Francis Castillo Cruz (@ingfranciscastillo)

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Snippets

projectsts

type Project = {
  name: string;
  status: "building" | "shipped";
  stack: string[];
};

const projects: Project[] = [
  {
    name: "Vitalgate",
    status: "building",
    stack: ["TypeScript", "Vite", "TanStack"],
  },
  {
    name: "Palabreo",
    status: "shipped",
    stack: ["React", "TypeScript"],
  },
];

export const currentlyBuilding = projects.filter(
  (project) => project.status === "building",
);

Projects

Plaqo

Shipped

A developer profile in one link: GitHub activity, articles and projects, synced automatically.

TanStack RouterTanStack Start

GitHub Live demo

Eliza Terminal

Shipped

A modern implementation of the legendary ELIZA chatbot with a CRT terminal interface from the 80s.

TypeScriptTanStack StartBetter AuthTanStack Router

GitHub Live demo

Writing

Terminal Portfolio — A developer portfolio that works like a command line

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GitHub

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TypeScript

Una pieza de contenido curado a la vez.

color-memory-game

TypeScript

A minimal color memory game. See a color, memorize it, rebuild it — scored in perceptual color space.

devlinks

TypeScript

Developer identity, in one address.

awesome-vscode

JavaScript

🎨 A curated list of delightful VS Code packages and resources.

world-seed

TypeScript

World Seed Generator — procedural fictional world generator interface.

Dev.to

Your Browser Can Do WHAT?! 5 AI Features That Actually Work

10712 min

Every Software Developer Has Blamed…

1564 min

The Accidental Blogger: How I Ended Up on DEV

1988 min

What If Your AI Agent Never Had to Leave the Browser? (Demo 🚀)

1878 min

AI Is Already Better at Coding Than Most Software Developers

2485 min

What’s the Fastest React Data Grid? Let’s Find Out (Benchmarks)

507 min

20 Agentic AI Terms Every Developer Should Know (Explained Simply)

22711 min

10 Git Commands You’ll Wish You Knew Earlier

26313 min

7 Productivity Tips That Sound Wrong (But Actually Work)

1707 min

The End of Undetectable AI Text? Claude’s New Watermark Explained

1606 min

Medium

Medium’s State of Writing Report 2026: A private writing revival

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You’re invited: Please come join me at Medium Day

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How (and when) does your writing show up inside AI chatbots?

How something you publish on the internet ends up in an AI tool, why retrieval is important to understand, and what your options are.Images by Jason Combs & Emily Kelly // the Medium Brand teamFrom the moment ChatGPT

The simplest way to start donating blood regularly

It’s easier and less scary than you think, and more valuable than you can imagine. Here’s your “couch-to-save-3-lives” plan, using the GIVES framework.Photo by John Benitez on UnsplashState of the world got you down? Me,

Why writing still wins in the AI era

The four ages of the internet and the write-ward shiftImage: The Medium brand teamWhat is the sound of loving writing?It may sound strange to say it, but I know the answer. I’ve heard it, even.At Medium’s most recent com

Updates from Pub Crawl 2026

Award winners, highlights, updates, and announcementsMy favorite moment at any Medium virtual gathering is that time right at the beginning of the first webinar of the day, when the chat lights up with people from around

Where & how I traveled in 2025

Some new cities, and a strong recommendation for a travel toothbrush.Data from https://daytum.com/scottlambI haven’t done a regular “Where & how I traveled” post in some time (my last installment was in 2019, it appe

The best thing I bought this year: the Needoh Gumdrop

Yes, fidgets are for grown-ups, tooThe Needoh Gumdrop (link to their official site) belongs to a category of toys broadly known as “fidgets.” As the name implies, this is a group of objects meant to help you channel your

Let me buy you breakfast?

If you’re in New York, I’m trying something out here…I read someone recently writing about how the best thing they ever did for their work life was meeting regular with smart people, outside the context of work-related m

A casual review of Sour Patch Kids Watermelon

Sour Patch Kids Watermelon are our greatest candyThe pinnacle of modern candy-makingA photo of a bag of Sour Patch Kids Bites Watermelon, since I don’t seem to have a box of the regular kind handy, because I devour them