Joao AlvesinBabylon EngineeringPull Request review etiquetteAs software engineers, we spend most of our time writing and reading code. A lot of that time is spent reading other people’s code in PRs.5 min read·Feb 10, 2020----
Joao AlvesinBabylon EngineeringThe importance of onboarding people wellStarting a new job as an engineer can be overwhelming at with all the technologies one has to learn, the processes they have to get…8 min read·Dec 9, 2019----
Joao AlvesMinimalism in Software Engineering — tidy that calendarWelcome to the last article on the series. Today we’re going through some tips around calendar management and how to handle people…1 min read·Mar 26, 2019----
Joao AlvesMinimalism in Software Engineering — tidy that desktopToday I’m going to explore the changes I made on my machine and workflow to reduce the number of distractions during work time…1 min read·Mar 19, 2019----
Joao AlvesMinimalism in Software Engineering — tidy that workplace…today I’ll share the changes I made on my physical workspace, namely my desks, and how it helped me do to my work better1 min read·Mar 12, 2019----
Joao AlvesMinimalism in Software Engineering — an introductionWhat’s minimalism and how can it help us become more efficient at our job as software engineers?1 min read·Mar 6, 2019----
Joao AlvesinProAndroidDevLondon Tube Status App — from Rx to CoroutinesAnother migration guide. Now that Coroutines are stable, I decided to migrate this app from Rx to Coroutines to give it a try.5 min read·Dec 21, 2018--2--2
Joao AlvesFirebase Android Playground — Cloud MessagingToday we’re going to look into Firebase Cloud Messaging and how we can use it to send messages to our app and trigger local notifications…1 min read·Dec 7, 2018----
Joao AlvesFirebase Android Playground — Realtime Database…we setup our authentication system so we’re now ready to use Firebase Realtime Database to build a realtime database for our app.1 min read·Nov 22, 2018--1--1
Joao AlvesFirebase Android Playground — AuthenticationIn this one, we’ll look into Firebase Authentication and see how easy it is to authenticate your users in several different ways…1 min read·Nov 8, 2018--1--1