Alexandre Gomes

Hello Developers 🚀 🏖️ I've been on vacation this past week, hence the lack of posts from me. 💬 This is something I really want to impose on social networks (just linkedin for now) because I want to create the habit of wanting to share with the community positively, and of course learn from all of you. 💥 "Together we are stronger" 🌍 That's what I believe in, and that's why a few years ago I started a group to share experiences and knowledge. And that's exactly why I started with other mates the freeCodeCamp Lisbon. 🤝 I met some great people that I'll carry with me for life, namely Luís Lota, João Petinga and many others that I'll keep with me forever. 🫠 I remember feeling stagnant at the time. ☕ So I started doing Saturday events in a café in Lisbon, and I even did events in the middle of the mall... 🌐 Later, we got partnerships with Connect Digital (former Edge Portugal). And we kept evolving over time, until I felt really happy with what I was doing. 📝 And maybe I'll share the not-so-good part of all this in another post. 😊 But I do know that the feeling of community and sharing is something that makes me happy and fulfilled. Should I go back to that? 💬 Leave a comment, share with me what you think and what I can do to improve. If you know me well, go ahead and expose me without fear. 🔗 You can find out more about me at https://pedropcruz.pt #freecodecamp #techcommunity #community #it #frontend #devjourney #developer #coding #programmer #sharingiscaring #knowledge

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Hello devs 🚀! 🎙️ It's been a while since I've touched base, but I've got some exciting news to share about my Portuguese programming podcast, devsplan (https://devsplan.pt). For all my Portuguese-speaking colleagues out there, give it a listen and let me know what you think! 🚀 Yesterday an EP came out, and together with my podcast partner João Petinga, we've been realising that through our magic we've been able to build tools that help us publish more episodes, and spend less time on some details. 🎨 One of our latest creations? A nifty thumbnail generator! No more Figma layer juggling or time-consuming exports. This tool allows us to whip up eye-catching episode thumbnails in a flash. 💻 I decided to dust off my Nuxt skills for this project (yes, it might be overkill). The result? A simple yet powerful HTML-based solution that lets us customize episode numbers, titles, and even font sizes with ease. One click, and we've got a ready-to-use image. 🔧 It's amazing how these small optimizations can snowball into major productivity boosts. We're excited to keep refining our workflow and delivering even more quality content to our listeners. 🤔 Now, I'm curious: what have you been building lately? Any cool side projects or productivity hacks you'd like to share? I'd love to hear about your recent coding adventures and any suggestions you might have for improving our setup. 💡 Let's start a conversation! Drop your thoughts, ideas, and experiences in the comments below. Who knows? Your input might inspire the next game-changing tool in our podcasting journey! #CodingCommunity #PodcastProduction #DevLife #ProductivityHacks #podcast #portugal #coding #devsplan

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Hey Developers! 🚀 As I said in the last post, today I'm going to tell you what really made me stop continuing the project I loved so much, creating events, helping the community, the feeling of "community" was something that really filled me. One of the biggest reasons I stopped was not consistency. Every project and everything you do, if it's not done consistently, falls apart. We held events every Saturday. Only on public holidays or if there were bridges would we not do it. I had excellent people who, when I couldn't, whether for personal reasons or illness, would be there to bring these events to a successful conclusion. I trusted and rely on the team I put together at the time. The problem was that the events started to be much the same, and we didn't create events just to talk about topics for beginners. We wanted more. Much more. But with this comes the problem: personal life. I began to see that it was taking up too much of my time. Even though I was growing, doing a lot of networking (we went to a lot of other events where people knew us from our own events), I started to think that I had to take some time for myself. 👪 I needed time for myself. For my family. Then the pandemic happened. I had to adapt, and we tried to do events online. We still did 1 online event, but it didn't taste like in-person to me. It's great to share knowledge, but the human part is missing... And that didn't make sense anymore. So I put this idea to one side. And then came the best and most beautiful phase of my life: my first daughter. 😛 And perhaps I'll continue a little more of my story in another post. If you have any questions about me, you can send me a message, comment, expose me without any problem. https://pedropcruz.pt #techcommunity #community #events #group #it #frontend #portugal #programmer #developer #coding #coder

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🚀 Happy Workers Day! 🎉 Did you know that today is a holiday in Portugal? 🇵🇹 While enjoying some time off, I'm diving into TypeScript on Codewars. 💻 Here's a quick tip: revisiting the basics is key for any developer's growth. Strengthening your foundation ensures smoother progress in complex concepts. So, whether you're relaxing or coding today, remember the value of building on strong fundamentals! #typescript #coding #holidaylearning

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Hello devs! 🚀 Well, I haven't shared much and I haven't been very consistent in this adventure of sharing knowledge or sharing more of my journey as a developer here on LinkedIn. 💪 But we are human beings. We fail, and we come back strongly, and that's fine. 🙏 We recognise, we see what the mistake was and what happened, and we go out there to face it again and fight to be better! But enough of the trash talk on social media 😂 📝 I want to share something I've been reading for a few days now about smart note-taking, and the Zettelkasten method. Have you heard of it? The core idea of this method is funny, and I'm going to try to apply it in my day-to-day life 💬 What do you think about it? If you take notes at important meetings or even in your day-to-day life, do you use other methods? If so, which ones? ♻️ Don't forget to #sharingIsCaring and so share with your dev friend or let's share knowledge in the comments area! https://pedropcruz.pt #dev #devLife #noteTaking #productivity #tools #frontend #portugal

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10 tips You Dev need to know before working to Portugal with Thiago Bomfim ▸ https://lttr.ai/ARyu1 #RichCulturalHeritage #ExperiencedSoftwareEngineer #InternationalCareer #LifeChangingDecision #AttractiveDestination #DrawingInsights

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🌟 Is Node.js the Best Framework for Backend Development? 🌟 I've noticed a growing trend: many companies are on the lookout for backend or full-stack engineers highly proficient in Node.js. This skill is in high demand, but it seems that finding candidates with the right level of experience can be challenging. 🙌 Calling All Hiring Managers and Developers: Hiring Managers: Have you struggled to find suitably experienced Node.js engineers? What are the main challenges? Developers: Can Node.js truly be the primary backend language for tech companies? What has been your experience? Let's discuss and share insights on the potential of Node.js in backend development. #NodeJS #BackendDevelopment #FullStack #JavaScript #TechHiring #WebDevelopment #Programming #TechTrends

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Hey developers! 🎸 Yesterday I learned something cool about complexity in software development! 😃 Did you know there are two main types of complexity we deal with? 1. Problem Complexity: The natural difficulty of the task we're trying to solve. 2. Solution Complexity: The extra difficulty we sometimes add when building our solution. Understanding this helps me think about how to make better, simpler software. It's all about tackling the real challenges without creating unnecessary complications! Want to learn more about software development topics? Check out my portfolio: https://pedropcruz.pt What's the most interesting thing you've learned lately? Share in the comments! 👇 #SoftwareDevelopment #ContinuousLearning #TechInsights​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ #it #portugal #frontend

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Every developer can learn how to build AI applications! The only knowledge you need is how to write code, in the language of your choice, and how to interact with APIs Last Wednesday I hosted a 3-hour workshop for almost 30 developers at JNation 🇵🇹 June 4,5 2024 in Coimbra, Portugal. Great to see almost 30 new AI Engineers have begun their journey of building AI applications. #AI #GenAI #AIEngineers #LLM

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The manual is out; automation is in. I'm incredibly proud of our team and their fantastic work on fully automating our API documentation process. Special shoutout to Luís Santos Henriques and Diogo Correia for leading this project. By combining tools like TypeScript, OpenAPI and Fastify, we've built a system that significantly improves our development workflow through automated documentation updates and code autocomplete features. This approach allows our developers to author service-to-service communication much faster and without errors. By leveraging OpenAPI, JSON Schemas, and TypeScript, our team has developed a seamless process to maintain our frontend and backend microservices that boost efficiency, ensure accuracy, and greatly enhance developer experience! Check out Luís's article to learn more about this impactful approach: https://lnkd.in/dunVe_Ff #DeveloperEfficiency #Automation #Pipedrive

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Good morning, colleagues! It has been a while since I published something good or new here, today I bring you the implementation I did of the new design of Vite official website to the official Portuguese version of the same website. https://pt.vite.dev/ #vite #vitejs #javascript #typescript #html #css #angular #react #vue #svelte #vitest #vitepress

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⚡️ #Vitest support for #Angular is simmering in the Nx kitchen and will be served hot very soon! 🔥 Nx #Angular #Vitest ...and if you want to learn more about Angular #Testing and Vitest, check out my course https://lnkd.in/dkdfCDAQ

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Blazing Nets Cast! 🥅 💥 Senior .NET Lead Developer with solid Blazor/Razor experience WANTED in Centurion (HYBRID) R80K-R110K pm Full Job Description in 1st comment ⬇ ⬇ ⬇ But first, a poem in your honour... 😁 In realms of code, where languages blaze, There strides a dev, in .NET's maze. With keystrokes swift, and logic keen, They craft the realms of the digital scene. Their screen ablaze with lines so bright, In syntax dance, their thoughts take flight. Each function, class, a masterpiece, In pixels wrought, their skill unleashed. Through loops they roam, with loops they weave, A tapestry of tech, they achieve. Errors quelled with code's deft hand, They navigate this digital land.

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Service communication (a.k.a service integration) is probably the application layer where most errors happen when using dynamic languages such JavaScript. For what have been my experience, this generally happens mainly because of two reasons: - delegation of responsibility, the consumer trusts the service to provide all the required information, all the time. You trust the provider to be a good one, and only provide correct data; - poor knowledge about how a certain language API works and not being aware that it can occasionally fail to return a usable value (especially true when converting from a type into another). Languages like Elm prevent both cases at compile level: you cannot prevent checks and you need to explicitly handle all possible values. In the snippet you can see how a double 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑𝙳𝚎𝚏𝚊𝚞𝚕𝚝 is needed in order to safely convert a query parameter from a server request into a float. #programming #functionalprogramming #elm #javascript

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TypeScript is the new JavaScript 🫰🏻 Proposing a corollary to Atwoods Law: "Anything that was written in JavaScript, will eventually be rewritten in TypeScript" 🌹 https://lnkd.in/dW7EDZFx

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 🚀 Exciting News for Node.js Developers! Node.js v22.11.0 is Here! 🚀 The latest release of Node.js, version 22.11.0, brings significant updates that enhance stability, performance, and developer experience. Here are a few highlights:  🔹 Updated Libraries: Key components like V8, OpenSSL, and npm have been updated to their latest versions, boosting compatibility and security.  🔹 New Language Features: Node.js continues to integrate the latest JavaScript and ECMAScript features, making it easier to write clean, efficient, and modern code. 🔹  Improved Performance: Optimizations in the runtime provide better performance, memory handling, and startup times, which can make a noticeable difference in production environments.  🔹 Enhanced Security: Several security improvements were introduced to ensure safer applications. Staying up-to-date helps avoid vulnerabilities!  🔹 Developer Experience: Quality-of-life improvements, such as enhanced error handling and improved diagnostic tools, streamline debugging and enhance productivity. If you’re a Node.js developer, don’t miss out on this update! Take a look at the official release notes to learn more: https://lnkd.in/dt2NFKzA #NodeJS #JavaScript #WebDevelopment #SoftwareEngineering #TechNews #DeveloperCommunity

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Drawing insights from my conversation with Thiago Bomfim, an experienced software engineer who made the leap from Brazil to Portugal, here are the 10 most crucial tips for developers considering a move to Portugal. Read more 👉 https://lttr.ai/ASUEe #RichCulturalHeritage #ExperiencedSoftwareEngineer #InternationalCareer #LifeChangingDecision #AttractiveDestination #DrawingInsights

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