Writing
Notes on building things.
Writing about software development, product decisions, and lessons from real projects.
DiveTribe: replacing the clipboard at a dive shop
How an underspecified request to digitize a branching paper-form process became a production workflow for divers and dive-centre staff.
Building a school platform from a sketch
The architecture of a school management API — a deliberately boring stack, uploads the server never touches, and one owner for every hard rule.
Teaching an AI to drive: you design the pressure, not the driver
How I built an observable neuroevolution playground, replaced arbitrary steering with geometry, and learned that reward design was the real work.
Nhafarma: finding the pharmacy on duty in Cabo Verde
Pharmacies take turns covering the night shift. Nhafarma helps people find the one on duty without waiting for a radio announcement or searching through online news.