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Preliminaries are as important as the act — Part II

So, it’s a “sexual” quote. True. But apply the idea to a public presentation. Most people don’t give the appropriate importance to the preparation (preliminaries) and just focus on the presentation (the act). But the most important tasks for a good presentation don’t happen during the event itself. About 4…

Public Speaking

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Preliminaries are as important as the act — Part II
Preliminaries are as important as the act — Part II
Public Speaking

4 min read


Aug 14, 2022

Your devs are great testers

I know what you’re thinking: NO! No No No! Devs are biased and they’ll test the happy paths. They know where the “issues’’ are, they’ll work around them, they’ll… They know where the “if-else” is. Yes, this is somehow true. Developer’s brains are formatted to “Development” and biased towards the…

Development

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Your devs are great testers
Your devs are great testers
Development

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Published in cesarafonso

·May 19, 2021

Engineers at home getting coffee

Why Coffee I grew up watching Seinfeld, and, not surprisingly, I think Jerry Seinfeld is one of the most brilliant minds when it comes to comedy (here’s an example). In recent years he had a show called Comedian in Cars Getting Coffee. Here’s the episode with Barack Obama:

Coffee

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Engineers at home getting coffee
Engineers at home getting coffee
Coffee

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Published in OutSystems Engineering

·Mar 16, 2021

Adding Telemetry to Your Visual Studio Projects

Ready, set, build, get coffee!

Visual Studio

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Adding Telemetry to Your Visual Studio Projects
Adding Telemetry to Your Visual Studio Projects
Visual Studio

6 min read


Published in OutSystems Engineering

·Dec 22, 2020

Using AWS Porting Assistant to Migrate From .NET Framework to .NET Core

A few days ago, João Malés wrote an extensive article on migrating from .NET Framework to .NET Core. …

Dotnet

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Using AWS Porting Assistant to Migrate From .NET Framework to .NET Core
Using AWS Porting Assistant to Migrate From .NET Framework to .NET Core
Dotnet

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Published in cesarafonso

·Oct 18, 2020

The new software vendors

Technology is evolving at a fast pace and every day new software startups emerge. However, there are also non-software businesses that are slowly transforming into software vendors. …

Software

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The new software vendors
The new software vendors
Software

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Published in cesarafonso

·Oct 3, 2020

Why I love OutSystems MVPs

Before joining OutSystems I worked basically in the services industry, providing kick-ass projects to customers. 7 years. It was fun, but also demanding. However, developing products like we do at OutSystems, apart from all the challenges it has, brings one additional detail: we are also developing for developers. I can…

Outsystems

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Why I love OutSystems MVPs
Why I love OutSystems MVPs
Outsystems

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Published in cesarafonso

·Apr 21, 2020

Remote work — I wasn’t ready

A couple of months ago I wrote about how I had to learn how to work remotely. But I wasn’t prepared for this. One or two days working remotely, yeah, but a full month without going out? Damn… There are two main challenges I faced in the past month: Having…

Outsystems

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Remote work — I wasn’t ready
Remote work — I wasn’t ready
Outsystems

3 min read


Published in cesarafonso

·Dec 26, 2019

The best team building event

Team building is essential in high performance teams. There are still lots of managers that look at these events as expenses, but I rather look at them as really cheap investments. At OutSystems we even have specific budget per team for these events. …

Team Building

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The best team building event
The best team building event
Team Building

3 min read


Published in cesarafonso

·Nov 1, 2019

Failing is a big part of success!

I know what you’re thinking: what? Failing is not good! But failing might just be the best thing that happens to your team. Before we start I hate losing. I really do. I’m that guy that when a big screw-up happens I have to go out for a drink (several…) or go to…

Outsystems

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Failing is a big part of success!
Failing is a big part of success!
Outsystems

7 min read

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