I’m professional software developer, working since 1995, from São Paulo, Brazil. I’m a business administration graduate by FEA/USP.

I’ve worked with lots of tools, but right now I’m in love with Ruby and Ruby on Rails. I’ve developed a lot of client/server systems, still do, but now I’m focusing on web development. I’m learning how to choose and use the tools for the job, and I’m planning to publish here my thoughts and problems while doing so.

Here goes a brief description of things I like and do:

• Development Tools
  • Ruby and Ruby on Rails
  • jQuery and jQuery UI
  • Ubuntu
  • C# and .NET, but mostly ALT.NET stuff like:
    • ASP.NET MVC
    • NHibernate
    • Castle
    • S#arp Architecture
  • SQL (Postgres, SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle)
  • Git with GitHub
  • Delphi (it’s the last just because it was abandoned)

• Languages
  • Portuguese (mother tongue)
  • English (fluent)
  • French (basic)
  • Spanish (basic)

• Current interests/activities
  • Learning as much Ruby and RoR as possible
  • Doing some with ASP.NET MVC and Delphi
  • Trying to find a job in France
  • Studying agile development techniques and theory

• Blogs I really like
  • Ruby & Rails
    • Akita On Rails by Fábio Akita
    • Nome do Jogo by Carlos Brando
    • Loud Thinking by DHH the man himself
    • Obie Fernandez
    • Giles Bowkett
  • .NET
    • Ayende by Oren Eini
    • Scott Hanselman’s Computerzen.com
    • The .NET frog by Julien Lavigne du Cadet
    • Codingly by Romain Verdier
    • ALT.NET Paris/France
  • Agile
    • Desenvolvimento Ágil by Improve It

• Hobbies
  • Movies, movies, movies
  • Comics
  • RPG
  • Wannabe compiler writer (I’ll be happy to understand one)