A few days ago, my journey at Goodnotes came to an end. It's been almost 6 years working alongside the most talented people I've worked with in my entire career, and we even won a Apple iPad App of the Year Award together in 2022! I'd like to reflect a bit on some of the most important projects that I've worked on in the last few years: - I started working on core features of the app, like the initial version of Comments or the in-app Notification Center. - Soon after that, I was involved in the transition of the app from being paid upfront to having a freemium model, unlocked by in-app purchases. This helped us grow our user base considerably. Later on, I worked on a similar transition to a subscription model, enabling recurring revenue. - A Hackweek project of mine resulted in the creation of the Pop-up Shop (we managed to put this into production in 2-3 weeks back when there was no agentic coding) and later on, the Marketplace, both selling digital stationery to be used within the app. These projects helped us gain new sources of income. - I led the design of a DRM system to protect the IP of the content we were selling through the Marketplace (probably one of the most challenging projects I've ever faced). - In the last couple of years, I moved to the AI team, where I kickstarted the Freeform Agent, an AI agent that's able to edit freeform documents, and numerous other features in this domain. I even moved out of the iOS ecosystem and led the projects to create ChatGPT and Claude apps for Goodnotes. - On a more general aspect, I've tried to create a knowledge sharing culture by hosting the Engineering Brownbag Sessions, where every other week, our engineers where presenting their learnings in projects both inside and outside the company. This even got me the "Share Your Passion" Award inside the company! - And finally, on the fun side, I created the tradition of playing Blood on the Clocktower in our company offsites. It was truly fun and I hope they keep doing this on my absence. I will be taking some time to rest now, but I'm looking forward to my next adventure!

Voy a decir algo que no gustará a algunos, y es que el teletrabajo, como forma de vida no es sano ni beneficioso para las personas, ni psicológica ni físicamente, y a menos que sea obligatorio por alguna discapacidad, no debería ser una norma. Las personas somos seres sociales, por lo que acudir a una oficina o incluso a un coworking responde a una necesidad humana profunda, que es, en muchos casos, el principal espacio de socialización auténtica que conservamos en la actualidad. No se trata de cumplir con horarios, con calentar una silla ni con indicadores de rendimiento ni de eslóganes corporativos. Se trata de una cuestión de conexión. Ante la creciente crisis de soledad en la que viven muchas personas, con estructuras familiares más reducidas y menos hijos, el aislamiento se convierte en un riesgo real si no salimos de nuestro entorno doméstico. Y la inteligencia artificial, la televisión y los dispositivos, que ofrecen una compañía simulada, están profundizando este vacío. El teletrabajo es práctico, pero la desconexión social es dañina. Por eso, el simple hecho de ir a la oficina o a un coworking a trabajar un par de días a la semana puede marcar la diferencia: saludos de buenos días con un café en la mano, conversaciones espontáneas, debates cara a cara, risas compartidas, eso es el ser humano. Los seres humanos no estamos hechos para vivir aislados ni viendo a través de una pantalla. El teletrabajo se ha sobrevalorado y es hora de que las personas y las empresas empiecen a darse cuenta de sus consecuencias.