# 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]]. ## Talks - [What's new in BlockNote?](https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/RJ97HH-whats_new_in_blocknote_the_block-based_notion-style_editor/) - [BlockNote, Prosemirror and Yjs 14: Versioning and Track Changes](https://nick-the-sick.pckt.blog/yjs-14-at-yprosemirror-wwv64pw) - [Teleportal: A real-time collaborative editing framework](https://nick-the-sick.pckt.blog/teleportal-a-real-time-collaborative-editing-framework-y5fe174) - [ATProto design philosophy behind BookHive](https://nick-the-sick.pckt.blog/the-design-philosophy-of-bookhive-s23cz85) ## Some projects I've been working on - [[Teleportal|A Y.js Sync Server called Teleportal]] - [An ATProto alternative to Goodreads called BookHive](https://bookhive.buzz) - [[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]]