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Fran Mรฉndez

@fmvilas.me

Proud husband of @evamorcillo.bsky.social and father of Ada & 2 cats (Kalea & Rua). Independent maker. Occasional speaker. Creator of the AsyncAPI open-source initiative. He/him. ๐Ÿ“ Badajoz, Extremadura ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿค๐Ÿ–ค ๐Ÿ•ธ๏ธ fmvilas.me

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I've had many a-ha moments this week with markdown, docs and AI.

It seems to me that AGENTS.md is just README.md with higher expectations.

We didn't fix documentation debt.

We just gave it a new filename.

And now AI is confidently wrong at scale instead of just quietly wrong in a wiki or one Git repo.

*sigh*

I've had many a-ha moments this week with markdown, docs and AI. It seems to me that AGENTS.md is just README.md with higher expectations. We didn't fix documentation debt. We just gave it a new filename. And now AI is confidently wrong at scale instead of just quietly wrong in a wiki or one Git repo. *sigh*

Our own Joyce Stack just dropped a bomb on Commune ๐Ÿ˜… usecommune.com/post/0644d1d...

10.03.2026 18:23 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Serรก el origen de las llorerรญas? ๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ˜„

10.03.2026 16:28 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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El presidente de RTVE vuelve a retratar a Eurovisiรณn por tener a Israel mientras ataca Gaza, Irรกn y Lรญbano: "ยฟQuรฉ valores defiende la UER?" Josรฉ Pablo Lรณpez, presidente de RTVE, retrata de nuevo a la Uniรณn Europea de Radiodifusiรณn por permitir la participaciรณn de Israel mientras sigue atentando contra los derechos humanos

El presidente de RTVE vuelve a retratar a Eurovisiรณn por tener a Israel mientras ataca Gaza, Irรกn y Lรญbano: โ€œยฟQuรฉ valores defiende la UER?โ€

09.03.2026 13:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 436 ๐Ÿ” 163 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 14 ๐Ÿ“Œ 9
Steve shares a link to his latest newsletter. Fran replies "OMG the peonping voices ROFL. Thanks for sharing this! You made my day haha!".

Steve shares a link to his latest newsletter. Fran replies "OMG the peonping voices ROFL. Thanks for sharing this! You made my day haha!".

I just went down a rabbit hole with Steve Willmott's Steampunk AI newsletter this week ๐Ÿ˜…

Lots of crazy stuff happening! usecommune.com/article/9d5a...

09.03.2026 14:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Working on some of the hardest concepts of Engineering Strategy. Strategy lifecycle.

Trying to find a good enough model to address things like:
- Lead Times
- Adoption
- Analysis-paralysis
- Systems theory

This is a draft picture, WIP!

#EngineeringStrategy #Strategy

07.03.2026 08:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

LOL this one is really good ๐Ÿคฃ

05.03.2026 09:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 7 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Le habrรก quedado claro a Feijรณo? ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ๐Ÿคฃ

๐Ÿ‘‡

04.03.2026 17:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 253 ๐Ÿ” 130 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21 ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Bueno darle vueltas a la estructura es normal. Yo le di varias vueltas tambiรฉn. Asรญ reestructuraciones gordas 2.

Lo de mis 400 pรกginas no es que lo escribiera todo del tirรณn. Es que tenรญa mucho material que habรญa ido acumulando durante aรฑos. Asรญ que copiaba y pegaba mรกs como "esto irรญa aquรญ" ๐Ÿ˜…

01.03.2026 22:55 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Kit: Automated Email Marketing & Newsletter Platform (formerly ConvertKit) Kit (formerly ConvertKit) is the creator-first email marketing and newsletter platform. Grow your audience, automate campaigns, and sell without burnout.

Yo pensaba que el tema no me iba a dar para un libro y cuando iba por la mitad ya llevaba unas 400 pรกginas ๐Ÿคฃ Si te animas, te recomiendo poner acceso pagado al libro en Notion y lo vinculas a tu newsletter. Yo lo hice con kit.com. La gente te va dando feedback y de paso vas monetizando.

01.03.2026 21:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Pedro Sรกnchez, presidente del Gobierno, en el MWC

๐Ÿ—ฃ๏ธ"Se puede estar contra un rรฉgimen odioso como el iranรญ y a la vez estar en contra de una intervenciรณn militar injustificada, peligrosa y fuera de la legalidad internacional"

rtve.es/directo/cana...

01.03.2026 19:45 ๐Ÿ‘ 1106 ๐Ÿ” 341 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 38 ๐Ÿ“Œ 30

Y fan de los que lo han situado en EEUU ๐Ÿคฃ Hay que estar muy perdido!

01.03.2026 00:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Amazing to have you there man. Commune is slowly becoming the place ๐Ÿ™Œ

26.02.2026 17:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Aleix Morgadas (@aleixmorgadas) | Commune Check out Aleix Morgadas's profile on Commune

I just connected my substack to @usecommune.com from my friend @fmvilas.me ๐Ÿงก

Join the open conversation! This place will be big ๐Ÿš€

usecommune.com/n/engineerin...

26.02.2026 15:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Si esto no te hace gracia es que estรกs muerto por dentro! ๐Ÿคฃ

26.02.2026 08:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Playing with a new idea, a canvas that will let you import full or resources from OpenAPI/AsyncAPI into a diagraming tool for modelling, exploring and visualisation of architectures.

Pretty fun so far ๐Ÿคฉ

24.02.2026 23:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Substack just embedded live betting into your newsletter. It is time to pack up and leave. This is the same company ignoring writers and profiting from hate speech. When your platform monetizes white supremacy and crypto casinos, it kills trust with your readers.

21.02.2026 21:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 11 ๐Ÿ” 8 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Alternative to Substack here โฌ‡๏ธ

21.02.2026 23:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We handle the tech headaches so you can focus on writing. You get all the power of a top-tier platform without forced associations. If you are ready to ditch the roadblocks and own your platform, jump on board. Sign up today.

21.02.2026 21:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Commune Turn your newsletter into a community.

You need to own your audience. You should not be locked into a platform making wild, unethical decisions. That is exactly why I am building Commune at usecommune.com. It is a headless Substack alternative giving you total control over your content.

21.02.2026 21:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Substack just embedded live betting into your newsletter. It is time to pack up and leave. This is the same company ignoring writers and profiting from hate speech. When your platform monetizes white supremacy and crypto casinos, it kills trust with your readers.

21.02.2026 21:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 11 ๐Ÿ” 8 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Commune Turn your newsletter into a community.

Forgot to add the link ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ usecommune.com

No post without a mistake!

21.02.2026 17:42 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

@rachelgilmore.bsky.social if you don't want to lose some of the features Substack gives you, you can then connect your Ghost instance to Commune.

I'm building it so we all have an alternative to Substack โœŒ๏ธ

21.02.2026 17:39 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Commune Turn your newsletter into a community.

I got all setup on Commune, an alternative to Substack -- I've been missing the network effect on my newsletters, and Commune seems like solid solution. usecommune.com/join/4559982...

13.02.2026 21:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Please move off Substack!
Check this out or try Beehiiv, Ghost, something else.
Some platform that doesnโ€™t promote Nazis, antivaxxers and prediction markets that are cooked.

20.02.2026 21:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks for the shout-out, Kat! ๐Ÿ™Œ

As soon as I get other basic stuff sorted out, I'm going to work on an API so people can immediately start integrating with Commune.

No more walled gardens! No more nazi bars!

20.02.2026 21:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Por cierto, ยฟcuรกles son las alternativas a Substack? ๐Ÿ™‚

08.02.2026 20:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

No me extraรฑa que no te hayas enterado. Solo hace un mes que estรก funcionando ๐Ÿ˜„

Dale! Cualquier cosa me dices!

20.02.2026 21:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Commune Turn your newsletter into a community.

You will be very welcome to Commune! ๐Ÿ™‚ usecommune.com

20.02.2026 20:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Commune Turn your newsletter into a community.

In case it helps, I'm building an alternative to Substack. It's usecommune.com. It works with other newsletter providers like Ghost, Kit, MailerLite, Beehiiv, Buttondown, etc.

Apologies for the self-promotion here but I think it's helpful that people get to know there's an alternative now.

20.02.2026 20:25 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Y me he dejado Beehiiv ๐Ÿ˜… En fin, he ido aรฑadiendo integraciones segรบn las han ido pidiendo.

20.02.2026 19:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0