Joao Alves

Engineering Manager at IndeedFlex

Recent posts

Jun 17, 2025
Prompt-Driven Product - An Experimental Journey It's been a while since my last #buildinpublic series, so it's time for a new adventure! It all starts with a simple question: What if you could build a fully functional, cross-platform app, end-to-end, with an AI writing most of the code?
Apr 10, 2025
Lacking confidence at work? Run a marathon! πŸƒ This post is not me bragging about having ran a marathon. OK, maybe a little πŸ˜… But really, it’s about something unexpected I got from the process...
Mar 10, 2025
Performance Season - To LLM or Not To LLM? The short answer is to definitely leverage an LLM to support you during this process. But it's important to use it for the right reasons and the right outcomes.
Jul 24, 2021
Goodbye UK, Hello again Portugal The time has come to say goodbye to the UK and move back home to Portugal. Covid put a lot of things into perspective in the last year and a half. Family comes first, so some goodbyes to say and say hello to new and exciting experiences to come.
Apr 14, 2021
Leading with Context vs Leading with Control A culture of trust that empowers people to own things and make decisions, where you have self-directed teams is the way to go. In places where such a culture exists, innovation occurs naturally, things move faster, and ultimately people are happier.