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G. Casqueiro

G. Casqueiro

Peniche, Portugal
Father | Learning to code (JS/Node/React) | Digital & Analog Designer | Comics & Sci-Fi Geek | Music & Film Junkie | 80’s & 90’s Aficionado
May
05
A cracked sphere bearing the Blender logo, split open with gold coins stamped with "AI" spilling out onto a light surface.

The Mob Won. Blender Lost

Anthropic offered Blender 240.000€ a year in ongoing funding. Four programmer jobs. The community revolted, and three days later the Foundation folded. Here's why it bothers me.
6 min read
Apr
30
Cloudflare Registrar domain search showing an unavailable result, with a list of alternative TLD suggestions, on a dark macOS desktop.

Every Good Name is Taken

A couple of weeks ago I decided to try to build an RSS reader. I grabbed my notebook, listed every feature I wanted, and started imagining the UI. The code is coming together. The name, however, is proving much harder than I expected.
3 min read
Apr
21
Laptop on a desk displaying a 500 error during a Webflow outage, capturing the moment cloud services stall client work.

When the Cloud Reminded Me Who's Really in Control

Last week the platforms I count on for client work failed one after another. Not in some dramatic collapse, but at the exact moments I needed them most.
5 min read
Apr
09
A glasswing butterfly rests on a dark surface covered in glowing code, moody blue-grey cinematic lighting.

The Glass Wall

Anthropic announced a model too capable to release publicly. Project Glasswing is the response, and it cuts right to the heart of who controls the tools the whole internet runs on.
6 min read
Mar
23
MacBook Pro on a wooden desk showing a terminal with ghst CLI commands alongside the Ghost admin Members panel, with a notebook and plant in the background

Between You and the Tool

John O'Nolan built a CLI for Ghost on a whim, used it for an hour, and found it hard to go back to the browser. I was thinking about a version of the same problem, but from a different angle.
3 min read
Mar
19
Man holding an ipad at a wooden desk during his morning reading routine. A coffee mug beside him, warm light through a window. Only hands and torso visible.

The Format That Outlasted Everything

I've been reading through RSS feeds since 2007. Every platform built on top of the format has disappointed me, but the format itself never has.
4 min read
Mar
15
A developer sitting at a desk late at night, head resting on one hand, staring at a monitor filled with code with a frustrated expression.

Beginner Again

There is a version of this story that is clean and motivating. This is not that version, this is the one with imposter syndrome, slow progress, and the strange feeling of being experienced and a complete beginner at the same time.
4 min read
Mar
12
Laptop on a dark desk with soft purple and blue ambient lighting, a notebook and pencil resting beside it.

Searching For The Tool That Holds My Thinking Together

Or at least, the one that's holding it together right now.
7 min read
Mar
03
Quiet workspace desk with MacBook displaying VS Code, handwritten React notes in a notebook, coffee mug, and natural light from the window.

AI as Collaborator: Why I'm Skipping the Bill and Going Local

AI coding tools are genuinely impressive. But between Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, and whatever Google launches next, the subscriptions stack up fast. Here's why I'm heading in the opposite direction.
6 min read
Feb
24
A developer sitting at a laptop late at night, hands covering his face, surrounded by warm bokeh lights. The universal posture of a brain that's had enough for one day.

The Unglamorous Part

Two weeks of client work, a JavaScript course I've barely started, and nothing to show for it. This is what building in public actually looks like most of the time.
2 min read