Carlos E. TorresBlog
I use this space to document what I’m building, analyzing, learning, and studying. I don't have a strict schedule for posting, but I do have a running list of topics I'm excited to write about. From web and mobile development, to clean systems architectures, to AI, ML, LLMs, and intelligent, human-centered systems. Hope you find something useful here.
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HTMX: Most Sites Don't Need a Framework
August 13, 2026 · 15 min readHTMX is a lightweight JavaScript library that allows developers to create modern, dynamic web applications by extending HTML with custom attributes instead of writing complex frontend JavaScript code. Here is the case for HTMX, an honest comparison with React, and the places where the hype runs ahead of the engineering.
Building a Local TTS Pipeline with Kokoro For My Blog Posts
August 11, 2026 · 11 min readUsing Kokoro, an 82 million parameter model, on my laptop to narrate every post on this site, for free, offline. The interesting part was never the model. It was everything around it: HTML extraction, the text cleaning rules nobody warns you about, and one Python version that cost me an evening.
PocketBase: The backend that fits in 1 file
July 24, 2026 · 5 min readA technical look at PocketBase, the single-binary Go backend running this site: its architecture, its real advantages, and the situations where it's the wrong tool for the job.
Welcome to My New Site!
July 24, 2026 · 2 min readA quick hello, a peek behind the curtain at how this site is built, and an introduction to who I am. Welcome aboard!