Hey, I’m

Matt Fantinel.

I’m a web developer trying to figure out this weird thing called the internet. I write about development, the web, games, music, and whatever else I feel like writing about!

I was born and raised in Brazil, living amongst the vineyards of Serra Gaúcha. I built my first website when I was 9, then got sidetracked by video games and started learning development for real when I was 17. I fell in love with building things for the web and now, 12 years later, I feel like I’ve done a bit of everything.

Lately, I’ve been working on taking companies’ online presence to the next level at Useful Group, playing video games and looking for cool things to write about here.

Under Construction!

Things might look a little wonky or keep changing - that’s because this site is still under construction. I’m probably tinkering with something right now.

You're still welcome to look around, though!

Latest posts

14 Apr 2026

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12 Apr 2026

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Matt posted a Quick Review
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The Northman

Reviewed on Apr 12, 2026

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Robert Eggers knows just how to transport you into not only a different time, but into all the brutality and supernatural aspects of its folklore. What a great movie, even if (thankfully) all the masculine energy it exhales is not my cup of tea.

Movie

11 Apr 2026

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Matt posted a Quick Review
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World of Warcraft - Midnight

Reviewed on Apr 11, 2026

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So much squandered potential. Warcraft has an incredibly rich lore, hundreds of memorable characters, and they even had an entire expansion before to build up to this one. And then proceeded to tell the most boring story ever. What’s worse, they even committed the crime of making the player character have no place in it. Seriously, who thought it’d be a good idea to have a story in which the player factions (Horde and Alliance) don’t even show up?

Gameplay is still fun because it’s WoW, but gosh what a narrative trainwreck.

Game

10 Apr 2026

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Multiple leaves hanging on a thread. First leaf is green and each leaf gets progressively more red. Photo by Chris Lawton.

Four Seasons

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One of the small things that surprised me the most after moving from Brazil to Italy is how the seasons of the year are very clearly defined over here.

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The Devil Wears Prada

Reviewed on Apr 10, 2026

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A classic is a classic for a reason. Andy’s friends are a pain in the butt though, she’d be better off without them 😅

Movie

04 Apr 2026

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Matt posted a Quick Review
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Dune Part One

Reviewed on Apr 04, 2026

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Fantastic. Incredible. The soundtrack alone would make any movie good, but pair with amazing visuals and an incredibly interesting story? Heck yeah!

Movie

31 Mar 2026

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Cool Links Vol. 21: March, 2026

Cool Links Vol. 21: March, 2026

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Links to the best stuff I've read or watched during the month of March, 2026

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30 Mar 2026

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Give
Vivaldi logo with text "Follower Tabs"

Give any website a two-pane layout with this new Vivaldi feature

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The new "Follower Tabs" in Vivaldi 7.9 makes navigating link-heavy pages way easier without losing your attention span.

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29 Mar 2026

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Matt posted a Quick Review
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Project Hail Mary

Reviewed on Mar 29, 2026

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There’s a bunch of good sci-fi movies out there, but very few that lean so much into the “sci” part of it. Everything that happens in the movie feels believable* even if they’re completely alien to us (it is a space movie, after all), and there’s a pretty good story in there too. If you liked The Martian or Interstellar, you’re gonna love this one.

*except for the idea of humanity working together to save itself, which is obviously never gonna happen.

Movie

25 Mar 2026

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21 Mar 2026

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Matt posted a Quick Review
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House

Reviewed on Mar 21, 2026

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One of my favorite series, I loved rewatching it. From the case-of-the-week episodes in the first seasons to the bigger arches in the later seasons, it is overall a fantastic show with very few blunders.

What surprised me this rewatch is how much I liked the last season, which was the worst one for me before. Now I think it’s one of the best!

I’d rank the seasons 1 = 4 > 2 > 8 > 3 > 6 > 5 > 7.

TV Show

11 Mar 2026

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