Nélson Rangel

How software engineering is changing with AI

Earlier this week I had two conversations around AI that resonated a lot with me. The first one, was about code reviews and how things are getting complicated at work, since the speed of coding is getting much higher than the speed humans take to review such code. We were

Nós: o Atlântico em solitário

A primeira vez que eu ouvi falar na história de Tamara Klink, eu fiquei maluco. Eu precisava saber mais detalhes, saber exatamente o que ela fez, como ela fez, como ela se sentiu durante o processo etc etc etc... Eu sempre fui meio fissurado por essas histórias de viagem em

Getting to know the possibilities (Day 2)

After thinking a lot about what I learned a few days ago and after talking to some friends, I decided to start from the beginning, after all, Rome wasn't built in a day. So, I took one of the coding challenge I participated a few months ago and

Getting to know the possibilities (Day 1)

Today I finally took some time to try to understand what coding agents are really capable of doing. I've been skeptical for so long... but, a few days before starting on a new job, I believe it's time to give it another try. Turns out that

Books that influenced me the most on building digital products

A few weeks ago I had a great time with some teammates discussing product development, processes, and the specifics of a given initiative we were working on at the time. It was a very fruitful conversation that made me reflect on how I built the product mindset I have today.

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