https://thamara.dev/Here I talk about things I learned while working on open source projects, or any other topic I'm feeling like. But really, it's mostly tech related. # used by seo meta and the atom feed 2025-07-02T00:15:49-03:00 Thamara Andrade https://thamara.dev/ Jekyll © 2025 Thamara Andrade /assets/img/favicons/favicon.ico /assets/img/favicons/favicon-96x96.png 2025-07-01T23:30:00-03:00 2025-07-02T00:08:23-03:00 https://thamara.dev/posts/tomorrows-commom-sense/ Thamara Andrade

Every now and then we find ourselves living in a moment that future generations will study in history books. Some of these moments I wish I hadn’t lived myself: a global pandemic, numerous triggers for a possible WW3, or the last episode of “How I met your mother”. Other moments like Brazil’s first Academy Award, Chapppel Roan’s music and the rise of large language models (LLMs) makes me feel ...

2024-08-11T00:30:00-03:00 2024-08-11T01:31:37-03:00 https://thamara.dev/posts/the-art-of-reading-academic-papers/ Thamara Andrade

So, as many of you who is reading this, my year goal was to read more. In special, I was set to read 20 books in the year. What I didn’t expect was that a lot of my reading this year would be comprised of academic papers. Having been out of the academia for almost 10 years now, it’s very daunting to be swarmed with different papers to read. And not to say that in these years I haven’t read anyt...

2024-03-12T01:00:00-03:00 2024-03-12T01:33:48-03:00 https://thamara.dev/posts/gpt-pilot-reviewed/ Thamara Andrade

The year is 2040. You get out of your flying Tesla Model 74 right outside the hangar on the 62nd floor east of the skyscraper, walk by the cafeteria, grab a coffee, and sit down at your desk to start your workday. You open Jira (because it’s 2040 and yes, we still use Jira), just to be faced with an urgent task of developing an application for a customer. Without much thinking, you open your V...

2024-03-04T00:15:00-03:00 2024-03-04T00:18:22-03:00 https://thamara.dev/posts/turning-screws/ Thamara Andrade

Several years ago, I shared enhancements I had made to a script with a colleague, enhancements that would enable many software developers working on the product to have a more productive experience with our benchmark system. He was impressed with these enhancements, and asked how I achieved that. I started to explain: It was very easy, I did this and that, and this other thing… He stopped and ...

2024-01-07T21:15:00-03:00 2024-01-07T21:29:49-03:00 https://thamara.dev/posts/a-reflection-on-10-years-of-professional-life/ Thamara Andrade

Last week I found myself organizing a collection of badges and I couldn’t help but be swept away by a wave of nostalgia and pride. These aren’t just pieces of plastic, paper and fabric, they’re milestones marking the path of my professional life over the last ten years. Scattered around are badges from various conferences, each unique in color and design, yet collectively representing a journe...