My name is César Valdez, I’m a software engineer currently working at Red Hat, I love computer since I got in my hands my first computer a Compaq 425, my first programming language was Visual Basic 5.0 which I teach myself by reading the MVB help files, that said a lot about the quality of that documentation.
After that I learn QBasic and C. Seems like yesterday when I was showing my friends my first hello world in C and feeling like a hacker. Then I discover that there was a group of rebels that wrote their own operative system and tools. And that’s how I became an open source enthusiast.
I like to learn about operative systems, algorithms and design in general. The things I most love about my job is to tackle complex problems in elegant and creative ways, like when I create a bridge between Java and JS (Node.js) so I can consume the best libraries available in Java and still have the simplicity and higher level of abstraction of JS. I was able to use Apache Lucene in a Node.js server-side application. That’s the type of crazy stuff I love to do :).
Aside from computer I also love reading about philosophy like Sartre, Descartes, Cornel West, etc. I get introduce to those ideas thanks to one of my favourite film the documentary The Matrix. Now I struggling reading Simulacra and Simulation thanks to the Wachowski brothers.
Projects
Here are some of my open source projects:
PDF-Generator A Apache Cordova plugin to create PDF using phone internal API develop compatible with iOS/Android.
Ella Is a native Node.JS plugin that let you write Java inside Javascript, I wrote it in C++ and JNI.
probe-mon An ugly named, but easy to use plugin is a ExpressJS middleware that helps time your endpoints.
Graphics
I’m also love graphics programming and every now and then I like to teach my self some of the math behind computer graphics. Here are some of my hobby projects:
WebGL
This is some of my pet projects with WebGL, experimenting with fractals, geometry deformation and other stuff.
C/C++
Some 3d stuff using C++
Here I was learning the basics, OpenGL initialization, pushing triangles and writing simple shaders.
As I become more skilled I wrote this simple graphic engine with simple wavefront parser, skybox, camera manipulation and simple light simulation.