About
Hi! I’m Pedro La Rosa. Full-time Frontend Engineer and software crafter, passionate about writing high-quality code that leads to beautiful, accessible and scalable web applications and sites.
I was born in San Carlos, Venezuela #
Where I started my career in tech creating simple static templates and WordPress pages. I’m also a very enthusiastic musician — I love to play guitar — and when I have some free time I like to relax and edit photos in Affinity Photo.
Currently I’m living in sunny Barcelona with my wife and my beautiful daughters.
For me, software is a lifestyle #
It is everywhere, and it has become a fundamental part of our everyday life. That’s why I really care about being up to date on my craft. I consider myself a software crafter and a loyal follower of the Agile Manifesto and the Software Craftsmanship Manifesto, as well as the people behind the movement — Robert C. Martin, Kent Beck, Martin Fowler and the other engineers I’ve learned from over these last years.
Even though I like to learn and enjoy working in any role in software development, the area I enjoy the most is Frontend Engineering, where I decided to specialise. JavaScript and TypeScript are my day-to-day companions, used alongside HTML and CSS to create awesome, beautiful, accessible and scalable web applications and sites.
I also love learning other programming languages. I started programming in PHP, Visual Basic and Turbo Pascal; right now I’m more interested in Haskell, Rust and Go, aside from JavaScript and TypeScript, which are the ones I feel most comfortable with.