I'm Dorell

Builder from Cebu. I make things with code, AI, and whatever works.

This is my build log. See what I'm working on, what I've shipped, and the journey along the way.

Feed

The daily log. Everything I'm working on, learning, thinking.

Teaching

Speaking at DevFest Cebu 2025

Teaching

Talk is ready for tomorrow. Nervous but prepared. The blog series helped me think through everything clearly. Now it's about delivery and connecting with the audience. Let's go.

Building

Published the last post in the series — automating responsible AI development. Pre-commit hooks, CI gates, PR templates. You can't automate judgment, but you can automate the scaffolding that forces you to apply it.

→ AI & Automation
Teaching

DevFest slides coming together. The story flows into the framework, framework into human nature, then practical tooling. 50 minutes. Going to leave time for real Q&A — that's where the good stuff happens.

Building

Rebuilding this site to be more alive — a feed of daily updates, bigger milestone posts, all anchored around Build/Learn/Teach/Life tracks. Goal: make it easy to share what I'm working on without overthinking it.

Learning

Writing the honest part of the series — why the framework is hard to follow. Generation is exciting, verification is boring. We're tired, AI never is. I catch myself cutting corners too. That's the real talk.

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Life

Thinking about what a sustainable builder life looks like from Cebu. Not the hustle-bro version. The version where you ship things that matter, teach what you learn, and still have time to live.

Teaching

Planning the next Learn with Dorell cohort. The goal: help beginners build real systems step by step, not just follow tutorials. Small groups, real projects, honest feedback.

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In Progress

What I'm actively building right now.

Active Started Jan 2025

12in12

Build and ship 12 products in 12 months

0 updates
Active Started Oct 2024

Cebby

Event discovery for tech events in Cebu

1 updates
1 milestones
Latest · Nov 14

Plan Cebby Wrapped's Outcome and Step by step execution

Active Started Jun 2024

Learn with Dorell

AI & automation cohorts — build real systems, not toy demos

3 updates
1 milestones
Latest · Nov 17

Planning the next Learn with Dorell cohort. The goal: help beginners build real systems step by step, not just follow tutorials. Small groups, real projects, honest feedback.

Active Started Mar 2024

AI & Automation

Emerging work: tools, agents, and workflows

6 updates
4 milestones
Latest · Nov 25

Published the last post in the series — automating responsible AI development. Pre-commit hooks, CI gates, PR templates. You can't automate judgment, but you can automate the scaffolding that forces you to apply it.

Writing

Longer reflections and milestone posts.

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