Est. MMXIV · Camarines Norte Edition—Price: One Cup of Coffee ☕ · Circulation: —
The Oragon Gazette
All the Code That’s Fit to ShipVOL. — · NO. —Independent · Opinionated · Indented
Front Page · Exclusive
Bicolano Developer Writes Code by Candlelight, Still Compiles
By The Editor · Staff Correspondent · Camarines Norte
A full-stack dispatch from the provinces: one developer, several frameworks, and a suspicious amount of coffee.
Above: Mr. Pitallano, photographed on assignment. Halftone by this newspaper.
DENNIS PITALLANO, a full-stack software developer based in the Philippines, was once again observed this week shipping working software without issuing a press release. Sources close to the matter confirm that the output compiled on the first try — a claim this paper was initially reluctant to print.
Mr. Pitallano’s daily instruments include C#, .NET, TypeScript, HTML, CSS, and SQL, deployed with equal parts rigor and pragmatism. When pressed for a motto, he offered only: “It works on my machine.”
Colleagues describe him as unreasonably calm during production incidents and unreasonably particular about file naming. He is currently accepting interesting problems, polite arguments about semicolons, and freelance commissions of good conscience.
Code is read far more often than it is written — a truism, worn smooth by repetition, and stubbornly unpracticed.
Technology · Inventory
The Tools of the Trade — An Unauthorized Inventory
Filed from the Server Room
Beyond the daily drivers, the subject maintains working familiarity with Vue, React, Next.js, NestJS, FastAPI, and Xamarin. Data handled across MSSQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, and SQLite — depending on which architect last held the pen.
Operations-adjacent skills include Docker, Kubernetes, Nginx, and Jenkins. A full dossier is available upon request, or by following the citation trail to the GitHub bureau. Read on ›
Open source — BSCSCAN .NET, CASH .NET, and Oragon Tutorials. Full archive available via the GitHub bureau. Read the full field report ›
Editorial · Opinion
On Writing Software That Other Humans Must Read
Op-Ed · By D. Pitallano
A function named doStuff() is not a function; it is a threat. Clear names, small functions, honest comments — the craft is unglamorous but durable. Continue ›
The Annals · Career Record
An Abridged Chronicle of the Correspondent
Compiled from the Archives · Camarines Norte
2014
First Byline — Began the profession in earnest as a Junior Developer. Shipped web forms with determination and questionable CSS.
HTMLCSSJS
2016
.NET Proper — Moved deeper into the .NET ecosystem. Wrote ASP.NET applications that handled real users with real complaints.
ASP.NETSQL Server
2018
Full-Stack Correspondent — Joined a product team; owned features end to end — API, database, front-end, and the occasional production fire.
Vue.NET CoreDocker
2020
Open-Source Filings — Published BscScan.NetCore and Cash.NetCore on NuGet. Documentation typed, not generated.
NuGetBscScanCash
2022
Into the Chain — Contributed to DigiByte and Digi-ID; built dgbwallet.app and its payment gateway.
BlockchainDGB
2024
Business Desk — Shipped ClockIn+; began consulting with AgileTechOps.
SaaSConsulting
2026
Present Day — Writing this very Gazette. Building Diskarte and The Daily Classifieds. Still taking commissions of good conscience.
Today
At a Glance
10+Years Shipping
∞Cups of Coffee
30+Technologies
1Philippines 🇵🇭
Profile · Provincial Desk
Who Is the Man Behind the Terminal?
A short biography, in miniature
Born of the Bicol Region and raised on a steady diet of documentation, Dennis Pitallano — known in certain corners of the internet as Oragon — has spent his career turning business requirements into running software and, occasionally, the reverse.
His work is characterized by an unfashionable preference for correctness, a willingness to read the stack trace in full, and the belief that a good commit message is worth two bad meetings.
