Qhapaq Ñan · text mode
The same walk as the 3D world, told in text: every tambo on the trail is a chapter of Luis Diego's career, from the valley to the summit.
1. Trailhead
The trail starts in the valley. Each stone tambo keeps a khipu with a company's roles, achievements and technologies; long knots encode metrics.
Follow the stone path up to the first tambo.
2. Wasi · the house on the road
By the trailhead gate, west of the path and next to the starting point, stands Luis Diego's wasi (house), on a levelled stone platform; a short flagstone walk leads from the path up a few stone steps to its door. Inside there are four rooms; opening what each one shows (E key) adds a stamp to the Wasi page of the passport. You can sit down (E key) on the sala's adobe bench, facing the wall khipu, and on the chair at the study's desk, in front of the laptop; moving, jumping or pressing Esc stands you up.
Living room · career
The career company by company, most recent first, with its roles:
Globant
- Tech Manager · Apr 2026 – Present
TopSort
- Infra Lead · Nov 2024 – Apr 2026
Xepelin
- Engineering Manager · Aug 2022 – Aug 2024
Auna
- Senior Engineering Manager · Jan 2022 – Aug 2022
- Principal Architect · Jun 2021 – Jan 2022
- Solutions Architect · Jul 2020 – Jun 2021
Belcorp
- Solutions Architect · Sep 2016 – Jul 2020
Hundred
- Associate Consultant · Jan 2016 – Sep 2016
Avances Tecnológicos
- Technical Leader Mobile · Jan 2014 – Jan 2016
Study · education and CV
Education, certifications and the resume to take with you.
Education
- Master's in Big Data, Data Science & AI · Universidad Complutense de Madrid · 2023–2024
- Systems Engineering · Universidad Peruana de las Américas · 2009–2014
- Computing & Systems Technician · Cimas · 2005–2009
Certifications
- AWS Solutions Architect – Professional · 2024–2027
- AWS Developer – Associate · 2024–2027
- AWS Solutions Architect – Associate · 2020–2023
Chasqui corner · contact
Messages for Luis Diego leave from here:
Socials
Traveler's table · passport
On the traveler's table wait your passport, with a stamp for every place found in every world, and your journey postcard to share. Open the passport with the P key; the postcard with the passport's "My postcard" button.
3. Tinkuy · the crossroads
Where the Wasi's walk meets the path, across from the gate plaza, the roads meet. A signpost points the ways: the Qhapaq Ñan climbs to the summit, the Wasi waits across the path, a dirt road goes down toward the Antisuyu and another runs on south, toward Qusqu.
From the east edge of the plaza, the Antisuyu branch goes down to the south-east to a punku, a trapezoidal stone doorway. Crossing it takes you to the jungle: a mostly flat road through the forest beside a wide river you can travel by canoe, with hanging bridges in the canopy near the end.
Cross the punku: go to the Antisuyu road
Stops on the jungle road
- Antisuyu gateway
- Trader's boat · What I use
- Story maloca · Blog
- Canoe landing
- Project stilt houses
- Floating arcade
- Macaw clay lick
From the start of the path, the road runs on south to another punku with a carved board, “Qusqu · Haukaypata”: crossing it takes you to the great plaza of Qusqu, where the roads to the other worlds begin: the Chinchaysuyu along the Pacific coast, the Antisuyu through the jungle, the Collasuyu by Lake Titicaca and the Kuntisuyu along the Colca canyon and across the Nazca pampa; another punku brings you back here.
From any world, the “Travel” button at the top (the V key, or the gamepad's LT trigger) opens a small map of the Tawantinsuyu with every world: Qusqu in the centre and each road in its direction. Pick one and, once you confirm you want to leave, you travel straight there; the ones you've visited (any stamp in your passport) carry a ✓ and the world you are in shows as “You are here”.
4. Avances Tecnológicos
Technical Leader Mobile
Architecture for Yanbal's consultant apps and the company's first Node.js microservices architecture.
Knots (achievements)
- First hybrid app for Yanbal with Ionic and Angular.
- Winner of the Fincyt contest with the Cuponeo idea for small businesses.
- The company's first Node.js microservices architecture.
Technologies: Ionic, Angular, Node.js
5. Hundred
Associate Consultant
Mobile consulting for Belcorp: sync, updates and modularity.
Knots (achievements)
- 50% less sync time in the “Gestiona tu Negocio” app.
- First modular pattern implementation in Belcorp's apps.
Technologies: Android, iOS
6. Belcorp
Solutions Architect
From the first mobile DevOps platform to an omnichannel API Gateway on Kong.
Knots (achievements)
- Omnichannel API Gateway on Kong: JWT, API keys and a Lua authorization plugin.
- First DevOps platform for mobile apps with Jenkins and Fastlane.
- Multi-brand design system with Stencil.
- Clean Architecture on Android with Kotlin and Jetpack.
Technologies: Kong, Lua, Kotlin, Jenkins, Stencil, EventBridge
7. Auna
Senior Engineering Manager
Six PODs: Common Components, CyberSecurity, Architecture, Platform, Design System and Digital Clinic.
Knots (achievements)
- Kong Gateway for digital health at 99.9% SLA for critical patient systems.
- Six PODs led.
- Micro frontend templates with React and Webpack, and microservice templates in .NET and Node.js.
Technologies: Kong, React, Webpack, .NET, Node.js
Principal Architect
Architecture governance for the whole organization: CyberSecurity, Architecture and Platform.
Knots (achievements)
- Multi-brand design system with design tokens, Style Dictionary and web components.
- Technology Radar for the whole organization.
- API Platform on AWS API Gateway and migration off IBM API Connect.
- Analytics framework with Kinesis Stream, Firehose and S3.
Technologies: C4 Model, AWS, Kinesis, Auth0, Sentry, Strapi
Solutions Architect
The first digital transformation app, serverless end to end.
Knots (achievements)
- Telehealth, appointments and prescriptions on serverless microservices and API Gateway WebSocket.
- Payment Broker and Identity Broker for every digital product.
- Biometric identity validation with Python for digital signatures.
Technologies: AWS Lambda, API Gateway, DynamoDB, Python, Ionic
8. Xepelin
Engineering Manager
Core Engineering, PaaS, Onboarding and Lending at a fast-scaling fintech.
Knots (achievements)
- Four teams led.
- Internal, external and public API Platform on AWS API Gateway with a documented Node.js library.
- Event-driven architecture on Kafka with an event catalog and library.
- Core microservices ThirdParty and Documents Manager.
- AI-accelerated development: Claude Code and ChatGPT in the teams' daily work.
- TypeScript toolkit: decorators, domain errors, monads, logger and shared configs.
Technologies: TypeScript, Kafka, Pulumi, AWS, EKS, GitHub Actions, Claude Code, ChatGPT
Also hanging here · Education
Master's in Big Data, Data Science & AI · U. Complutense
Data science and artificial intelligence, alongside the work at Xepelin.
Knots (achievements)
- Big Data, Data Science and Artificial Intelligence.
Technologies: Python, ML, Spark
9. TopSort
Infra Lead
Cutting the bill without cutting availability, across a multi-region, multi-cloud operation.
Knots (achievements)
- 30–40% lower infrastructure cost with FinOps, Karpenter and KubeCost.
- 100% observability with Grafana, Loki, Tempo and Prometheus.
- Event-driven architecture with Kafka, SQS and EventBridge.
- GitOps with ArgoCD, Helm and Kustomize; IaC with Terraform and Pulumi.
Technologies: Kubernetes, GCP, AWS, Karpenter, ArgoCD, Terraform, Kafka, SQS, EventBridge, Grafana
10. Globant
Tech Manager
Satellites, Integrations and Cloud & DevSecOps for the migration to the new INSIS Core.
Knots (achievements)
- INSIS Core integration architecture: 50+ integrations under one shared pattern.
- Three teams and their Tech Leads: Satellites, Integrations and Cloud & DevSecOps.
- AI-automated delivery cycle with context and quality practices.
- TL Charter: the Technical Lead role versus the Tech Manager role.
Technologies: INSIS, API contracts, GitOps, Observability, AI
11. Artifact Bridge (Q'eswachaka)
Five dyed cords tied to the railing: the pieces I built more than once. Walk slowly and read them.
API Gateway & API Platform
One central contract for all service-to-service traffic. I built it four times, in four different contexts.
- Belcorp · 2016: Omnichannel Kong with a Lua plugin.
- Auna · 2021: AWS API Gateway, migrated off IBM.
- Auna · 2022: Kong at 99.9% SLA.
- Xepelin · 2022: Internal, external and public API Platform.
- Globant · 2026: API exposure governance into the cluster.
Multi-brand Design System
Components shared across brands, driven by design tokens.
- Belcorp · 2016: Multi-brand Stencil.
- Auna · 2021: Tokens + web components in a monorepo.
- Auna · 2022: Design System POD.
Event-driven architecture
Events as the contract between domains, with a catalog and shared libraries.
- Belcorp · 2016: MCBA + EDA library on EventBridge.
- Auna · 2021: Analytics on Kinesis.
- Xepelin · 2022: Kafka with an event catalog.
- TopSort · 2024: Kafka, SQS and EventBridge on the multi-region platform.
Platform engineering & DevOps
The path from commit to production: from mobile Jenkins to multi-region GitOps.
- Belcorp · 2016: Mobile DevOps with Jenkins.
- Auna · 2021: SonarCloud, Nexus, EKS runners.
- Xepelin · 2022: GitHub Actions and Pulumi as the standard.
- TopSort · 2024: ArgoCD GitOps, 30–40% cheaper.
- Globant · 2026: GitOps and observability gap analysis.
AI in the delivery cycle
From data analytics to AI-assisted development across every team.
- Auna · 2020: Biometrics with Python.
- Xepelin · 2022: Development accelerated with Claude Code and ChatGPT.
- U. Complutense · 2023: AI master's degree.
- Globant · 2026: AI-automated SDLC.
12. Arcade Tambo
Nine cabinets inside the stone house. Walk up to one and press E to play; Esc takes you back to the trail.
13. AI Intihuatana
The Intihuatana tied the sun. This stone ties the signal: from data analytics to AI-assisted development across every team.
- Auna · 2020: Biometrics with Python.
- Xepelin · 2022: Development accelerated with Claude Code and ChatGPT.
- U. Complutense · 2023: AI master's degree.
- Globant · 2026: AI-automated SDLC.
14. Chasqui Post
Chasquis carried the trail's messages. Architecture, platform, FinOps and AI in the delivery cycle: let's start with a 60-minute call.
Socials
15. Wildlife on the trail
Animals you can meet along the trail, where they live, when they are out and what they do. Some give a passport stamp when you get a good look.
Riding llama Lama glama
- Where
- At the trailhead plaza, saddled.
- When
- Day and night.
- What it does
- Press E next to it to ride: it is faster than walking. E or Esc to get off; after fast travel it trots back to the plaza.
- Stamp
- Llama ride
Llama caravan Lama glama
- Where
- On the paving of the lower trail, between the valley and the gorge.
- When
- Day and night.
- What it does
- Pack llamas with dyed blankets walk the trail up and down in single file. When you meet them they wait and step aside to let you pass.
Alpaca Vicugna pacos
- Where
- Grazing beside the trail, below the company tambos and near the Writing khipu.
- When
- Day and night.
- What it does
- Domestic and curious: walk calmly and they come over to the edge of the path. Press E next to one to say hi. Run at them and the herd scatters.
Vicuña Vicugna vicugna
- Where
- On the high puna: herds along the upper half of the trail, by the gorge and near the summit.
- When
- Day and night.
- What it does
- They graze in herds behind a leader. Wary: heads come up to watch you, they drift away as you approach and bolt if you run.
Mountain vizcacha Lagidium peruanum
- Where
- In colonies around the big rocks near the trail.
- When
- Day and night.
- What it does
- They sun themselves and hop around their rock, noses twitching. They stare at you and, if you come close, hide behind the rock.
Spectacled bear Tremarctos ornatus
- Where
- In the cloud forest of the lower and middle trail, by unca and aliso trees.
- When
- By day and into dusk; at night it retires.
- What it does
- It sits on the slope eating bromeliads, ambles along and climbs trees to rest. If you come close it rears up on its hind legs to sniff, then calmly walks away. Never aggressive.
- Stamp
- Spectacled bear
Andean tinamou Nothoprocta ornata
- Where
- Hidden in the ichu grass at the trail edge, up to the puna.
- When
- By day and at dusk; it sleeps at night.
- What it does
- Coveys of two to four walk and peck among the tufts. As you approach they freeze, then burst up almost vertically, glide a short way and drop back into the grass.
- Stamp
- Andean tinamou
Torrent duck Merganetta armata
- Where
- On the mountain stream, either side of the slab bridge, and in the waterfall pool.
- When
- Active by day; at night they rest on the rocks.
- What it does
- In pairs they perch on wet rocks bobbing their heads, swim against the current, dive and, if you come close, flutter-run away over the water.
- Stamp
- Torrent duck
Rufous-collared sparrow Zonotrichia capensis
- Where
- On the edges of the trail, a little ahead of you.
- When
- By day; they sleep at night.
- What it does
- They hop and peck along the curb, fly off as you come near and land again further up the path.
Tanager Thraupidae
- Where
- In small flocks in the trees: queñua, aliso, unca, pisonay and chusquea.
- When
- Day and night.
- What it does
- They hop between branches, turn their heads to watch you and fly to another tree when you pass close by.
Hummingbird Trochilidae
- Where
- At the flowers: lupines and daisies by the trail, pisonay blossoms and unca bromeliads.
- When
- Day and night.
- What it does
- They hover at each flower and dart from one to the next; they move off when you come close.
Andean cock-of-the-rock Rupicola peruvianus
- Where
- In the unca trees of the cloud forest.
- When
- Day and night.
- What it does
- Peru's national bird: the orange males bow in their courtship display.
Andean condor Vultur gryphus
- Where
- Soaring in wide circles over the bridge gorge and above the summit.
- When
- Day and night.
- What it does
- It hardly flaps: it banks into its turns, gives a few slow wingbeats and now and then swoops down and climbs back.
Andean fox Lycalopex culpaeus
- Where
- On the slopes a little ahead of you, crossing the trail.
- When
- Mostly at dusk and through the night; now and then by day.
- What it does
- It trots along with its bushy black-tipped tail, stops to look back over its shoulder, sniffs or sits for a moment. Come too close and it trots off.
- Stamp
- Andean fox
Puma Puma concolor
- Where
- On lookouts above the trail (ledges and terrace edges), a little ahead.
- When
- Night only.
- What it does
- Lying or sitting, it watches the trail; its eyes catch the light. As you approach it rises, holds a look and slinks away. Sometimes it crosses the path in the distance.
- Stamp
- Puma
16. Workshop: projects and writing
The plots under construction along the trail hold what is being built now.
GitHub repositories
- node-microservices-template · TypeScript · 11 stars
Node Microservices Template using Driven Design Domain (DDD), CQRS and Event Sourcing - eslint-report-action · TypeScript · 5 stars
A Github Action that convert ESLint report to markdown - node-api-template-koa · JavaScript · 4 stars
Node Microservices Template using Koa and Modular Pattern - workshop-observability · HCL · 1 stars
- micro-lambda-api · TypeScript · 1 stars
Micro framework for your lambda applications - aws-lambda-logs-http-destination · Rust · 0 stars
A Rust-based AWS Lambda extension that captures function logs and forwards them to custom HTTP endpoints with multiple authentication methods. - aws-lambda-env-vars-from-secrets-manager · Shell · 0 stars
Lambda layer for read secret manager and transform to env variables - dotfiles · Lua · 0 stars
- harvest-management · TypeScript · 0 stars
- tranzfer.me · TypeScript · 0 stars
- cognito-services-nodejs · TypeScript · 0 stars
Authentication using AWS Cognito with an API NodeJS and Ionic APP - travel-blog-ghost · CSS · 0 stars
Travel blog using Ghost
Articles
- This site is a khipu ·
Why I told my career with cords and knots, and how it's built: Astro, Three.js, rope physics and an arcade made with agents. - Serverless web applications ·
Third-party services, client-side logic and functions as a service: what you gain and what you pay with a serverless web app.
17. Qhapaq Ñan Summit
You walked the whole Qhapaq Ñan: from the first tambo in the valley to the sun at the summit.