Echoes of Saudade
This is a blog of both echoes and whispers. Some things are built to withstand pressure. Others we simply carry with us, echoing back at unexpected moments. This is a blog about both, dependable systems and undependable moves, written from a career that started in Portugal and continues, now, in the United States.
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Bacalhau à Brás and Software Engineering
A reflection on the parallel between cooking Bacalhau à Brás and writing prompts for generative AI coding tools, exploring the difference between p...
Fado and Metal
My music library makes no sense to anyone who looks at it closely. Mariza sits next to Within Temptation, who sits next to Metallica. I listen to a...
Adler, By Accident
A reflection on Alfred Adler's ideas of inferiority and growth, and how they apply to the age of generative AI, software engineering, and personal ...
Echoes of Saudade
A reflection on resilience, systems, and moving across an ocean.
Whispers
Fado and Metal
Adler: Not What the Room Expected
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Bacalhau à Brás and Software Engineering
A reflection on the parallel between cooking Bacalhau à Brás and writing prompts for generative AI coding tools, exploring the difference between programming and software engineering.
Adler, By Accident
A reflection on Alfred Adler's ideas of inferiority and growth, and how they apply to the age of generative AI, software engineering, and personal change.
Teaching Software Engineering in the Age of Generative AI: What Is Really at Stake?
A reflection on the impact of generative AI on software engineering education and what it means for the future of the profession.
Echoes of Saudade
A reflection on resilience, systems, and moving across an ocean.