Microsoft Teams annoys me overall.  I would have a full post just on that, but let’s focus on one very annoying one. If someone has…

After my articles on which Chrome Extensions and MacOS Apps I used which had some nice feedback, I though… well, let’s do the full package and go to Android also. Google Suite Essential Chrome — The browser, what else. Gmail — Gmail App Files — File management app Find My Device —…

Every semester, Mindera Portugal has around 6 internship vacancies open. For 1nd Semester 2023/2024 Internships (starting Sep 2023) we’ll have 6 vacancies for Portugal. You can apply here. Projects: 1. Onboarding and Offboarding automation tool — ALREADY ASSIGNED ✅ Time frame: 6m or 1y The goal is to build a tool to automate and streamline the process of bringing new employees on board and offboarding departing employees.

Para todos os que tem Vodafone em casa, notando perda de som em chamadas (Zoom, Skype etc) aconselho a validar se tem o Router HS8247W (ver imagem abaixo). Realço o facto do vídeo continuar sem problemas enquanto existem cortes no áudio. Aqui estão os passos para diagnóstico: Usar uma VPN…

I’ve recently started a project where I wanted to use Firebase Distribution to send Alpha and Beta builds to the stakeholders. I’ve used it dozens of times previously, so that seemed like a walk in the park… except this time I was using Kotlin DSL. From the Firebase documentation (…

Feeling that remote is making the team spirit disappear? You can try some icebreakers to get to know each other a little. You can do what? How does it work? Ask each participant to send you a message sharing a crazy skill or fact about themselves that no-one knows about. When the meeting starts…

For a few years I have been leading technical mobile teams on a company where we are proud of being self organized. So what does this actually mean? Is it all fake? Actually, our vision of what is a Tech Lead is probably different from most. …

Roles are like boxes. People like boxes. They create, in most, the sense that the world (or house) is tidy. In companies, you also have boxes. Actually, a lot of different boxes: you can be a CEO, an Accountant, a Developer, or if you want to have a smaller box…

As a Software Developer and foremost a geek I’ve collected my tool set that I install as soon I get a new laptop. As some people found my Chrome Plugins post useful I thought of doing the same for generic software, so here it goes. Disclaimer: I’m a Mac OSX…