Alejandro Cuervo-Hotz
Recent activity
2026-10-11: I found đź“š Incorruptible convincing; it makes a very strong case for how, by structuring organizations carefully, we can protect them against gradually becoming corrupted by shareholder primacy.
2026-10-11: I found 📺 HBO’s 2019 Chernobyl TV series entertaining and worth watching, though a bit simplistic.
2026-10-05: 🎬 Los viajes del viento me gustĂł mucho. Me parece que plasma bien la riqueza musical, cultural y paisajĂstica del Caribe colombiano. Se percibe un toque convincente de realismo mágico.
2026-10-02: I found Steinbeck’s 1937 novella 📚: Of mice and men outstanding, well worth the few hours it demands. So much happens so quickly! The ending doesn’t disappoint.
2026-09-30: 🖋️ Una barca blanca
2026-09-28: đź“š Vacation reads: Ilona llega con la lluvia, La nieve del almirante, La luz difĂcil, Flowers for Algernon, The soul of a new machine
2026-08-26: đź’ľ Generating my own views of my hikes and runs.
2026-08-20: đź’ľ Estimates Game: Are you over- or under-confident in your own knowledge? Find out: est.alejo.ch. You can also read my own conclusions about my calibration.
2026-07-30: 🎬 Cinema: The Oddisey: (2 min): I enjoyed Nolan’s production of The Odyssey. I appreciated the storytelling: different parts of the journey are cohesively woven into a single story, building towards a convincing final resolution. I have mixed feelings about the music.
2026-06-14: đź“· Photos: ZĂĽri Portals: Photography project to convey the beauty of life in ZĂĽrich by studying building entrances.
2026-07-24: Dancing: Two worlds (4 min): Two activities that share the same label, “dancing”, are actually very different. How I feel, as a Colombian, about dancing salsa in Zürich. And, related, my salsita playlist.
2026-07-01: 🎬 Cinema: Mr Inbetween I’ve thoroughly enjoyed watching television series Mr Inbetween, a daring mix of action, crime thriller, relationship drama, and dark comedy. The deadpan delivery makes this take on the “loveable criminal” genre very refreshing.
2026-06-14: đź’ľ Image Filters: TypeScript browser-based non-destructive image editor based on OpenCV.
2026-06-11: 🖋️ Programming: Avoid Boolean Types (4 min): In source code or databases, prefer enumerations over boolean types. Use boolean types only for expressions that compute temporary values fed to conditional expressions like if, while, or SQL’should WHERE.
About me
I am Alejandro Cuervo-Hotz (né Forero Cuervo), a software engineer, husband and father. Born in 1980 in Bogota, I’ve lived in Zürich since 2007.