How empathy and curiosity transform incomplete creations into extraordinary projects
After months of organizing Release before Ready events, we've discovered two fundamental skills that turn a simple event into a space for genuine creation: giving feedback with empathy and receiving it with curiosity. These creative muscles don't get taught in bootcamps—they're developed demo by demo, conversation by conversation.
The magical moment where code stops being yours and becomes a shared experience
From the Hacker News crawler to a digital tabloid, the story of how Weaving News taught me what Release really means: that magical moment where we share imperfect code with the community and discover that the real magic isn't in the tool, but in creating together.
Building technology for the pure joy of creating
Release Before Ready is a unique event where talented developers gather to build technology for the pure joy of creating—no judges, no prizes, no tourists—just creators sharing knowledge and learning together. At RbR, the only currency is what you build and what you teach in a space where we're all mentors and learners at the same time.
From pod racing to code racing: how a programming competition taught us about feedback loops and collaboration
At the last Release before Ready we experimented with VibeRacing: one hour, one challenge, nine developers competing. What we discovered goes beyond who codes fastest - it's about how time pressure reveals the fundamental patterns of craft and transforms competition into collaboration.
The wax on, wax off of learning new things in programming
Discover Coding Katas: programming exercises to master new technologies through deliberate practice. This article guides you through 6 essential katas, from a simple TODO list to deploying multi-cloud applications. Learn to build the same apps with different technologies to understand their real advantages, perfect for developers who want to evolve their craft systematically in the AI era.
Creating together while everything changes at breakneck speed
At a time when artificial intelligence is evolving at breakneck speed—with new models like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and DeepSeek appearing constantly, and products like Cursor and Lovable reaching millions of users in months—it's easy to get lost between hype and doom, falling into cynicism or tech fatigue. Fortunately, in community we've found a better third option: falling into curiosity. Through monthly hackathons and a vibrant WhatsApp group, members have managed to filter out the noise to focus on truly useful tools for creating digital products.
Where Curiosity Meets Obsession
The two secret ingredients that motivated us at the first Release Before Ready in Guadalajara. Discover how these complementary elements transformed a 12-hour hackathon into an innovation space where attendees taking their first steps and veterans creating digital products collaborated side by side. From AI-powered accounting assistants to games developed by children that go beyond school restrictions, these stories reveal how the initial spark becomes tangible creations when cultivated in the right environment. An intimate look at the forces shaping Mexico's vibrant startup ecosystem and that will continue driving the next generation of digital innovators.
Where ideas come to life in 12 hours
The "Time to Magic" is revolutionizing the tech industry: the time from conceiving an idea to sharing it with real users has been drastically reduced. This phenomenon was evidenced at the March Release before Ready (RbR) event. Where participants created complete and functional applications in just 12 hours, from package management systems to blockchain bots. New tools like Lovable, Cursor and Replit are democratizing technology, allowing the barrier between idea and execution to practically disappear, multiplying individual and collaborative creative potential, and forever changing the development paradigm in the digital age.