Open in app

Sign In

Write

Sign In

Acetips By Andres Acevedo Chaves
Acetips By Andres Acevedo Chaves

12 Followers

Home

About

Aug 4, 2022

No-bullshit guide for writing a research paper

In school and college professors love to ask for “research papers” from their students. Truth is that sometimes they do not even read all of them (who has the time to carefully read thirty 5-page papers, right?). So let’s cut to the chase and learn how to write one without…

Writing

5 min read

No-bullshit guide for writing a research paper
No-bullshit guide for writing a research paper
Writing

5 min read


May 2, 2022

The “years of experience” myth

The software industry is obsessed with the notion of “years of experience in languages/frameworks/libraries” to determine the seniority of a candidate. They do not care if someone deep-dived into it and did amazing stuff in just 1 year with that technology. …

Software Development

3 min read

The “years of experience” myth
The “years of experience” myth
Software Development

3 min read


Apr 23, 2022

My happy journey with intermittent fasting

The following article is not medical or nutritional advice, just a recollection of my experience with intermittent fasting. Usually, I’m not very fond of trending practices related to health. And there are lots of them. Like following a ketogenic diet that promotes eating a lot of protein from livestock, or…

Diet

5 min read

My happy journey with intermittent fasting
My happy journey with intermittent fasting
Diet

5 min read


Mar 11, 2022

Think twice before coding that Take-Home Test

Lots of companies make their developer candidates code example projects or “take-home tests”. On iOS camp, it’s usually a variation of the same silly app: One that consumes a REST endpoint, shows a result on a list, and has a detail-view for each of the results. The most simple version…

Job Hunting

4 min read

Think twice before coding that Take-home test
Think twice before coding that Take-home test
Job Hunting

4 min read


Feb 3, 2022

The boy who saw the world — Scifi Short Story

I looked into his lively eyes, not sure of what to say to him. He was a thirteen years old boy asking his best friend the promise of being always honest with each other. …

Short Story

8 min read

The boy who saw the world — Scifi Short Story
The boy who saw the world — Scifi Short Story
Short Story

8 min read


Feb 3, 2022

The power of the tortoise

TL; DR: Doing things super slow is better than staying in bed wishing to be a more energetic person. I would love to be one of those energetic people that jump off the bed before sunrise, get ready in ten minutes, make a healthy breakfast and go out for a…

Wake Up

2 min read

The power of the tortoise
The power of the tortoise
Wake Up

2 min read


Feb 3, 2022

Diet is just not enough

TL; DR: If you understand weight loss as a small part of having a great body and a great life, exercise is not a corner you want to cut. Some time ago, I learned diet is more important than exercise for weight loss. This impacted me. I even remember reading…

Diet

3 min read

Diet

3 min read

Acetips By Andres Acevedo Chaves

Acetips By Andres Acevedo Chaves

12 Followers

Writer and Developer.

Following
  • Will Leitch

    Will Leitch

  • Luke Burgis

    Luke Burgis

  • John DeVore

    John DeVore

  • Filza Chaudhry

    Filza Chaudhry

  • John Maeda

    John Maeda

See all (9)

Help

Status

Writers

Blog

Careers

Privacy

Terms

About

Text to speech