This blog now have a companion Newsletter

Although I still consider this blog a newborn (and it has been a quiet place in recent months) the main purpose of this space is to share my opinions and thoughts on many topics, including technology and my own research, but not only those.

In recent months, I have been looking for an organized roadmap to understand what it means to be a researcher, in a broad sense, in 2026. The role that most closely aligns with my idea of a modern researcher is what I have seen described as an “AI Applied Scientist.”

I see this role as combining data science with engineering, research, and a broader set of scientific tools. At the same time, it overlaps strongly with my current role as a Research Engineer, although the exact responsibilities can vary depending on seniority and organization.

Looking around, I found many roadmaps and structured study guides for roles that may fall into the same general category, but no opinionated guide and learning journal about how to really become an AI Applied Scientist. So, I decided to try creating one.

Initially, I considered publishing it only as a series on this blog. Still, I saw an opportunity to create a content-driven space and community dedicated solely to this purpose, without mixing it with my opinions on academic conferences and the miscellaneous topics I also discuss here. This feeling, together with my desire to produce tech content in a more organized and periodic manner, led me to create a companion newsletter.

This post is to introduce the “Becoming an AI Applied Scientist” newsletter.

Why a newsletter?

In recent years, I have become a heavy consumer of newsletters covering a variety of topics and editorial styles, mainly about tech but also far beyond it. Substack’s strategy is partly to blame, but the current state of generic, overproduced social content has also contributed to the growing interest in human-created content and curation. I believe this explains part of the success of some newsletters.

But newsletters in general are not the topic here, so let me return to why I decided to create one.

My reason for creating a newsletter is to push myself to produce written content, record part of my journey in a journal-like space, and hopefully connect with people interested in the same topic, potentially helping others and learning from them.

A newsletter also requires less technical maintenance and leaves room for a potential future business. For now, all posts are free for everyone, but if it works as I hope, I may eventually create some subscriber-only content. Let’s see how it evolves.

Well, I think this is enough for now. The link to the newsletter will become part of the blog header and my profile. I do not plan to abandon this space any more than I already have, but the newsletter will have a clearer focus: content that is opinionated, personal, and driven by my own experiences and expectations, while always produced with the necessary care to make it worth reading.

This is the link to the first post, and I hope to see you there.