I always thought about how people have so many different needs and how it is heavy to wish to have them all from the same person. I...

You like poetry. And I tried. I tried to count the syllables; I wanted to make them rhyme. But I'm prose. I live through a flow. It was...

I wish things were different I wish we were still together But, as contradictory as it seems I don't want to be with you anymore I wish...

I've been having a hard time because you left me in the dark not so long ago. I've felt completely lost, forgotten, and left behind. They...

Technical Debts Technical debt is the result of prioritizing speedy delivery instead of good code. It encompasses bugs, legacy code, and...

On the 25th of January, 2023, following up on an event organized by 500 Women Scientists about sexism, harassment, and microaggression in...

December is gone already. 2022 is over. It's incredible to stop and see the number of things I could do. It's rewarding to notice I still...

Software development is an art. And, as art, there's no unique definition of what's right and wrong. Of course, years of research (and...

I always had a high sex drive. And, even though I was married for a long while, I got to experience things that my friends couldn’t...

It's been stressful times. I feel my heart pounding more than ever. My muscles contract involuntarily. And I know: I'm afraid. There's so...

(I just found this text I wrote a long time ago about myself. How much of it is still me?) I have never broken an arm or a finger. But I...

spoiler alert: I am not. It has been a couple of rough days. I have presented my Ph.D. project to my institute, and I got quite some...

When we move abroad, we make a pact with ourselves (or, at least, I made one with myself): make the most of the opportunity. We know we...

My heart is pounding. I don't feel well. I don't feel unwell either. I'm not fully happy. And I'm also not fully unhappy. "What does that...

Not sure about you, but I am often making plans. Sometimes they are not super serious, sometimes not even long-term, but they are quite...

Sai do Maranhao em 2010 decidida a fazer meu mestrado e meu doutorado. Terminei o mestrado em 2012 mas não entrei de cara no doutorado....