About this blog
The goal of this blog is to be the single repository of all my published texts. I have been creating apps for the web since 2012, and writing technical content in the internet since 2015. Therefore, having a dedicated space for all of it is convenient.
This blog is divided into three sections:
Let me explain the reason and goal behind each of them.
Software Engineering
I am a Software Engineer by trade and in there lies most of my interest. Also, because I live and breath technology, this is by far what I have most to talk about.
I started working with PHP and jQuery before it was slowly replaced by the hyped frameworks of that time – AngularJS, React, Meteor. In 2015 I settled in learning React, a decision that very much shaped my career since then.
Also in this year I cofounded a consulting IT company, which helped me learn a lot about project management and all stacks of a real-world software. I own a lot of my experience and resourcefulness to that period.
A few years later I started working remotely (if you couldn't still tell, I am from Brazil) as a Frontend Engineer and eventually settled on my current company, where I joined as Full-stack Engineer and now work as Engineering Manager. Anyway, my whole resume is in LinkedIn.
A lot of the content written in the past in this blog reflects my interests and experience back then – React, Gatsby, Meteor, Puppeteer, React Testing Library, etc. I still work with a few of them, but most recently have devoted myself to Next.js, AI, Python, and management.
Along the way I also wrote a bunch of freelance technical content for companies like ButterCMS, LogRocket and Pipedream. I still do that from time to time, so if you are interested on getting me to write for your blog, feel free to message me in LinkedIn or via email.
In short, expect the Software Engineering section of this blog to be a living creature that is populated with my interests at that time, and that can range from guides and tutorials to thoughts and essays about this career.
QuantBrasil
One of the topics that interest me the most is investing. In particular, because of my software background, I always wanted to learn quantitative finance. From that desire in 2020 I started the QuantBrasil blog, a space dedicated to learning and teaching quantitative analysis and data science.
Since then, QuantBrasil evolved to be a SaaS, with hundreds of paying customers, which has motivated me to keep studying and creating quantitative tools for our users – and specially myself. This has been a rich experience and I plan to talk a lot about managing a side business in the internet, as I have learned a lot in those past years.
The QuantBrasil blog has posts by other authors as well, but anything posted by me will also be reposted here. Most of the technical content involves Python and Data Science, so expect a lot of that in this space.
who has been creating apps for the web since 2012, therefore you can expect a lot of JavaScript and related technologies. However, in 2020 I started another blog called QuantBrasil where I discuss quantitative analysis, data science and Python projects in general. Eventually, QuantBrasil evolved to be a SaaS, but all my related posts can be also found in this blog.
But not only of technical content lives a man, and I decided to create a separate section for this blog where I can add my essays. In order to keep a clear separation, I'll write my ensaios in Portuguese, and they will be about all my other interests – books, philosophy, theology, etc. Of course an apple doesn't fall away from the tree, and technology is still deep ingrained in all my content.
Ensaios
Finally, Ensaios is a collection of all my essays (hence the name) that encompass all my interests that are not directly related to technical content or quantitative finance. In particular, I am keen to studying philosophy, theology, and reading the classics.
This section hasn't been really populated since I started this blog, as I wanted to spend some time training and maturing my writing before committing to share those somewhat sensitive topics online. Because I want to be crystal clear in my language, I'll write the essays in Portuguese, although I'm thinking in a way to share some of the thoughts in English as well.
I firmly believe that this kind of study is what sculpts your personality, which ultimately reflects in your work, even for seemingly opposite topics such as philosophy and software engineering. My personal preferences guide my studies, and I can't hide in my work what my preferences are. Therefore, this section aims to be the glue that connects everything together and make them coherent.
Following my work
If for some unforeseen reason you want to follow my work, I have a few channels established.
- My personal X account – I plan to repost all content in this account, serving also as a single repository of my shared texts and discussion. As a caveat, the topics may be too diverse for your taste. It really is a living sentiment of my main interests at any single moment.
- QuantBrasil Youtube Channel – If you are interested on my quantitative finance content, and also on the experience of managing a SaaS while keeping a day job, tune in.
- Newsletters – This blog, which is hosted using Ghost, supports newsletters for each section. I recommend you subscribe to the ones of your liking so you can receive content as soon as they are published.