About me
I'm a Mexican software developer, I like to write concise
and interesting programs.
Born in 1978, I started programming at age 5 in BASIC,
learnt assembly language by age 9 and afterwards the programming languages
Pascal, C, C++, Java, Javascript, HTML, CSS and PHP.
As a hobby, I'm the author of
bootOS, an x86 operating system in 512 bytes, its companion
bootBASIC interpreter in 512 bytes and
bootLogo;
I've developed the world's smallest chess programs in
C,
Java,
Javascript and
x86/6502 machine code. I've won five times the
International
Obfuscated C Code Contest, I came second place in the
first JS1K contest and also in the
MSXdev'10
contest. So far I'm the only Mexican that has won these contests.
I'm the author of the following books:
I have been lecturer about programming topics and the influence of software in the society at the UNAM, ITESM, and ESIME. I'm also a game programming and design consultant.
In my free time I'm also a tweetstar with
my microstories in
@historiasmini.
Feel free to send your comments and suggestions to
biyubi@gmail.com, follow
me on Twitter/X as
@nanochess, also in Tiktok as
@nanochess.
Currently I live and work in Mexico City, Mexico.
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Gutiérrez. All rights reserved. The opinions expressed on these pages are solely
those of the author.
Last update: Jan/14/2025