The Optimist Engineer

Software Architecture for ETLs

Hexagonal, MVC, Layers, custom, ... I tend to keep it simple

Jan 21 • Marcos F. Lobo 🗻🧭

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Writing about Software Development

How I organize my time for writing

Jan 14 • Marcos F. Lobo 🗻🧭

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December 2025

Building a Product Platform Engineering Team

You must help yourself before helping others

Dec 17, 2025 • Marcos F. Lobo 🗻🧭

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The Hidden Force Slowing Your Deploys

Uncover the silent dependency trap that keeps your applications from reaching production effortlessly

Dec 10, 2025 • Marcos F. Lobo 🗻🧭

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How to Keep Your Hard-Earned Engineering Lessons Forever

Knowledge drives you, why lose it when you change job?

Dec 3, 2025 • Marcos F. Lobo 🗻🧭

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November 2025

Do you need an Interface?

Most likely no, and I tell you why

Nov 26, 2025 • Marcos F. Lobo 🗻🧭

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Start Small, Scale Smart: The Real Value of Incremental Architecture

A practical guide to designing software that can evolve as fast as you do

Nov 19, 2025 • Marcos F. Lobo 🗻🧭

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Enabling developers to take ownership of the Platform Infrastructure

Enter Crossplane

Nov 12, 2025 • Marcos F. Lobo 🗻🧭

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The hidden reason your manager gets mad at you

It’s not about the incident report. It’s about trust.

Nov 5, 2025 • Marcos F. Lobo 🗻🧭

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October 2025

Promotion Via Making Your Work Visible

Said this many times: Make your work visible

Oct 29, 2025 • Marcos F. Lobo 🗻🧭

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How to Become a Staff Engineer: 5 Signals That Matter

Concrete behaviours and evidence you can start building this sprint.

Oct 22, 2025 • Marcos F. Lobo 🗻🧭

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Leadership Is Altitude Management

The higher you go, the more perspective you gain… but the less control you have.

Oct 15, 2025 • Marcos F. Lobo 🗻🧭

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