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Thoughts on, including but not limited to, software engineering, AI, startups, immigration, economics, self-learning, and raising kids.

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Helping my 4yo learn to read in 2026

Documenting the plan I'm using with my 4-year-old to learn to read, with a mix of structured curriculum, repetition through books, and personalised tech.

2025, LLMs, and how I'm coding

A reflection on how software development workflows have transformed beyond recognition with LLM-assisted coding.

2023

Replit, the Computer

Exploring Replit's journey from a simple coding tool to a potential movement that could democratize software creation for a billion people.

2020

The ethics and economics of freer migration

Until 1914, there were no travel restrictions based on where you were born. Anyone could go anywhere. Every individual could make their own decisions about where in the world they would be able to live a better life.

My journey from Django to RedwoodJS

How Django shaped my career for so long but is now being replaced for RedwoodJS with a simpler and more modern approach.

2017

Changing my life in two years

The journey of changing life from Brazil to Australia, entrepreneurship, and starting from scratch.

· Translated from original in Portuguese 🇧🇷

Brazil is for the rich... In patience!

Reflections on living in Brazil versus Australia, and the differences in daily life.

· Translated from original in Portuguese 🇧🇷