to be patient with progress. You can do the work today, but the results take time — a useful reminder that not everything worth having happens immediately.

Hiking

Hiking

I like not knowing exactly what I'll find along the way — following a trail, discovering new places and seeing what nature has ahead.

“Freedom is nothing else but a chance to be better”

— Albert Camus

Contact

Say hello.

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