About this site

Hello there! 👋

My name is G. Casqueiro, a former architectural designer transitioning into web development, and this is my corner on the (small) web.

I spent 15 years working in architecture and visualization. Over the course of 2025, I noticed the "spark" for that kind of work fading. It wasn't sudden, just a slow realization that the energy (and patience) I once had for architecture was moving somewhere else. By the end of the year, I decided to follow it and started learning to code.

When I first went to university in 2004, I enrolled in computer engineering before switching to architecture a few months later. More than two decades later, I'm closing the circle.

I'm also a dad, and being able to spend time with my son is the most important thing to me. The flexibility to control my own schedule and build things on my terms? That's a big part of why this path makes sense.

What I'm doing now:

Learning web development through hands-on projects
Exploring SaaS ideas and building small tools
Writing about the process here (just starting)

What I write about:

Dev logs and learning in public
Open-source tools and indie web "philosophy"
The crossover between design thinking and code
Career pivots and following the energy instead of inertia
Occasionally 3D printing and updates on building my homelab.
The occasional random post about something else

What I don't write about:

Politics
Religion
Social issues (the ones that are always trending in social media)
Everything else I should keep to myself

Other interests:

Sci-fi (Star Wars, Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica, Stargate, and many others), fantasy (Lord of the Rings, Dungeons & Dragons, and more), comic books and retro gaming collecting. The usual geek stuff. And music always on.

I might write about these occasionally.

Elsewhere:

Drop me a message if you want to talk.

Cheers! 👍

⚠️ Disclaimer

A Note on Language:

I'm Portuguese, so English isn't my first language. I write everything here myself: the thoughts, the stories, all of it.

I read and understand English really well, but writing it? That's where the differences show up. Portuguese and English work differently: sentence structure, word order, and the way ideas come together. It's not a straight translation. Something that flows naturally in Portuguese can sometimes sound clunky or confusing in English (and the other way around). So I write what I mean, then let AI proofread it. That way, the posts are easier for English readers to follow without any head-tilting moments.

The sentences might get polished, but they're still mine.