The Dad Project
My most meaningful long-term project: rewarding, unpredictable and impossible to automate. The tiny humans keep changing the requirements.
FATHERHOOD · PATIENCE · IMPROVISATIONENGINEERING · TECHNOLOGY · CURIOSITY
Building systems.
Solving problems.
I'm Rafael, a DevOps Tech Lead working across software, infrastructure and automation. Outside work, I'm interested in aviation, electronics and making things.
BASED IN COIMBRA, PORTUGAL
A LITTLE ABOUT ME
I connect development, infrastructure and operations to help build systems teams can depend on. I like practical solutions, thoughtful automation and learning by building.
SOFTWARE ENGINEERING · DEVOPS & PLATFORMS · INFRASTRUCTURE · TECHNICAL LEADERSHIP
SELECTED PROJECTS
Things I'm exploring.
Personal project areas at the intersection of software and hands-on building.
A320 Home Cockpit
A personal exploration of a physical flight deck for home simulation. The idea brings together cockpit design, controls, displays and the software that connects them.
FLIGHT SIMULATION · CAD · HARDWAREVirtual Aviation
Exploring the tools and integrations behind virtual flight operations, from operational data and APIs to the wider flight simulation ecosystem.
AVIATION · APIS · INTEGRATIONElectronics & DIY
Small practical experiments with microcontrollers, circuits and physical interfaces, including the enclosures and software needed to make them useful.
ELECTRONICS · PROTOTYPING · MAKING