A reminder to consider that your context, isn’t the only context (.NET 8 TimeProvider edition)

This will be a very brief post, just as a reminder that we need to give things a good thought, trying to limit our biases (I’ll focus on software development, but it’s applicable to everything really).

April 24, 2023 · 4 min · 653 words · João Antunes

The “insert specific tech here” developer: yay or nay?

The boxes developers put themselves into is something I’ve given some thought over time. Probably not something folks think about much, but figured I’d write a post about it anyway.

January 19, 2023 · 9 min · 1790 words · João Antunes

On résumé-driven development, FOMO and dismissing it

I’ve had some of thoughts not exactly résumé-driven development, but more importantly, how engineers, can remain up to date and relevant in the job market, and a recent discussion on LinkedIn reminded me about it.

November 7, 2022 · 3 min · 544 words · João Antunes

Mistaking software for a finished product

As much as it would be simpler, software isn’t something we can ship and forget about, or even just keep adding features without revisiting architecture and design.

May 10, 2021 · 6 min · 1078 words · João Antunes

Shaking things up a bit - ASPF02O Outro

Almost two years have passed since I started the “ASP.NET Core: From 0 to Overkill” series. It’s time to shake things up a bit 🙂.

September 21, 2020 · 3 min · 541 words · João Antunes

Some comments, tips and rants about my path to Kubernetes certification

Sharing my experience about my path to learn about Kubernetes and prepare for the Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) exam.

September 7, 2020 · 13 min · 2589 words · João Antunes

A look at Building the Future 2020

This past week I had the opportunity to attend Building the Future 2020, an event focused on digital transformation, so I thought about sharing some of the main topics that stuck with me.

February 4, 2020 · 10 min · 2011 words · João Antunes

A year remote

It has recently been a year since I started working remotely, so I thought it could be interesting to share my experience, along with some particularities of my remote setting.

November 3, 2019 · 14 min · 2924 words · João Antunes

My couple of cents on remote work

Well, this is a very written about topic isn’t it? I wasn’t going to write about it, given the myriad of articles that already exist on the subject, but whilst watching the news today some extra ideas on it emerged and I thought, what the hell, I’ll add one of my one to the never ending list. I’m not going for a pros and cons approach, those were already written plenty of times....

March 15, 2018 · 7 min · 1368 words · João Antunes