Diego Acuña, our latest addition to the Dcycle team.

Right from the start, I became interested in Dcycle due to its focus on innovation, through cutting-edge technology and a very exciting context.

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We talk to Diego (25), our latest addition to the product development department as a Full Stack Developer.

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For those who don’t know you yet, can you tell us a bit about your background?

I was born in Lanzarote (Canary Islands), to a Spanish dad and a German mum (an interesting mix). At the age of 18, I went on permanent Erasmus to Madrid to study Software Engineering and get to know the big city life. When I finished university and started my professional career, I specialised in ReactJS and NodeJS. Since then, I haven’t stopped training myself through courses on the most used web technologies such as NextJS, Typescript or MERN architectures.

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What motivates you most about working at Dcycle? How do you think it can help you develop as a professional?

The possibility of creating a solution that can improve the world, through modern development frameworks, innovative design and a motivated team. Dcycle is a project that meets all the requirements.

Right from the start, I became interested in Dcycle due to its focus on innovation,  through cutting-edge technology and a very exciting context. The professionals who are part of the team will certainly bring out the best in me and I hope I can do the same to develop a product that contributes to a sustainable economy.

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Dcycle puts a lot of effort into the design to communicate sustainability. What is it like to work with this design perspective on a day-to-day basis?

It’s wonderful, when I thought about joining Dcycle one of the first things I did was to look at the website. I was impressed, it was easily the best-designed website I had seen so far: modern, intuitive, with powerful audiovisual content and a very clear message.

It really motivated me to develop a SaaS with the best possible user interface and user experience. I think it’s important to bring artistic value to what I develop, rather than just writing lines of code.

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How do you face the challenge of developing a SaaS?

Ready and excited. I have always liked challenges and I plan to face this one with motivation. I will focus on the quality of the code and on achieving a scalable solution.

Until now, the idea of developing a SaaS had always seemed boring to me, the ones I knew were usually not very intuitive and full of information that made the user feel overwhelmed. But when I saw Dcycle’s proposal, straightforward for everyone who enters, displaying really valuable information through a fresh interface, it changed my perspective.

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How do you think technology can help companies achieve their sustainability goals?

It enables us to provide valuable information and solutions in a short period of time. A process that used to require a lot of expertise and a huge Excel, now, thanks to technology, can be automated, making it easier for companies to become more sustainable.

We still have a lot of work ahead of us, we have to nurture our Machine Learning algorithms with data so that they learn and estimate more accurately. We need to develop a software architecture that is scalable and flexible. A SaaS that is attractive for companies to use on a daily basis.

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Before finishing, tell us a bit more about your hobbies, anything you’d like to share!

I’ve tried going to the gym around 40 times but it has never worked for me. Then I tried rock climbing once with a friend and I loved it, it allows me to get out of the digital routine. I’ve always liked having a hobby that keeps me motivated, I used to skateboard and before that, I used to surf. I’ve never really stopped.

If you go to Sharma Climbing I’ll see you there!

I also love to develop in my free time, this summer many friends asked me for recommendations of places to visit in Lanzarote and I got tired of always sending them a text file, so I got down to work and created a website about places to visit, beaches to go to and nice restaurants to eat on the island. I’ll use this opportunity to spam a bit about my website.

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Together with Diego, our latest addition to the development team, Dcycle continues to grow. If you want to get to know a bit more about the people who make up Dcycle, you can find out more here.

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