limonta in #hive-196387 • 3 hours agoShipping a private, paywalled web app with no budgetWith Claude's massive support, I developed a regulatory monitor for people who want to trade legally on the US.-Cuba route, a.k.a. the Cuba Sanctions Hub . As you alimonta in #hive-196387 • 4 days agoCensus API Updated with Data on Authorized U.S. Exports to CubaFor the first time, authorized U.S. exports of goods to Cuba have crossed the $1 billion threshold—the counter has temporarily stopped at $1.09653 billion—accordinlimonta in #hive-196387 • 5 days agoBuilding a Florida-focused 2026 Midterms Tracker with Claude's Sonnet 5.5I want to share a concrete result from working with Claude's Sonnet 5.5 again on a real civic-data problem. The outcome is a small, runnable Flask application that tlimonta in #hive-196387 • 10 days agoMission AccomplishedAfter just over four months, I now have a solid, well-developed core of knowledge-based, tech-powered solutions supporting my two main research areas, both relatlimonta in #hive-196387 • 27 days agoBuilding a U.S.–Cuba Export Tracker with Python and the Census APIThe latest U.S.-Cuba Trade and Economic Council report , published on October 8, 2026, propelled me tolimonta in #hive-196387 • last monthBuilding a Regulatory Suite with Claude's Sonnet 5.5The problem Anyone working with US–Cuba trade rules has to consult sources that live apart: Treasury's OFAC regulations ([31 CFR 515](limonta in #hive-196387 • last monthMy 31 CFR 515 monitor updated smoothly, and I added a second one for the Sept. 30-born 31 CFR 516A live test, at last. There is no better trial for the tools I have built over the past months than a real change in the regulations I follow as a researchelimonta in #hive-196387 • last month🇨🇺 Bitácora de un vicedecano cubano: primeras experiencias [ES/EN] ✦ ───────────────────────────── ✦ Ya próximo al término de la tercera semana en mi nuevo cargo como vicedecano de la Facultad de Tecnologías Educalimonta in #hive-196387 • 2 months agoHow I built an interface to query 15 CFR 746.2 with Claude Sonnet 5The latest solution I tried to improve the readability —and, potentially, the understanding— of the sanctions regime the United States applies to Cuba is a web applicationlimonta in #hive-196387 • 2 months agoThe reorganization of the teaching process at my universityHello to the whole community. As I have mentioned, I currently serve as Vice Dean for Academic Affairs at the Faculty of Educational Technologies of the Unilimonta in #hive-196387 • 2 months agoA Python Tool for Cuban Exporters Under Section 515.582After a mandatory pause tied to my new and demanding role as Vice Dean of Academic Affairs at the Faculty of Educational Technologies of my university, I am resuminglimonta in #hive-196387 • 2 months agoReluctantly, Cuba Is Moving Toward a System That Could Let Innovation FlourishAlthough it may be explained in other ways, the abrupt and highly representative change in the way politics is being conducted in Cuba, especially in economlimonta in #hive-196387 • 2 months agoThe Challenge of Generative Artificial Intelligence in Cuban Higher EducationThis is not a uniquely Cuban problem, but a universal one. Today, however, I want to briefly comment on the characteristics that are very particular to the colimonta in #hive-196387 • 2 months agoWhat Do Claude and Kimi Have to Say About a Recent Report on "Extreme Poverty" in Cuba?Claiming that virtually everyone living in Cuba falls below the extreme poverty threshold strikes me as an assertion so outlandish that it doesn't deserve tlimonta in #hive-196387 • 2 months agoFrom API Crawl to a 3.5 GB CSV PipelineYesterday I worked on redesigning my ForeignAssistance.gov tracker. The version [I showed you](limonta in #hive-196387 • 3 months agoUpgrading my Cuba-related USASpending trackerI'm conducting a thorough audit of all the applications I've been developing to feed my research, trying to integrate, link, and add functionallimonta in #hive-196387 • 3 months agoPromoted to Vice Dean for Academic Affairs!This week, I was surprised by the proposal—or rather, the decided but carefully articulated assignment—to appoint me as Vice Dean for Academic Affairs of the Faculty olimonta in #hive-196387 • 3 months agoA Look at the Recent Mathematics of Daily Life in CubaYesterday, my wife and I pulled off quite a feat given the current context in Cuba. We left the house with only 600 pesos in cash—well under a dollar—and returned homelimonta in #hive-196387 • 3 months agoCuba's Growing Problems with Cash and Administrative Price CeilingsLast Saturday, I left home to replenish my food supplies. The result was rather modest, because there is simply no way for the Cuban government to guarantee that privalimonta in #hive-196387 • 3 months agoFrom Windows MiniOS to MX Linux: First Impressions After a Long-Delayed MigrationI had been working with a customized version of Windows, created by a Cuban developer who has been remarkably consistent in
