# Hi, I'm Nick Perez
### My mission: to create products that you can't imagine living without.
I am a software developer who is passionate about using technology to make people's lives easier. I specialize in front-end web apps and websites, but don't let that pigeonhole me as *only* a web developer. My dream is that one day someone will show me a product, raving about how useful it is to them, and I'll be able to reply, "I made that."
I love the idea that I can make something that simply did not and could not have existed without me. I wholeheartedly enjoy creating software, with a knack for learning/playing with new technologies and techniques. [[If you are going to do something, do it right|I take great pride in my work]], and [[Create value, not extract it|am opinionated in the work that I do]]. I'm originally from Miami, lived in San Francisco for 6 years and currently living in the Netherlands since early 2022.
This blog is pretty open-ended, more a collection of notes and ideas that I wanted to keep around than anything. These notes are more likely to be half-baked, but hopefully, they give you something to think about, like they have for me.
## Want to work with me?
Read some more about my [[Career Path|career path]].
## Some projects I've been working on
- [[Raspberry Pi|A Raspberry Pi Server for my smart home devices]]
- [[AirGradient DIY|A DIY Air Quality Sensor that I put together]]
- [[Nibble 65% Keyboard]]
- [[My e-reading Journey]]
- [[Remarkable 2 with Koreader]]
## Some ideas that you will hear a lot from me
- [[B.J. Fogg Behavior Model|How behaviors work, and using them to start new habits]]
- [[zettels/Thinking, Fast and Slow - Daniel Kahneman|The ways in which we think]]
- [[The Second Mountain - David Brooks|The two mountains]]
- [[Nudge Theory]]
- [[Create value, not extract it]]