https://luizvieira.me/posts/ Recent content in Posts on Luiz Vieira https://luizvieira.me/profile.jpeg https://luizvieira.me/profile.jpeg Hugo en-US Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/sumatra-orangutan-trek/ Sat, 24 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/sumatra-orangutan-trek/ Our two-day, one-night jungle trek from Bukit Lawang into Gunung Leuser National Park to see Sumatran orangutans in the wild. https://luizvieira.me/kenya-tanzania-wildlife-photos/ Thu, 22 Oct 2026 19:00:00 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/kenya-tanzania-wildlife-photos/ My photos of the wildlife of Kenya and Tanzania, from leopards and cheetahs to rhinos, elephants and flamingos. https://luizvieira.me/bc-wildlife-photos/ Sun, 18 Oct 2026 19:00:00 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/bc-wildlife-photos/ A growing collection of my photos of the wildlife in British Columbia, from black bears and beavers to bald eagles and herons. https://luizvieira.me/why-ai-made-me-stop-writing/ Thu, 15 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/why-ai-made-me-stop-writing/ AI made me more productive at work and less willing to write here. Why I will keep AI out of my words and write smaller, imperfect posts myself. https://luizvieira.me/spring-boot-4-upgrade/ Sat, 08 Aug 2026 08:30:00 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/spring-boot-4-upgrade/ What made our Spring Boot 3.5 to 4.1 upgrade easier than the 2 to 3 one, including the AI-first knowledge base we built and shared across service teams. https://luizvieira.me/alaska-5-day-trip/ Sun, 12 Jul 2026 12:18:00 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/alaska-5-day-trip/ Our 5-day Alaska trip from Anchorage to Seward, with moose spotting, glaciers, a Kenai Fjords cruise, and practical lessons from the road. https://luizvieira.me/the-monthly-wrapping-up/ Sun, 14 Jun 2026 08:55:59 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/the-monthly-wrapping-up/ How we review our finances each month as a couple, from expenses and investments to travel savings and life planning. https://luizvieira.me/iceland-ring-road-roadtrip/ Thu, 04 Jun 2026 22:00:00 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/iceland-ring-road-roadtrip/ A 9-day Iceland Ring Road itinerary in May, with daily stops, hotels, meals, costs, weather, and practical tips from our first full loop around the island. https://luizvieira.me/mongodb-server-timeout/ Wed, 03 Jun 2026 22:30:00 -0800 https://luizvieira.me/mongodb-server-timeout/ Discovered why a query ran for 14 hours on MongoDB server despite client timeout: missing server-side timeout configuration. Solutions for MongoClientSettings. https://luizvieira.me/4-years-fispan/ Fri, 08 May 2026 08:07:11 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/4-years-fispan/ Reflecting on four years at FISPAN. A company milestone marked by a personalized coffee table book and heartfelt messages from colleagues. https://luizvieira.me/mongodb-observability-spring-data/ Thu, 07 May 2026 18:07:11 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/mongodb-observability-spring-data/ How we improved MongoDB tracing spans in Spring Data by adding a custom command listener to surface query details while keeping sensitive values sanitized. https://luizvieira.me/why-async-agentic-ai-does-not-mean-free-productivity/ Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:03:29 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/why-async-agentic-ai-does-not-mean-free-productivity/ Agentic AI can speed up execution, but expected delivery gains are often overstated because humans still pay the cost of review and context switching. https://luizvieira.me/hawaii-big-island/ Sun, 19 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/hawaii-big-island/ A 3-day Big Island itinerary with Kīlauea views, lava tubes, black sand beaches, turtle spotting, and practical logistics from our Easter trip. https://luizvieira.me/costela-fogo-chao-brazil/ Sat, 11 Apr 2026 08:25:40 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/costela-fogo-chao-brazil/ A day in Brazil making costela fogo de chão, with six hours by the fire, family time, and one of my favorite barbecue traditions. https://luizvieira.me/is-agentic-ai-like-a-drug/ Mon, 30 Mar 2026 07:38:00 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/is-agentic-ai-like-a-drug/ Agentic AI made me more productive at work, but I end every day more mentally tired. A reflection on reinforcement loops, dopamine, and sustainability. https://luizvieira.me/intellij-ai-chat-window-better-than-copilot-plugin/ Thu, 19 Mar 2026 19:00:00 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/intellij-ai-chat-window-better-than-copilot-plugin/ After using both tools in daily work, I found the IntelliJ AI chat window flow more productive than the Copilot plugin. https://luizvieira.me/top-5-podcasts-2025/ Thu, 12 Feb 2026 18:00:00 -0800 https://luizvieira.me/top-5-podcasts-2025/ Discover the top 5 podcasts that fueled my learning, health, and inspiration in 2025, along with key episodes and insights from my listening journey https://luizvieira.me/jpa-delete-all-query-not-batching/ Thu, 22 Jan 2026 22:30:00 -0800 https://luizvieira.me/jpa-delete-all-query-not-batching/ Discovered why JPA deleteAll wasn’t batching: @Version fields force entity loading for optimistic locking. The fix: explicit @Query annotation. https://luizvieira.me/spring-boot-4-analysis/ Mon, 19 Jan 2026 19:00:00 -0800 https://luizvieira.me/spring-boot-4-analysis/ A detailed analysis of the major changes in Spring Boot 4, including Jackson 3 migration, Java 17 baseline, and dependency updates. https://luizvieira.me/health-and-fitness-journey-2025/ Wed, 14 Jan 2026 19:26:11 -0800 https://luizvieira.me/health-and-fitness-journey-2025/ 2025 continued my health journey with refined habits, deeper insights, and a focus on sustainable progress in fitness and well-being. https://luizvieira.me/rio-new-years-eve-copacabana/ Tue, 13 Jan 2026 09:22:27 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/rio-new-years-eve-copacabana/ Celebrating New Year’s Eve at Copacabana Beach in Rio, with fireworks, drone show, and sightseeing tips. https://luizvieira.me/best-books-2025/ Sun, 30 Nov 2025 09:20:27 -0800 https://luizvieira.me/best-books-2025/ Discover the top 2 books that shaped my 2025, with practical lessons on communicating across cultures and telling clearer, more memorable stories. https://luizvieira.me/my-stock-photography-journey/ Sun, 09 Nov 2025 11:23:27 -0800 https://luizvieira.me/my-stock-photography-journey/ I tried stock photography to see if it could earn extra income. Here’s my experiment, the process, and what I’ve learned so far. https://luizvieira.me/spring-ai-webflux-observability/ Sat, 01 Nov 2025 12:30:24 -0900 https://luizvieira.me/spring-ai-webflux-observability/ How I got observability working in my reactive Spring AI app using WebFlux, after hours debugging tracing and context propagation issues. https://luizvieira.me/kenya-tanzania-safari/ Sat, 27 Sep 2025 09:22:27 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/kenya-tanzania-safari/ Join us on a 10-day safari through Kenya and Tanzania’s top parks, with wildlife encounters, lessons, and tips for future travelers. https://luizvieira.me/canon-eos-r7-setup/ Sun, 21 Sep 2025 10:02:27 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/canon-eos-r7-setup/ How buying a Canon EOS R7 and lenses for our safari trip led me to embrace the role of amateur photographer. https://luizvieira.me/abbotsford-airshow-2025/ Mon, 11 Aug 2025 20:22:27 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/abbotsford-airshow-2025/ My first time at the Abbotsford Airshow was an unforgettable experience. From roaring jets to the Canadian Snowbirds, here’s my personal review. https://luizvieira.me/two-years-without-social-media/ Wed, 25 Jun 2025 20:18:27 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/two-years-without-social-media/ Two years without social media brought more presence, deeper connections, and fewer distractions, but I still miss a few things like memes and discovery https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-the-culture-map/ Mon, 09 Jun 2025 20:50:11 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-the-culture-map/ These are my learnings from the book The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-unit-testing/ Sat, 15 Mar 2025 10:14:11 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-unit-testing/ These are my learnings from the book Unit Testing: Principles, Practices, and Patterns https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-storyworthy/ Sat, 08 Mar 2025 12:50:11 -0800 https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-storyworthy/ These are my learnings from the book Storyworthy: Engage, Teach, Persuade, and Change Your Life through the Power of Storytelling https://luizvieira.me/first-dexa-scan/ Sat, 15 Feb 2025 13:26:11 -0800 https://luizvieira.me/first-dexa-scan/ I tried a DEXA scan to compare it with my Renpho scale. The results surprised me — was it worth it? Here’s my experience. https://luizvieira.me/task-snacking/ Sat, 01 Feb 2025 08:35:24 -0800 https://luizvieira.me/task-snacking/ Task snacking feels productive but can keep you from meaningful work. Stay aware, balance small tasks with big ones, and make sure progress truly matters https://luizvieira.me/las-vegas-new-year-celebration/ Tue, 28 Jan 2025 20:15:00 -0800 https://luizvieira.me/las-vegas-new-year-celebration/ From fireworks on the Strip to packed casinos and wild crowds, our New Year’s trip to Vegas was an unforgettable experience. Here’s what we loved (and didn’t)! https://luizvieira.me/micrometer-tracing-spring-webflux-propagation/ Mon, 27 Jan 2025 17:15:24 -0800 https://luizvieira.me/micrometer-tracing-spring-webflux-propagation/ Upgrading to Spring Boot 3.2 revealed tracing issues in a WebFlux service. A single line of code fixed broken span propagation and improved debugging. https://luizvieira.me/grand-canyon-south-rim-day-trip/ Sat, 18 Jan 2025 09:45:00 -0800 https://luizvieira.me/grand-canyon-south-rim-day-trip/ Rediscovering the Grand Canyon: A one-day South Rim adventure filled with breathtaking views, practical tips, and reflections on nature’s timeless beauty. https://luizvieira.me/health-and-fitness-journey-2024/ Wed, 15 Jan 2025 19:26:11 -0800 https://luizvieira.me/health-and-fitness-journey-2024/ 2024 has been my healthiest year yet. From running to strength training, I’ve embraced new habits, focusing on consistency over perfection for lasting health. https://luizvieira.me/my-first-garden-lessons-and-surprises/ Sat, 21 Dec 2024 11:31:11 -0800 https://luizvieira.me/my-first-garden-lessons-and-surprises/ Discover the lessons and surprises of starting my first garden, from planting herbs to harvesting veggies, in this new gardener’s journey https://luizvieira.me/best-books-2024/ Tue, 17 Dec 2024 17:20:27 -0800 https://luizvieira.me/best-books-2024/ Discover the top 3 books that shaped my 2024, offering valuable lessons on self-awareness, decision-making, and health transformation. https://luizvieira.me/leavenworth-christmas/ Sun, 15 Dec 2024 19:45:00 -0800 https://luizvieira.me/leavenworth-christmas/ Discover the festive charm of Leavenworth, Washington, with its Bavarian-style village, dazzling Christmas lights, reindeer farm, and delicious holiday treats! https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-i-dont-want-to-talk-about-it/ Sun, 15 Dec 2024 12:16:11 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-i-dont-want-to-talk-about-it/ These are my learnings from the book I Don’t Want To Talk About It: Overcoming the Secret Legacy of Male Depression https://luizvieira.me/top-5-podcasts-2024/ Wed, 11 Dec 2024 19:22:27 -0800 https://luizvieira.me/top-5-podcasts-2024/ Discover the top 5 podcasts that fueled my learning, health, and inspiration in 2024, along with key episodes and insights from my listening journey https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-hidden-potential/ Sat, 19 Oct 2024 14:16:11 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-hidden-potential/ These are my learnings from the book Hidden Potential: The Science of Achieving Greater Things written by Adam Grant https://luizvieira.me/first-telescope-celestron-travel-scope-80-review/ Mon, 23 Sep 2024 20:09:27 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/first-telescope-celestron-travel-scope-80-review/ My experience with the Celestron Travel Scope 80: a budget-friendly, compact telescope with some challenges in stability and magnification. https://luizvieira.me/enhance-gitlab-release-notes-automated-library-changelogs/ Mon, 16 Sep 2024 20:00:05 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/enhance-gitlab-release-notes-automated-library-changelogs/ Learn how to automate GitLab library changelogs for streamlined release notes, improving efficiency and consistency in your development workflow https://luizvieira.me/spring-boot-upgrade-key-takeaways/ Tue, 27 Aug 2024 20:55:24 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/spring-boot-upgrade-key-takeaways/ Learn key insights from upgrading Spring Boot from 2.7 to 3.2. Discover practical tips, challenges faced, and best practices for a smooth transition https://luizvieira.me/spring-batch-5-migration-params-table/ Mon, 19 Aug 2024 20:08:24 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/spring-batch-5-migration-params-table/ From Spring Batch 4 to 5 there were changes in the rows on BATCH_JOB_EXECUTION_PARAMS we show an approach that makes the migration easy and backward-compatible https://luizvieira.me/spring-boot-3-tracing-sampling-default-probability/ Wed, 17 Jul 2024 08:44:24 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/spring-boot-3-tracing-sampling-default-probability/ After upgrading Spring Boot version to 3.3.1 we noticed that 90% of our distributed tracing in our observability tool were gone. In this post we tell the story https://luizvieira.me/spring-boot-3-3-1-jackson-jdk8module/ Mon, 15 Jul 2024 21:23:24 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/spring-boot-3-3-1-jackson-jdk8module/ After upgrading Spring Boot from version 3.2.5 to 3.3.1 we started to have a serialization issue with the Optional class. Check how to fix it in this post https://luizvieira.me/goals-purposes-year/ Sun, 07 Jul 2024 12:18:27 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/goals-purposes-year/ Planning for the year enables me to accomplish my goals. In this post, I share some of the aspirations I aim to achieve. https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-comfort-crisis/ Mon, 01 Jul 2024 11:18:11 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-comfort-crisis/ These are my learnings from the book The Comfort Crisis: Embrace Discomfort to Reclaim Your Wild, Happy, Healthy Self written by Michael Easter https://luizvieira.me/migration-netflix-zuul-to-spring-cloud-gateway-server-mvc/ Thu, 27 Jun 2024 20:55:24 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/migration-netflix-zuul-to-spring-cloud-gateway-server-mvc/ I have recently migrated our API gateway from Spring Cloud Starter Netflix Zuul to Spring Cloud Gateway Server MVC and here is a complete guide on how to do it https://luizvieira.me/pillars-health/ Mon, 24 Jun 2024 21:01:11 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/pillars-health/ My Pillars of Health are guidelines that help me keep healthy and push me to do things that will make me feel better and have a good lifespan and healthspan. https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-a-guide-to-the-good-life/ Mon, 17 Jun 2024 20:29:11 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-a-guide-to-the-good-life/ These are my learnings from the book A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy written by William B. Irvine https://luizvieira.me/best-of-dubai/ Sun, 02 Jun 2024 15:25:00 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/best-of-dubai/ We stayed 8 days in Dubai and in this post, we describe the best attractions and what you need to know before going to Dubai. https://luizvieira.me/dubai-desert-safari/ Mon, 27 May 2024 20:37:00 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/dubai-desert-safari/ We traveled to Dubai and we took a Desert Safari tour to see the two things that we wanted the most: Camel ride and desert view. But, is it worth it? https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-the-good-enough-job/ Sun, 26 May 2024 14:14:11 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-the-good-enough-job/ These are my learnings from the book The Good Enough Job: Reclaiming Life from Work https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-designing-data-intensive-applications/ Thu, 16 May 2024 19:54:35 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-designing-data-intensive-applications/ These are my learnings from the book Designing Data-Intensive Applications https://luizvieira.me/spring-boot-3-migration/ Sat, 27 Apr 2024 08:55:24 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/spring-boot-3-migration/ I have recently migrated several projects and libraries from Spring Boot 2.7.15 to Spring Boot 3.2.4 and I would like to share some insights into the changes https://luizvieira.me/spring-boot-3-spring-sleuth-micrometer-migration/ Thu, 11 Apr 2024 20:55:24 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/spring-boot-3-spring-sleuth-micrometer-migration/ Spring Sleuth was removed in Spring Boot version 3 in favor of Micrometer and I recently migrated many services and want to share the learnings with you. https://luizvieira.me/spring-security-resource-server-jwt/ Mon, 01 Apr 2024 19:08:24 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/spring-security-resource-server-jwt/ We recently replaced the deprecated @EnableResourceServer with Spring Security and in this post I will share what we did and the new code. https://luizvieira.me/tunnel-bluffs-hike/ Sat, 23 Mar 2024 13:42:27 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/tunnel-bluffs-hike/ Tunnel Bluffs from Lions Bay is a really nice moderate hike with an amazing view at the end https://luizvieira.me/grouse-bcmc-winter/ Wed, 06 Mar 2024 19:22:27 -0800 https://luizvieira.me/grouse-bcmc-winter/ BCMC is one of the most popular hikes in Grouse Mountain and the view in winter is amazing https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-outlive/ Mon, 26 Feb 2024 20:14:27 -0800 https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-outlive/ These are my learnings from the book Outlive: The Science & Art of Longevity written by Peter Attia with Bill Gifford. https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-an-immense-world/ Tue, 20 Feb 2024 20:05:27 -0800 https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-an-immense-world/ These are my learnings from the book An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us written by Ed Yong https://luizvieira.me/root-cause-simpler-than-appear/ Sat, 03 Feb 2024 11:25:37 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/root-cause-simpler-than-appear/ We are smart engineers and sometimes when we face a problem we may tend to think the root cause is very complex, but usually, they are simpler than they appear https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-clear-thinking/ Mon, 15 Jan 2024 19:05:27 -0800 https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-clear-thinking/ These are my learnings from the book Clear Thinking: Turning Ordinary Moments into Extraordinary Results written by Shane Parrish https://luizvieira.me/log-cabin-ruth-lake/ Sat, 13 Jan 2024 18:55:00 -0800 https://luizvieira.me/log-cabin-ruth-lake/ We loved the log cabin in Ruth Lake as it was very cozy and the fireplace made the place really warm and nice https://luizvieira.me/best-books-2023/ Wed, 03 Jan 2024 18:50:27 -0800 https://luizvieira.me/best-books-2023/ Out of 23 books, I selected 5 of my favorite books in 2023 to share with you https://luizvieira.me/cancun-all-inclusive-resort/ Sun, 31 Dec 2023 14:07:00 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/cancun-all-inclusive-resort/ We recently came back from our first all-inclusive resort experience and we felt like a king (and queen) https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-the-five-invitations/ Sat, 30 Dec 2023 13:05:27 -0800 https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-the-five-invitations/ These are my learnings from the book The Five Invitations: Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully written by Frank Ostaseski https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-same-as-ever/ Sun, 24 Dec 2023 10:22:27 -0800 https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-same-as-ever/ These are my learnings from the book Same as Ever: A Guide to What Never Changes written by Morgan Housel https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-pro-spring-6/ Sat, 23 Dec 2023 14:54:35 -0800 https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-pro-spring-6/ These are my learnings from the book Pro Spring 6: An In-Depth Guide to the Spring Framework https://luizvieira.me/rabbitmq-dlq-poisonous-message/ Mon, 18 Dec 2023 19:20:50 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/rabbitmq-dlq-poisonous-message/ Poisonous message handling is very important in the Dead Letter Queue (DLQ) and in this post we will show what happens when we do not take that into account https://luizvieira.me/top-5-podcasts-2023/ Mon, 11 Dec 2023 18:22:27 -0800 https://luizvieira.me/top-5-podcasts-2023/ I dedicated an impressive 16,789 minutes to podcasts in 2023. Here are the top 5 podcasts that captivated my ears and mind throughout the year 2023 https://luizvieira.me/cash-portfolio/ Sat, 02 Dec 2023 09:36:22 -0800 https://luizvieira.me/cash-portfolio/ At the current moment, all our investments are in low-cost ETFs. But we decided to add cash to the portfolio and here is why." https://luizvieira.me/work-from-office-or-home/ Sat, 25 Nov 2023 11:02:27 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/work-from-office-or-home/ Work from home or from the office? Here I share 5 positive points from each for you to better decide https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-four-thousand-weeks/ Sat, 04 Nov 2023 12:05:27 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-four-thousand-weeks/ These are my learnings from the book Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals written by Oliver Burkeman https://luizvieira.me/dependabot-benefits/ Sat, 04 Nov 2023 10:15:11 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/dependabot-benefits/ Keeping project dependencies up to date is always a challenge. Fortunately, Dependabot can help with that. https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-atomic-habits/ Sat, 14 Oct 2023 10:20:27 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-atomic-habits/ These are my learnings from the book Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones written by James Clear https://luizvieira.me/software-engineer-philosophy/ Wed, 13 Sep 2023 19:05:37 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/software-engineer-philosophy/ This document is a set of principles that are part of my software engineering philosophy https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-never-split-difference/ Mon, 11 Sep 2023 10:20:27 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-never-split-difference/ These are my learnings from the book Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It written by Chris Voss with Tahl Raz https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-foundations-scalable-systems/ Tue, 22 Aug 2023 12:05:27 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-foundations-scalable-systems/ These are my learnings from the book Foundations of Scalable Systems: Designing Distributed Architectures written by Ian Gorton https://luizvieira.me/vancouver-seasons-timelapse/ Sun, 20 Aug 2023 10:37:00 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/vancouver-seasons-timelapse/ One of the things that I most admire about nature in Canada is the change in the landscape between seasons. This post shares a timelapse of these changes https://luizvieira.me/canadian-rocky-mountains-camping-trip/ Mon, 14 Aug 2023 14:30:00 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/canadian-rocky-mountains-camping-trip/ My wife (May) and I recently went camping for the first time in the Canadian Rocky Mountains with a group of friends from our hiking group. https://luizvieira.me/insights-from-mentorship-key-learnings/ Mon, 14 Aug 2023 10:22:27 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/insights-from-mentorship-key-learnings/ The mentorship with Aleksey provided an invaluable opportunity to learn from his extensive experience and gain insights into his approach to work https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-excellent-advice-for-living/ Wed, 02 Aug 2023 20:20:27 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-excellent-advice-for-living/ These are my learnings from the book Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I’d Known Earlier written by Kevin Kelly https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-song-of-significance/ Tue, 25 Jul 2023 12:05:27 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-song-of-significance/ These are my learnings from the book Song of Significance: A New Manifesto for Teams written by Seth Godin https://luizvieira.me/daily-questions/ Tue, 18 Jul 2023 21:22:27 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/daily-questions/ The Daily Questions aim to address the common issue many of us face: having good intentions for making changes but struggling with their execution https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-quit/ Thu, 06 Jul 2023 20:20:27 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-quit/ These are my learnings from the book Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away written by Annie Duke https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-think-again/ Wed, 28 Jun 2023 20:50:27 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-think-again/ These are my learnings from the book Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know by Adam Grant https://luizvieira.me/rabbitmq-prefetch-count/ Sat, 24 Jun 2023 08:57:50 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/rabbitmq-prefetch-count/ Prefetch count is a very important parameter that we have when configuring consumers in RabbitMQ, this real-case scenario shows an example of this https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-the-staff-engineers-path/ Tue, 16 May 2023 20:40:35 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-the-staff-engineers-path/ These are my learnings from the book The Staff Engineer’s Path: A Guide for Individual Contributors Navigating Growth and Change written by Tanya Reilly https://luizvieira.me/rabbitmq-quorum-queues/ Tue, 02 May 2023 19:15:50 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/rabbitmq-quorum-queues/ Classic queues are deprecated and are going to be replaced by Quorum queues, which are durable, replicated FIFO queues built with data safety as a top priority https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-the-earned-life/ Fri, 21 Apr 2023 09:22:27 -0800 https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-the-earned-life/ These are my learnings from the book The Earned Life - Lose Regret, Choose Fulfillment, written by Marshall Goldsmith and Mark Reiter https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-rabbitmq-depth/ Thu, 06 Apr 2023 21:24:35 -0800 https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-rabbitmq-depth/ These are my 5 most important learnings from the book RabbitMQ in Depth written by Gavin M. Roy https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-extreme-ownership/ Sun, 02 Apr 2023 11:45:27 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-extreme-ownership/ These are my learnings from the book Extreme Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-being-mortal/ Fri, 24 Mar 2023 10:09:27 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-being-mortal/ These are my learnings from the book Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End, written by Atul Gawande https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-mastering-distributed-tracing/ Sat, 04 Mar 2023 11:03:35 -0800 https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-mastering-distributed-tracing/ These are my learnings from the book Mastering Distributed Tracing: Analyzing Performance in Microservices and Complex Systems https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-why-we-sleep/ Mon, 20 Feb 2023 10:13:27 -0800 https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-why-we-sleep/ These are my learnings from the book Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams, written by Matthew Walker https://luizvieira.me/why-stop-drinking-coffee-after-12pm/ Sat, 11 Feb 2023 09:22:27 -0800 https://luizvieira.me/why-stop-drinking-coffee-after-12pm/ Recently I stopped drinking coffee after 12 PM due to the effects of caffeine on sleep. Understand how and why you should too https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-how-will-measure-your-life/ Sat, 04 Feb 2023 10:22:27 -0800 https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-how-will-measure-your-life/ These are my learnings from the book How will you measure your life?, written by psychologists Clayton M. Christensen, James Allworth & Karen Dillon https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-mistakes-were-made-but-not-by-me/ Mon, 30 Jan 2023 19:02:27 -0800 https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-mistakes-were-made-but-not-by-me/ These are my learnings from the book Mistakes Were Made (but Not by Me) by Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-distributed-tracing-practice/ Tue, 24 Jan 2023 21:24:35 -0800 https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-distributed-tracing-practice/ These are my learnings from the book Distributed Tracing in Practice: Instrumenting, Analyzing, and Debugging Microservices https://luizvieira.me/observability-basics/ Sat, 21 Jan 2023 10:59:18 -0800 https://luizvieira.me/observability-basics/ Learn what is Observability and the basic signals that allow a system to be observable https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-lets-talk-about-death-over-dinner/ Sun, 01 Jan 2023 08:59:23 -0800 https://luizvieira.me/learnings-book-lets-talk-about-death-over-dinner/ These are my learnings from the book Let’s talk about death (over dinner) by Michael Hebb https://luizvieira.me/learnings-from-books-series/ Thu, 29 Dec 2022 08:46:34 -0800 https://luizvieira.me/learnings-from-books-series/ This Learning from Books series documents the things that I learned and liked about the books that I read https://luizvieira.me/why-we-decided-index-portfolio/ Tue, 13 Dec 2022 20:29:45 -0800 https://luizvieira.me/why-we-decided-index-portfolio/ We decided to stop stock picking and index all our portfolio and in this post, we talk about the reasons and which ETFs we chose https://luizvieira.me/cache-overview/ Mon, 07 Nov 2022 20:25:46 -0800 https://luizvieira.me/cache-overview/ Caching frequently used information is a very good approach to speed up your microservice. In this post we show a brief overview about caching https://luizvieira.me/platform-team/ Wed, 26 Oct 2022 19:25:37 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/platform-team/ Our main goal as the platform team is to help improve the developer experience and help the company to deliver more https://luizvieira.me/thanksgiving-dinner/ Tue, 25 Oct 2022 11:31:28 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/thanksgiving-dinner/ Our first Thanksgiving was a delicious adventure! From cooking a turkey to embracing new traditions, we made a feast that made the holiday truly special https://luizvieira.me/etf-added-portfolio/ Wed, 14 Sep 2022 19:30:08 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/etf-added-portfolio/ Until recently we had only individual stocks on the portfolio and recently added one ETF. Check out the main reasons why we added an ETF and which one we added https://luizvieira.me/how-we-manage-money-as-a-couple/ Sun, 11 Sep 2022 11:02:10 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/how-we-manage-money-as-a-couple/ Discover how we manage money as a couple with a clear, step-by-step system that prioritizes communication, shared goals, and financial simplicity https://luizvieira.me/postgresql-gin-index-long-queries/ Sat, 10 Sep 2022 12:00:05 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/postgresql-gin-index-long-queries/ We were seeing random queries taking as much as 35 seconds on our Postgres DB. The cause was GIN index feature that you have to get to know https://luizvieira.me/lessons-from-ted-lasso-tv-show/ Tue, 12 Jul 2022 20:05:37 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/lessons-from-ted-lasso-tv-show/ Ted Lasso is a great TV show and I learned a lot from it. This is a collection of the main leadership lessons that I took from the show https://luizvieira.me/25-takeaways-ray-dalio-book-principles-dealing-changing-world-order/ Tue, 07 Jun 2022 20:18:32 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/25-takeaways-ray-dalio-book-principles-dealing-changing-world-order/ In this book, Ray Dalio shows what history can teach us about the changes in world power and how we can use that information to plan for the future https://luizvieira.me/new-to-canada-guide/ Sat, 04 Jun 2022 11:41:28 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/new-to-canada-guide/ We recently moved to Canada and because of that our lives started almost from scratch and we had to do a lot of things in the first couple of months https://luizvieira.me/rabbitmq-high-availability/ Sat, 04 Jun 2022 09:07:50 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/rabbitmq-high-availability/ When taking RabbitMQ to production, one of the main concerns is how to have high availability of the queues and exchanges https://luizvieira.me/interview-preparation-guide-software-engineering/ Tue, 17 May 2022 19:20:51 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/interview-preparation-guide-software-engineering/ I have compiled the list of resources and questions that will help prepare for the interview and in the process of looking for a Software Engineering Job https://luizvieira.me/porters-five-forces/ Sun, 15 May 2022 09:26:59 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/porters-five-forces/ Porter’s 5 forces is a model that helps to identify and analyze 5 competitive forces that are linked to the company’s profitability. https://luizvieira.me/investment-horizon/ Sun, 15 May 2022 09:24:22 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/investment-horizon/ Knowing your investment horizon will help you make a better decision that is more suited to you and your goals https://luizvieira.me/warren-buffett-mistakes/ Sat, 14 May 2022 21:35:26 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/warren-buffett-mistakes/ Learning from Warren Buffett’s mistakes can make us better investors. Here is a list of his errors in the first 25 years of Berkshire Hathaway https://luizvieira.me/warren-buffett-coca-cola/ Thu, 12 May 2022 19:14:01 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/warren-buffett-coca-cola/ Warren Buffett history tells a very important lesson, this lesson can help investors not to miss great companies https://luizvieira.me/hot-cold-empathy-gap/ Wed, 11 May 2022 21:14:15 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/hot-cold-empathy-gap/ Find out what is the hot-cold empathy gap and learn what the effects are on you and the importance of being aware of it when investing. https://luizvieira.me/celpip-speaking-tips/ Wed, 11 May 2022 08:33:01 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/celpip-speaking-tips/ While studying for the CELPIP-G test, I made some notes of each task that help me to prepare for the test. These are the tips that I can give you. https://luizvieira.me/20-most-important-things-howard-marks/ Tue, 10 May 2022 20:17:04 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/20-most-important-things-howard-marks/ Check out the 20 most important things to the average investor by Howard Marks in his famous book The Most Important Things https://luizvieira.me/choosing-service-level-objectives-slo/ Wed, 04 May 2022 20:20:26 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/choosing-service-level-objectives-slo/ Learn from the mistakes and experience of Google’s team how to choose the Service Level Objectives (SLOs) for your services https://luizvieira.me/peter-lynch-13-attributes-perfect-company/ Mon, 02 May 2022 20:55:52 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/peter-lynch-13-attributes-perfect-company/ Discover the 13 attributes of a perfect company by Peter Lynch and understand why he considers them important when selecting stocks that will yield good results https://luizvieira.me/sunk-cost-fallacy/ Sun, 01 May 2022 20:48:51 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/sunk-cost-fallacy/ Do you know what the sunk cost fallacy is? Do you know what its influence on decisions is? In this post I bring what is the influence on investments https://luizvieira.me/morgan-housel-best-quotes/ Sat, 30 Apr 2022 19:01:08 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/morgan-housel-best-quotes/ Morgan Housel, author of the best seller book Psychology of Money shares with us his 5 best quotes that can inspire and help us invest better https://luizvieira.me/6-principles-rule-breaker-portfolio/ Sun, 24 Apr 2022 19:04:47 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/6-principles-rule-breaker-portfolio/ Check out the 6 principles of an innovative and disruptive portfolio (Rule Breaker) created by David Gardner of The Motley Fool https://luizvieira.me/6-hows-rule-breaker-investing/ Sat, 23 Apr 2022 19:20:59 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/6-hows-rule-breaker-investing/ Check out the 6 “Hows” to invest like a Rule Breaker created by David Gardner of The Motley Fool https://luizvieira.me/pact-contract-testing-flow-ci-pipeline/ Mon, 18 Apr 2022 19:08:24 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/pact-contract-testing-flow-ci-pipeline/ Check out how is the Pact Contract Testing flow in a CI pipeline in both feature branches and also master branches and how to safely deploy your services https://luizvieira.me/10-investment-advice-from-warren-buffett/ Sun, 17 Apr 2022 20:17:31 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/10-investment-advice-from-warren-buffett/ Warren Buffett is one of the greatest investors of all time, and these 10 pieces of his investment advice are going to help you become a better investor https://luizvieira.me/what-are-compounders/ Mon, 11 Apr 2022 20:30:24 -0700 https://luizvieira.me/what-are-compounders/ Learn about compounders, the power of compounding, and how investing in compounder companies can boost long-term returns through exponential growth. https://luizvieira.me/pact-contract-testing/ Sat, 19 Feb 2022 11:07:02 -0300 https://luizvieira.me/pact-contract-testing/ Pact is a consumer-driven testing tool that helps with contract tests. In this post, we explore more about Pact and how it works and check out a sample code https://luizvieira.me/contract-testing/ Sun, 06 Feb 2022 18:02:26 -0300 https://luizvieira.me/contract-testing/ Contract testing brings more confidence and less anxiety for the whole engineering team. It also helps in the documentation of the code and communication https://luizvieira.me/what-makes-bad-code-smell-bad/ Sat, 29 Jan 2022 09:15:11 -0300 https://luizvieira.me/what-makes-bad-code-smell-bad/ We know that code smells are bad. But what is it that makes bad code smell so bad? In this post, I will list 4 main reasons for a code to smell bad. https://luizvieira.me/clean-code/ Sat, 22 Jan 2022 19:41:57 -0300 https://luizvieira.me/clean-code/ Clean code is elegant, efficient, simple, and written with care. It’s about writing code that’s easy for humans to understand, not just for computers to execute https://luizvieira.me/blog-stack/ Sat, 08 Jan 2022 10:08:08 -0300 https://luizvieira.me/blog-stack/ Learn why I chose a static blog powered by Hugo, the pros and cons of static vs dynamic blogs, and how I’m hosting it for free