Some opinions, experiences and projects from a developer and (soon) PhD student.
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My method for speedrunning your Literature Review
I have just finished writing my MSc Thesis and I guess I’ve written a decent literature review in a fairly reasonable amount of time. So I am writing this post to share a bit how to use different tools to have a very fluid writing process. I’m no prompt engineer or whatever the current buzzword is. I am just using some tools for my benefit as things should be I guess.
Read More →I will study more (go for PhD)
Note: to be expanded 2024-2025 was supposed to be the final year of my Master’s degree studies. Some part of me still thinks if it wasn’t just better to have started a PhD straight away, as our Bacherlor’s degrees in Brazil last 5 years, we do research during the degrees, etc etc. In any case, over the past year I have been deliberating and oscillating a lot, considering the options I have before me after my master’s degree finishes.
Read More →Analysis of my Spring 2025
Don’t do as I do, or in other works, how to ask for burnout. As open source developers say: free things are gifts. You should be grateful for having access to opensource software and stop blaming the developers. tl;dr: Only do volunteer work you will enjoy. Sleep better Sleep is fundamental, paramount. If you don’t sleep properly, stop reading now and come back when you do. Learn to detect things to say No to I started my master’s degree in fall 2023, and I was looking for projects.
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