Angelo Rodrigues
I’m Angelo, a seasoned Software Developer with over 20 years of experience spanning various roles and disciplines. My journey began as a “Full Stack” developer/designer in the early 2000s, inspired by projects like 2Advanced Studios v3. Over time, I’ve moved progressively deeper into the stack. Since 2012, my technical focus has been on Backend development, DevOps, and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), but my broader passion lies in “Leveling Up Engineering”—helping teams and organizations reach their next stage of growth.
I specialize in joining teams that are ready to evolve from “We have an MVP” to “We are a company.” My experience includes founding a startup in the Security space, consulting on both technical challenges and engineering management, leading teams as a People Manager, and driving initiatives as a Principal Engineer. While my career spans a variety of industries, I’ve gravitated toward EdTech and Security, with a few ventures into Cryptocurrency.
This blog serves as a living archive of the insights, techniques, and lessons I’ve gathered along the way. Updates are sporadic, reflecting the ebb and flow of life, but my goal is to provide something valuable for every reader—whether you’re an engineer, a manager, or just curious about the craft.
If you have questions or want to connect, feel free to email me—let’s figure it out together.
All Recent Posts
- AWS ElasticBeanstalk Gotcha's (2024-12-09) — Funky ElasticBeanstalk behaviours
- Publishing with Obsidian (2024-12-09) — Blogging with Obsidian
- Amplify Docker Limitations (2023-12-05) — Amplify has some odd docker limitations it doesn’t want to fix
- Chrome HTTP Request stuck in "Stalled" State (2023-06-20) — Chrome reports that a request is stuck in a “stalled” state and I try and figure out why
- Started from *Free* now we're here (2023-06-19) — How FREE has shaped my life
- Simple Redis Job Queue (2023-05-25) — A naive redis job queue implementation
- Now Powered by Outlines (2023-05-21) — An update to how I publish new posts
- Designing On Call (2022-09-21) — How to implement a successful on-call process for the first time
- Removing the Default Font (2022-03-31) — Where I spend too long talking about why I removed the default font temporarily
- gitweb - a GitHub/GitLab alternative (2022-03-24) — Setting up your own git repo browser
- Code Reviews Are Failure (2022-02-24) — Code Reviews are nothing more than a half-hearted attempt to avoid planning
- Git Branching Strategies (2021-07-16) — A topic that every developer in the world has an opinion about
- Git Workflows Suck (2021-07-15) — Common pitfalls with everyones “git process”
- Gemini, an HTTP alternative (2021-06-21) — An HTTP alternative
- Serverless with CloudFlare Workers (2020-05-07) — Building LootCap with CloudFlare Workers