About

I'm Angel Cantu, a Software Engineer working in developer platforms — internal developer platforms (IDP), CI/CD, and the developer experience around them.

I built Works on My Machine to document what I'm learning in that space. The name is a joke about messy reality. The site is my running log of experiments, technical lessons, false starts, and the gaps between "looks done" and "is done."

I like working close to the problem: build something, test it, break it, understand it, improve it. When a challenge shows up, I treat it as feedback. Most of my growth has come from that loop.

I write about:

• Technology and software engineering
• Things I'm actively learning
• Projects I'm building
• Systems, habits, and decisions that help me keep momentum

I also care about making technical ideas practical and accessible. If I learn something useful, I want to contribute it back in a way that helps someone else build faster, think clearer, or avoid a mistake.

You'll find a mix of:

• Technical posts
• Learning-in-public notes
• Journal-style reflections from ongoing work

The name Works on My Machine is intentional. It captures the spirit of this blog: real-world building is messy, iterative, and full of edge cases. I'm here for that process.