Jesús Espino

Hi! I’m Jesús Espino, a software developer passionate about understanding how things work under the hood.

My Background

I’m currently working as a software developer at Ona (formerly Gitpod), a cloud development platform that provides AI-powered software engineering agents and sandboxed development environments for teams. Over the years, I’ve worked with various programming languages and technologies, but my primary focus has been on Go and JavaScript/TypeScript, particularly in web and API development.

My Passion

What drives me is the intersection of two things:

1. Learning how things work - I love diving deep into the internals of the tools and systems we use every day
2. Sharing knowledge - Making complex topics accessible and understandable for others

I believe that understanding how systems work internally doesn’t require you to be an expert or have years of low-level programming experience. What you need is someone to guide you through the general concepts—the “how it ticks” part—so you can build a mental model of what’s actually happening.