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Some words of wisdom (or not) about development, architecture and the tools I reach for. Long-form thinking, build logs and, once in a while, an opinion.

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    Building a portfolio that doesn't look like it was made with AI in 30 minutes

    My process for refactoring my portfolio so it actually feels like me. A design system, wrist kit, and a new UI.

    • portfolio
    • design-system
    • ui
    • process

    If you're reading this, this is the THIRD UI version of this portfolio. I've been having a lot of fun spending my tokens on this site, and I've been making improvements to it for a while now. In this note you'll follow the process of building each version (with screenshots to compare).

    how it starts

Anna Maria

Software engineer from Brazil.

I build things end to end: UI → front (web / mobile) → back → AI → deploy, and I have been doing it for about 5 years, in startups and in big company teams.

This site is open source.

Three ways to read it: Front, Back and IA.

Abimaela, my cat, lives in the corner and reacts to what you do.

Built with Next.js, MDX and Postgres, on the entrepta design system.

places you can go from here

a game, with a board
  • Memory game: turn two cards, and a pair found is a page found.
  • The 10 fastest rounds go on the board, with the name of who played.
time:00:00moves:000
Click a card to start. The clock starts with it.

board· top 10

Reading the board...

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