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Notes on engineering

Backend, architecture and what I learn solving problems at work.

October 27, 2026

Tools I discovered this week

A running list I'll keep updating with tools that turn out worth it, whether someone pointed me to them or I found them while working. First entry: Orca.

October 13, 2026

I just wanted my boredom back

How I cut my screen time from almost 4 hours to 1.5 hours a day with Opal, and by using Instagram only on my PC, like back in the MSN days.

October 09, 2026

The essentials I use to get organized and try to stand out

Finances, English, Claude Code, Notion and YouTube Premium: the tools and habits that keep my routine running. And why, in the end, the most important thing is still to think.

October 08, 2026

How to host a personal website for free on Cloudflare (you only pay for the domain)

Step by step on how this site was published: a .dev.br domain from Registro.br, DNS and hosting on Cloudflare, automatic deploy on every push. The only cost is the domain.

October 07, 2026

Application security starts at the infrastructure

Four infrastructure practices (least-privilege, secrets in a vault, HTTPS and subnet tiers) that cut a big chunk of risk before any code even runs.

September 07, 2026

How to design a well-structured and secure API

A straightforward checklist for designing predictable REST APIs and understanding the difference between authentication and authorization.

September 07, 2026

How Laravel works under the hood: Container, Providers, and requests

What actually matters about how Laravel resolves dependencies on its own, without treating it as magic.

September 07, 2026

How to investigate when someone says "it doesn't scale"

Caching, relational databases, and queues: why there's almost always a specific, nameable bottleneck hiding behind the phrase 'this doesn't scale'.

September 07, 2026

Practical notes I keep rereading

A quick guide to Unix permissions, Node.js, agility, and the Git commands I never forget.

September 07, 2026

How to write a good test before the assert

PHPUnit, the AAA pattern, test doubles, and how to report a bug in a way the team can actually act on.

Notes on engineering

Tools I discovered this week

I just wanted my boredom back

The essentials I use to get organized and try to stand out

How to host a personal website for free on Cloudflare (you only pay for the domain)

Application security starts at the infrastructure

How to design a well-structured and secure API

How Laravel works under the hood: Container, Providers, and requests

How to investigate when someone says "it doesn't scale"

Practical notes I keep rereading

How to write a good test before the assert

MADR — Markdown Architectural Decision Records

Client-Side Architecture — Introduction

When CRUD/MVC Isn't Enough

joelparkerhenderson/architecture-decision-record

Tech Interview Handbook — Grind 75

LeetCode — The Beginner's Guide

Construindo uma API de Pagamentos Robusta em Go: Saga Pattern e Resiliência

JConf Brasil — APIs robustas e previsíveis com fail fast e idempotency

Deploying Laravel Application on AWS EC2 using GitHub Actions

AWS deploy — reference video

AWS deploy — reference video

Cloud/infra — study playlist

Laracasts — AWS Fundamentals

MDN — How Browsers Work

BookStack — discussão técnica (issue #436)

Docker/Containers — reference video

codeedu/wsl2-docker-quickstart

touch4it/docker-php7

Design Pattern: Introdução e Características

Git Exercises — commit one file staged

Laravel Docs — Queue Supervisor Configuration

Prevent Destructive Commands From Running in Laravel

nunomaduro/laravel-starter-kit

Laravel Learning Roadmap — Laravel Daily

Laravel Naming Conventions

Laravel Ciclo de Vida: o melhor ponto de partida

Laravel Collection: 5 Métodos Essenciais

Which is the best Laravel cache driver for performance?

Everything You Need to Know About Laravel Caching

Laravel Docs — Request Lifecycle

How to set up a new Laravel project

Accessors & Mutators in Laravel: problema ao salvar/atualizar dados

Job batching in Laravel: how it works

Maintaining complexity using Laravel pipelines

How to test external API responses in Laravel

Use Laravel Nova core components in your custom Vue component

Laravel Package Ocean

Scaling Laravel to 100M+ jobs and 30,000 requests/minute

Sending email in Laravel with Mailgun

Optimizing Large File Uploads: multipart uploads to AWS S3

Converting Collections to Queries in Laravel Using toQuery()

Jake Bennett — "State Machines" (Laracon US 2023)

Laravel Roles and Permissions: All CORE Things You Need To Know

Becoming a better developer by using the SOLID design principles

Caching não é solução de performance

How to Scale Web Applications

Aumentando em 999x a velocidade de processamento de dados com Node.js

PHP.ini — Conhecendo as Configurações do PHP

Processing One Billion Rows in PHP!

PHP: The Right Way

Optimizing PHP applications for performance

Laravel: Dicas sobre Filas

System Design: Why is Kafka fast?

FCF Cybersecurity — Fortinet Training

Shodan

Server Setup Basics

Server — study playlist

Server — study playlist

Specificity Calculator (CSS)

System Design — study playlist

ByteByteGoHq/system-design-101

Algumas dicas pra você escrever melhores testes

O Padrão Triple A (Arrange-Act-Assert)

Mocks Aren't Stubs

Introdução a Testes Automatizados com Ruby

DDD da Massa

Curso de JavaScript

Modern JavaScript Basics

Learn Vue 3: Step by Step