Se você é uma pessoa periférica que trabalha ou acabou de entrar na área de tecnologia, espero que este texto te encontre bem e que o meu desabafo possa servir para que saiba que não está sozinho por aqui woliveiras.com.br/posts/ascensao…

So much about the stock market is interesting, but learning something new doesn't mean you should act on it. Factor investing is a good example. Thousands of studies have analyzed factors from every direction and new information continues to be uncovered, but should you act?

Rule: The bigger the hack, the longer the comment. If we're doing something seriously hacky, there better be a big, descriptive comment above the hacky code explaining why it's necessary. Bonus points if the comment also references a ticket to remove the hack later.

Ten important words: I don't know enough to have an opinion about that.

In 2010, after a decade of negative returns, anyone suggesting you invest 100% of your money in the S&P500 would have been laughed at. Now, if you suggest diversifying away from it, people laugh. Be careful about letting recency bias affect your long term decisions.

I wrote about how to fix a bug. I didn't get good examples early on in my career, so maybe this will help others. verraes.net/2024/03/how-to…

It's possible to have too much of a good thing. Here are a couple of unpopular (in some circles) opinions I have about that. 1. Testing is good. But I see front-end components with too many tests. Most components should be simple enough to (gasp!) not need many (or any) tests.

Reality, once again, showing us how hard it is to predict the future…

Policitizing the use of a mask to prevent illness is as ridiculous as politicizing • seatbelts • mobility aids • sunscreen • sunglasses • condoms • airbags • helmets • safety goggles • oven mitts • aprons • steel-toed boots • latex gloves

A longtime friend, one of the most reliably excellent software engineers I know, just left AWS for Airbnb. His reason? Airbnb is remote-friendly, and AWS gave him an ultimatum to RTO. RTO doesn’t filter out slackers, it just pushes away the people who have better options.

Hot take: having your team spread across multiple time zones has many advantages, specially if the spread is >3h…

"What about Warren Buffett?" If it’s possible to beat the market, as Buffett has for decades, why would anyone settle for market returns from low-cost index funds? It’s a valid question.

I kinda migrated to threads. Same user name. For now posting mostly in pt-br, but will likely post in English as well. See you there!