Hello
My name is João, I'm from Portugal and I'm a fullstack developer with a focus on frontend development. This is my personal website where you can read about me, my short professional work, and my hobby projects.
Posts
Creating a 13KB JS Game using SVG
Wed Sep 18 2019
Where I go through my process of using SVGs to create an animated game interface.
Where I go through my process of using SVGs to create an animated game interface.
How to design a javascript game? (in 13KB or less)
Fri Sep 13 2019
Where I describe my struggle to focus on my game idea
Where I describe my struggle to focus on my game idea
JS13K Game competition postmortem
Fri May 24 2019
What I learned about game development and working on my own
What I learned about game development and working on my own
Requirements are bull crap
Fri May 24 2019
Requirements are bull crap ...sometimes at least
Requirements are bull crap ...sometimes at least
Hugo, Netlify and dynamic author lists
Thu Jan 24 2019
I explored ways to maintain a list of blog authors in an Hugo+NetlifyCMS blog.
I explored ways to maintain a list of blog authors in an Hugo+NetlifyCMS blog.
Multi-app React code sharing in a monorepo
Fri Jun 16 2017
How we initially approached managing shared components and assets with multiple react js apps in a monorepo.
How we initially approached managing shared components and assets with multiple react js apps in a monorepo.
Career and Education
simplesurance
Freelance Frontend Developer
May 2019 - July 2019Simplesurance
Frontend Developer
August 2015 - January 2019VentureOak
Fullstack Developer
June 2014 - June 2015FEUP University of Porto
MsC in CS/Engineering
Graduation: June 2014Projects
Regresso
My entry for the 2019 edition os JS13k game jam. Regresso is a clicker game where you have a series of actions and tasks. Gameplay is about 5-10 minutes if you don't screw up.
Time Tracker
When I started freelancing, I wanted a simple tool to track my time working and my breaks. I'm not usually paid by the hour, but I wanted to have an idea of how many hours I'm working per day. So I started exploring a basic UI for that.
MyHF Bus App
My local Bus company has an app and a website with terrible interfaces. But they actually have interesting just-in-time info if you know how to scrape it. I used Expo to quickly create a React Native prototype.
Signalmon
Signalmon was my entry for the 2018 edition of 13kjs Game competition. It's a javascript web game where you have a little pet that feeds off of flies and the flies feed off of wifi. The whole game is 13KB.