Vanessa Aristizabal

Colombia

GDE in Angular & Web Technologies. Women techmaker Ambassador. Frontend developer, code cartoon, book lover, illustrator, speaker, mentor and content creator. I am a programmer who is curious, passionate and loves the Web, and who loves to contribute to the Development Software community. Topics of Interest: HTML, CSS (and preprocessors: SASS, LESS), Javascript, Typescript. Frameworks and libraries: Angular, React (Next.js)

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Break the Code: Technology and Empowerment

I published an article reflecting on my participation at Break the Code and highlighting how GitHub technologies can empower new developers, especially women starting their careers. The article explains how GitHub Copilot, GitHub Pages, Codespaces, and GitHub Spark can be used together to build a professional technical portfolio from scratch. It also provides a practical guide and resources for attendees and readers to replicate the workflow using the GitHub ecosystem. The post helps expand awareness of how AI-powered development tools can accelerate learning, improve confidence, and open career opportunities.

Blogpost / 11-24-2025

Build Your Portfolio with GitHub Copilot

I participated in Break the Code, a community event focused on empowering women in tech. I delivered a hands-on workshop on building technical portfolios using GitHub technologies: GitHub Copilot, GitHub Pages, Codespaces, and GitHub Spark. Participants learned how AI-powered tooling can accelerate learning, improve code quality, and help them showcase their skills with professional GitHub-based portfolios.

Speaking (conference/usergroups) / 11-22-2025

MCP and GitHub Profile Optimization – GitTogether Medellín

Helped organize the “MCP and GitHub Profile Optimization” event by GitTogether Medellín, held at Universidad EAFIT. The event featured talks on enhancing GitHub profiles and integrating MCP with GitHub Copilot and Office, followed by networking and community engagement.

Event organization / 11-04-2025

Debugging Performance in a Galaxy Far, Far Away

This technical talk explored advanced techniques for improving and debugging JavaScript performance using the latest Chrome DevTools features. Attendees learned how to identify bottlenecks, optimize load and runtime performance, and leverage AI-powered insights within DevTools. The session included practical demos through a custom web application created in collaboration with GitHub Spark, showcasing real-world examples of how performance issues impact user experience and how to debug them effectively. Participants left with actionable tips and strategies to make performance debugging faster, clearer, and more efficient.

Speaking (conference/usergroups) / 10-31-2025

Debugging Performance

Discover how the latest Chrome DevTools features help developers master JavaScript performance debugging. The talk showcases real demos using a custom web app built with GitHub Spark to reveal how performance issues impact user experience and how to fix them efficiently.

Video/Podcast / 10-31-2025

DevTools + AI in Action

At UPB for MedellinJS, I first presented a GitHub Spark study-guide demo and used GitHub Copilot to scaffold a React app for hands-on DevTools practice. We then covered DevTools fundamentals, the newest AI-powered explanations and safe fixes, and applied real-world debugging and performance measurement in the browser.

Speaking (conference/usergroups) / 10-11-2025

Workshop Github Copilot

A hands-on workshop focused on using GitHub Copilot to develop your first web application. Learn how to use Copilot to efficiently create web applications and enhance your development with artificial intelligence. The workshop includes a presentation of the GitHub Medellin community, a GitHub Copilot workshop, a break for networking, and raffles.

Speaking (conference/usergroups) / 08-02-2025

GitTogether Medellin - Workshop Github Copilot

Workshop focused on using GitHub Copilot to develop your first web application. The workshop includes a presentation of the GitHub Medellin community, a GitHub Copilot workshop, a break for networking, and raffles.

Event organization / 08-02-2025