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Marcos F. Lobo
@marcosflobo.bsky.social
· Nov 23
The Optimist Engineer | Marcos F. Lobo | Substack
Experiences, learnings, and inspiration about Software Engineering, Technical Leadership, and Technical Growth, with a bit of optimism. Interesting for Tech Leads and software makers from Startups to ...
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👋🏼 Marcos here and I love these topics:
✳️ Software Engineering
✳️ Technical Leadership
✳️ Technical Growth
I help you to be better on those topics here down 👇
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All with a bit of optimism 🌱
#softwareengineering #leadership #growth #optimistengineer
An incremental architecture is an architecture designed to grow.
And why this is something you should care of? 👇🏽
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And why this is something you should care of? 👇🏽
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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
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November 21, 2025 at 7:55 AM
An incremental architecture is an architecture designed to grow.
And why this is something you should care of? 👇🏽
newsletter.optimistengineer.com/p/incrementa...
And why this is something you should care of? 👇🏽
newsletter.optimistengineer.com/p/incrementa...
November 20, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Cross-functional teams deliver faster than layered organizations because each team owns a domain end-to-end. No waiting for “the backend team” or “the frontend team” to free up a sprint.
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November 20, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Cross-functional teams deliver faster than layered organizations because each team owns a domain end-to-end. No waiting for “the backend team” or “the frontend team” to free up a sprint.
newsletter.optimistengineer.com/p/incrementa...
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People leave companies because:
🟢 Money
🟢 Stability
🟢 Work respect
Fruits, candies, retro-game machine, and apéros after work are just smoke bombs.
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🟢 Money
🟢 Stability
🟢 Work respect
Fruits, candies, retro-game machine, and apéros after work are just smoke bombs.
newsletter.optimistengineer.com/p/how-can-yo...
How can you tell your work at a company is basically DONE?
And Exit on the Right Terms
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November 20, 2025 at 6:25 AM
People leave companies because:
🟢 Money
🟢 Stability
🟢 Work respect
Fruits, candies, retro-game machine, and apéros after work are just smoke bombs.
newsletter.optimistengineer.com/p/how-can-yo...
🟢 Money
🟢 Stability
🟢 Work respect
Fruits, candies, retro-game machine, and apéros after work are just smoke bombs.
newsletter.optimistengineer.com/p/how-can-yo...
How beautiful it is when you build an app with different modules, perfectly separated and communicated via events... 👩🏽💻 🧡 🍂🍁🌰
Sorry, but creating incremental architectures in software is not so hard, look at this 👇🏽
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#software #architecture #leadership
newsletter.optimistengineer.com/p/incrementa...
#software #architecture #leadership
Start Small, Scale Smart: The Real Value of Incremental Architecture
A practical guide to designing software that can evolve as fast as you do
newsletter.optimistengineer.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:17 AM
How beautiful it is when you build an app with different modules, perfectly separated and communicated via events... 👩🏽💻 🧡 🍂🍁🌰
Sorry, but creating incremental architectures in software is not so hard, look at this 👇🏽
newsletter.optimistengineer.com/p/incrementa...
#software #architecture #leadership
newsletter.optimistengineer.com/p/incrementa...
#software #architecture #leadership
Start Small, Scale Smart: The Real Value of Incremental Architecture
A practical guide to designing software that can evolve as fast as you do
newsletter.optimistengineer.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Sorry, but creating incremental architectures in software is not so hard, look at this 👇🏽
newsletter.optimistengineer.com/p/incrementa...
#software #architecture #leadership
newsletter.optimistengineer.com/p/incrementa...
#software #architecture #leadership
New fork of Visual Studio Code, this time, coming from Google
Did someone already try it?
antigravity.google
Did someone already try it?
antigravity.google
November 19, 2025 at 9:12 PM
New fork of Visual Studio Code, this time, coming from Google
Did someone already try it?
antigravity.google
Did someone already try it?
antigravity.google
Folks, I've just published another learning about how to make software Architectures Incremental.
I would love to hear your thoughts about it 👇🏽
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#software #architecture #TechLead
I would love to hear your thoughts about it 👇🏽
newsletter.optimistengineer.com/p/incrementa...
#software #architecture #TechLead
Start Small, Scale Smart: The Real Value of Incremental Architecture
A practical guide to designing software that can evolve as fast as you do
newsletter.optimistengineer.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Folks, I've just published another learning about how to make software Architectures Incremental.
I would love to hear your thoughts about it 👇🏽
newsletter.optimistengineer.com/p/incrementa...
#software #architecture #TechLead
I would love to hear your thoughts about it 👇🏽
newsletter.optimistengineer.com/p/incrementa...
#software #architecture #TechLead
Folks around, did you suffer the hit because of the Cloudflare outage?
Looking forward to the full analysis from @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com on this 😅
Looking forward to the full analysis from @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com on this 😅
November 19, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Folks around, did you suffer the hit because of the Cloudflare outage?
Looking forward to the full analysis from @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com on this 😅
Looking forward to the full analysis from @gergely.pragmaticengineer.com on this 😅
In this email, I just wanted to make a heads-up about Crossplane, a technology that solves a real and important problem that the majority of us suffer from every day:
👉🏼 Not owning our infrastructure.
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#crossplane #kubernetes
👉🏼 Not owning our infrastructure.
newsletter.optimistengineer.com/p/enabling-d...
#crossplane #kubernetes
Enabling developers to take ownership of the Platform Infrastructure
Enter Crossplane
newsletter.optimistengineer.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:34 AM
In this email, I just wanted to make a heads-up about Crossplane, a technology that solves a real and important problem that the majority of us suffer from every day:
👉🏼 Not owning our infrastructure.
newsletter.optimistengineer.com/p/enabling-d...
#crossplane #kubernetes
👉🏼 Not owning our infrastructure.
newsletter.optimistengineer.com/p/enabling-d...
#crossplane #kubernetes
Reposted by Marcos F. Lobo
Ok, here it is: ATProto blog posts collection - I collected a lot of interesting blog posts about Bluesky/ATProto things written since 2023* by the team & the community, and put them in one list grouped into sections (there's even a quick search field at the top):
(*) one even earlier
(*) one even earlier
ATProto blog posts collection
I come across a lot of blog posts about the AT Protocol and Bluesky technicals – both on Bluesky official blogs and those of the team members, and by independent developers from the community. So many...
mackuba.eu
November 18, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Ok, here it is: ATProto blog posts collection - I collected a lot of interesting blog posts about Bluesky/ATProto things written since 2023* by the team & the community, and put them in one list grouped into sections (there's even a quick search field at the top):
(*) one even earlier
(*) one even earlier
Tomorrow is Wednesday, and your inbox knows it.
A new episode on the Incremental Architectures:
👉🏼 Incremental Architecture: What You Really Need To Know
Subscribe now and receive it tomorrow directly in your inbox 📥👇🏻
open.substack.com/pub/optimist...
A new episode on the Incremental Architectures:
👉🏼 Incremental Architecture: What You Really Need To Know
Subscribe now and receive it tomorrow directly in your inbox 📥👇🏻
open.substack.com/pub/optimist...
November 18, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Tomorrow is Wednesday, and your inbox knows it.
A new episode on the Incremental Architectures:
👉🏼 Incremental Architecture: What You Really Need To Know
Subscribe now and receive it tomorrow directly in your inbox 📥👇🏻
open.substack.com/pub/optimist...
A new episode on the Incremental Architectures:
👉🏼 Incremental Architecture: What You Really Need To Know
Subscribe now and receive it tomorrow directly in your inbox 📥👇🏻
open.substack.com/pub/optimist...
Reposted by Marcos F. Lobo
Gemini 3 leak shows solid gains on math, vision, and SimpleQA
Sonnet still ahead on SWE-bench though, while Gemini takes TerminalBench
Nice to see models getting better at different things
Sonnet still ahead on SWE-bench though, while Gemini takes TerminalBench
Nice to see models getting better at different things
November 18, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Gemini 3 leak shows solid gains on math, vision, and SimpleQA
Sonnet still ahead on SWE-bench though, while Gemini takes TerminalBench
Nice to see models getting better at different things
Sonnet still ahead on SWE-bench though, while Gemini takes TerminalBench
Nice to see models getting better at different things
El problema que te resuelve este post es el de:
👉🏼 Saber cuáles son los prompts que funcionan en tu organización.
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#prompt #ainative #softwareengineering
👉🏼 Saber cuáles son los prompts que funcionan en tu organización.
ainativebrujula.substack.com/p/de-caos-a-...
#prompt #ainative #softwareengineering
De Caos a Catálogo: Evaluación de Prompts
Cómo pasar de “pruebo y rezo” a decisiones reproducibles sobre qué prompt usar, por modelo y por dominio.
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November 18, 2025 at 6:30 AM
El problema que te resuelve este post es el de:
👉🏼 Saber cuáles son los prompts que funcionan en tu organización.
ainativebrujula.substack.com/p/de-caos-a-...
#prompt #ainative #softwareengineering
👉🏼 Saber cuáles son los prompts que funcionan en tu organización.
ainativebrujula.substack.com/p/de-caos-a-...
#prompt #ainative #softwareengineering
Are you into some certification?
🟢 Is it worth it?
🔴 Or better to pass?
I read you in the comments 👇🏽
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🟢 Is it worth it?
🔴 Or better to pass?
I read you in the comments 👇🏽
newsletter.optimistengineer.com/p/are-certif...
Should I take a certification?
It depends, as many times, but I give you a guide so you can take the right decision for your case
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November 17, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Are you into some certification?
🟢 Is it worth it?
🔴 Or better to pass?
I read you in the comments 👇🏽
newsletter.optimistengineer.com/p/are-certif...
🟢 Is it worth it?
🔴 Or better to pass?
I read you in the comments 👇🏽
newsletter.optimistengineer.com/p/are-certif...
When you stop thinking about vibe coding and start thinking about assisted coding work, you see the AI Agent Coding Assistant as a pair programming exercise.
You have to be clear in the communication about what to do, iterate slowly, and review everything.
Do you use AI Agents for coding at work?
You have to be clear in the communication about what to do, iterate slowly, and review everything.
Do you use AI Agents for coding at work?
November 17, 2025 at 10:49 AM
When you stop thinking about vibe coding and start thinking about assisted coding work, you see the AI Agent Coding Assistant as a pair programming exercise.
You have to be clear in the communication about what to do, iterate slowly, and review everything.
Do you use AI Agents for coding at work?
You have to be clear in the communication about what to do, iterate slowly, and review everything.
Do you use AI Agents for coding at work?
You can now own your infrastructure without opening a ticket.
newsletter.optimistengineer.com/p/enabling-d...
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November 17, 2025 at 7:57 AM
You can now own your infrastructure without opening a ticket.
newsletter.optimistengineer.com/p/enabling-d...
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Early morning and the first bug is already saved
a man is wearing a tutu and dancing in a park .
ALT: a man is wearing a tutu and dancing in a park .
media.tenor.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Early morning and the first bug is already saved
Reposted by Marcos F. Lobo
Are we still doing starter packs?
Put this one together because I love seeing things that lovely folks write on the internet, and I'm sure there are more people to meet and add to this list.
go.bsky.app/AnM2t7r
Put this one together because I love seeing things that lovely folks write on the internet, and I'm sure there are more people to meet and add to this list.
go.bsky.app/AnM2t7r
November 15, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Are we still doing starter packs?
Put this one together because I love seeing things that lovely folks write on the internet, and I'm sure there are more people to meet and add to this list.
go.bsky.app/AnM2t7r
Put this one together because I love seeing things that lovely folks write on the internet, and I'm sure there are more people to meet and add to this list.
go.bsky.app/AnM2t7r
@mackuba.eu you know things, is there any MCP client for the Bluesky API?
November 16, 2025 at 1:24 PM
@mackuba.eu you know things, is there any MCP client for the Bluesky API?
Have a great Sunday! 🌰🍁🍂
November 16, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Have a great Sunday! 🌰🍁🍂
Have you ever had a Bad manager? I mean, really, that kind of boss that you feel is doing things against you.
November 16, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Have you ever had a Bad manager? I mean, really, that kind of boss that you feel is doing things against you.
November 16, 2025 at 9:59 AM