Tag: 2026
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Virtually Immortals
Immortality is a difficult concept. For the men of faith, it is achieved in the afterlife. For the skeptical, it is an unreachable dream. Well, not until yesterday at least. I watched a podcast with a Harvard alumni telling that one of his professors signed up for a project in which the university will use…
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My Friends are Afraid
My friends are afraid of almost everything. They are afraid of the machine. They are afraid of the wind in their hair. They are afraid of their own hearts. They are afraid of losing time. They are afraid of not having lunch at the same time every day. They are afraid of getting sweat. They…
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Latência do DNS como Fator Arquitetural em SaaS no Brasil
Recentemente soube (via @ayubio) que em algumas regiões do Brasil uma simples consulta a um resolvedor DNS recursivo externo — tipo o 8.8.8.8 do Google ou o 1.1.1.1 do Cloudflare — pode levar mais de 150ms. Isso muda consideravelmente o jogo quando você está decidindo entre arquiteturas como SPA (Single Page Application) e SSR (Server-Side…
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Today I have Finished Writing the Manuscript of my Book
Today is Sunday. The weather is terrible outside. I went to bed early last night because I want to get off with my bike before sun rise. But the winds were too strong and it was raining. So, no riding today. It was almost 5 when I decided to sit in the office and finish…
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AI = More People
AI is for people who want to work faster and for companies that want to grow faster with more people. adapted from: https://x.com/Dan_Jeffries1/status/2050242435968905724
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Drive AI (as a Software Engineer)
I’ve been harping on the disciplines and tools for using AI lately. I find them to be a very effective approach. But I don’t want to leave you with the impression that a few simple disciplines and tools is sufficient. As the AI’s build software, you — the software engineer — need to have a…
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Musk and Resource Allocation
by Brivael Elon Musk once said something about resource allocation that really stuck with me. Essentially: past a certain level of wealth, money is no longer about consumption; it’s about capital allocation. That one sentence changes everything. At its core, economics is just an allocation problem. You have finite resources and infinite uses. Who gets…
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Teclados e Teclados
Não entendo como a maioria dos teclados vendidos no Brasil são completamente cagados. Parece que são desenhados para acabar com a sua produtividade.
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Why I Write (Orwell)
“Why I Write” is an interesting and inspiring piece of work written by George Orwell in 1946. I wanted to have it posted here on my website for digital preservation. I have a lot of content here in this website that serve that purpose: to be available. I don’t make a dime with this website.…