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Hello, I'm Matt.

I am a software engineer from Brazil. My deal is building fast, beautiful and high-quality web apps, but I have also worked on mobile and desktop apps (it was pretty fun!). Whenever possible, I work with Open Source Software (OSS). You can check out my OSS projects below, as well as whatever I've been rambling about on my blog.

  • Front-End Web Developer
  • Open Sourcerer
  • Bullet List Enthusiast
I am quite good at a few things:
  • Vue
  • Angular
  • Ionic
  • Electron
  • SCSS/Sass
  • Jekyll
  • TypeScript
  • UI Design
  • Web Components
  • .NET

Blog

See what I've been writing about recently

Smarter, Lighter, Better Images: A Guide to Optimization

Smarter, Lighter, Better Images: A Guide to Optimization

10 min read

Do you know how big the images displayed on your website are? When you open a page, the browser starts...

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  • Front-End
  • Guide
How to fix your Favicons

How to fix your Favicons

4 min read

Favicons kinda suck. They should be a simple icon that identifies your webpage on a bunch of scenarios, i.e. the...

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  • Front-End
  • Guide
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Open Source Projects

Some open source projects that I've been working on recently

Screenshot of the Pocket Companion app

Pocket Companion

A companion app for Animal Crossing New Horizons. Manage your Island, tasks and Critterpedia with this handy web app.

  • Ionic
  • Angular
  • PWA
Screenshot of the Moneta app

Moneta

A desktop applet that displays currency exchange rates for elementaryOS with Vala and GTK. This is a fork of an existing app that had another purpose, and another example of why Free Software rocks!

  • Vala
  • GTK
  • Linux
Screenshot of the Reminduck app

Reminduck

A simple reminder app made for elementaryOS with Vala and GTK. This was my first experience developing native applications for GNU/Linux.

  • Vala
  • GTK
  • Linux
Screenshot of this website

Personal Website

The website you're seeing right now. Designed to be pretty, simple, and fast. Close to no JS and no CSS libraries.

  • Jekyll
  • HTML
  • SCSS

Work Experience

Freelancer

Front-End Web Developer 2021 ~ Current
  • Working as an independent contractor for clients all over the world;
  • Building quality software, with a focus on front-end web development, but not limited to it;
  • Using my design knowledge and experience to prioritize UX when developing, for a user-friendly final product;
  • Vue
  • Svelte
  • Jekyll
  • and more!

Logitix

Software Engineer 2019 ~ 2021
  • Working on a Vue front-end project, aiming to solve current pains and create new and better processes to manage ticket sales and brokerage in the US;
  • Building new ways of viewing and interacting with huge amounts of data;
  • Automating previously manual processes with Selenium, improving speed and capacity;
  • Vue
  • AngularJS
  • Selenium
  • .NET
  • SQL Server

SIGE Cloud

Software Developer 2017 ~ 2019
  • Applying the Microfrontends approach to modernize a legacy product;
  • Developing a desktop app from scratch for a simplified ERP focused on small companies;
  • Developing a mobile app that acts as an extension to the company’s main product;
  • Developing an internal HelpDesk software using Artificial Intelligence to help users before they even opened the ticket;
  • Angular
  • Ionic
  • Electron
  • .NET
  • MongoDB

Promob

Software Developer 2014 ~ 2017
  • Maintenance and modernization of the company's services portal;
  • Development and maintenance of many APIs used by other development teams;
  • Refactoring of the company’s internal software structure, according to changes in the business model;
  • Integration with third-party CRM, HelpDesk and ERP softwares;
  • jQuery
  • KnockoutJS
  • .NET
  • SQL Server