Software designer
Porto, Portugal
Joined September 2006
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There used to be two playbooks for commercial software:
a) be first to market
b) make the best product
Being first was rarely important, yet so many software companies operate this way. “We must ship by this time next month or we’ll lose.” A shallow way to build, in my opinion.
Now with AI tools having gone from “lol nice JavaScript try again” in Jan 2025 to “damn, nice C program, take the wheel” in Jan 2026, there’s only one playbook that remains: make the best product. Now anyone can “compete” with you if being first is your differentiator.
So don’t make a hundred products or a hundred features quickly just because you can. Instead leverage this “huge cheap skilled workforce” you now have to build something really good, even if it takes time.
You can’t blame timelines for janky scrolling or broken text editing anymore.
Build something that’s meaningfully different, something that you can be proud of a decade from now
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«5 coisas que importa saber acerca da nova proposta sobre crianças e redes sociais»
A proposta será discutida amanhã na Assembleia da República.
direitosdigitais.pt/noticias…
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Quartz Composer is quite possibly the greatest piece of software that Apple has ever abandoned.
It's on its last legs and many folks, including me, rely on it. It's a fantastic tool for prototyping visual ideas.
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Today! It's the 20th anniversary of the first Processing software release. To celebrate, @ben_fry has posted 4.0 beta 1 🍓 processing.org/download/
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The latest @nytimes “36 Hours in…” column features reader-submitted ideas that embrace the ethos of travel, but don’t necessarily involve going outside… including Postcrossing! 💙 nyti.ms/2X8MQ9j
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CollegeHumor launched over 20 years ago and helped shape modern comedy and the internet as we know it. This month, it laid almost everyone off. Here's my story on what happened: wired.com/story/collegehumor
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😍 @panic and @jugendingenieur working together. Just perfect.
Introducing Playdate, a new handheld gaming system from Panic.
It fits in your pocket. It's got a black and white screen. It includes a season of brand-new games from amazing creators. Oh and… there's a crank???? play.date/
Yes. A thread…
ALT A photo of the Playdate system.
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Today is the 12th anniversary of the original lip dub
Featuring @zachklein
@jakelodwick @JoshAbramson
@rickyvanveen
vimeo.com/173714
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A sneak peek of this week's @NYTmag. The entire issue is devoted to one story by @NathanieRich about the decade we could have saved the planet but failed to act. Photos by George Steinmetz show the effects of climate change around the globe. Powerful design by @bengrandgenett.
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In just ten short years, we've had a few visionary leaders show the world that nobody has to settle for the way things are. That the best way to predict the future is to invent it.
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how to build stuff:
- small, cross-functional team
- monorepo
- functional programming (<3 elixir)
- tests (mostly unit, some end-to-end, but not too many)
- PR workflow, code review
- PaaS, containers, stateless app tier
- continuous delivery to staging, manual promotion to prod
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Tomorrow I'll be @thackdaypt in Porto, for a discussion on Data Journalism & Info design. We will also be doing some @_deardata type work. xitter.gq/thackdaypt/status/9022…
Este sábado, dados feitos à mão e uma convidada muito especial - mailchi.mp/750c59a253dc/46ly…
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wrote some words about what I've been up to at my job, aka
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medium.com/@rachelbinx/why-y…
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Congrats Margaret Hamilton on receiving the #MedalofFreedom today! You helped us make a 'giant leap' on moon landing go.nasa.gov/2g0V0Iv
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Figma releases publicly today, with Multiplayer! Anyone can register. Check it out: figma.com/home