Software engineer, airsofter, and boardgame enthusiast.

I’m Gonçalo, a software engineer based in Braga, Portugal. I use this space to write about my work as a systems engineer and other life topics that interest me.

2024 Industry Lessons

What does a layoff, an academic paper and the 1 billion row challenge have in common? They all make you question your career choices.

Outsourcing memory

Lately I've been consumed by Building a Second Brain, a book about creating and managing a digital extension of the brain that improves and eases many aspects of life. Much of what I read resonated so deeply with me that I had to write about it.

Google Summer of Code 2018

In this post I go over the the work I did in my second Google Summer of Code project about fixing a key testing tool for the Riak KV.

Ghost in the wires book review

The memoir of the most wanted hacker in the United States, Kevin Mitnick. Think Mr. Robot, set in the 80s and 90s, in real life.

Work

  1. Company
    TripleKey LLC
    Role
    Fullstack Engineer
    Date
    ElixirPhoenix LiveViewPostgresfly.io
  2. Company
    V7 Labs
    Role
    Backend Engineer
    Date
    ElixirPhoenixPostgresAWS
  3. Company
    Remote.com
    Role
    Backend Engineer
    Date
    ElixirPhoenixPostgres
  4. Company
    Kobil GmbH
    Role
    Backend Engineer
    Date
    ErlangCowboyMongoDB
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