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Welcome to Xangelo.ca

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 across a variety of industries.

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 — me[at]xangelo.ca.

2026 Archive (1 article)
2025 Archive (3 articles)
2024 Archive (3 articles)
DateArticle
2024-12-13What Canada Post Can Teach Us About Chesterton’s Fence publishleadershipcanada
2024-12-09AWS ElasticBeanstalk Gotcha's publishawselasticbeanstalk
2024-12-09Publishing with Obsidian publishbloghugo
2023 Archive (5 articles)
DateArticle
2023-12-05Amplify Docker Limitations awsdockeramplify
2023-06-20Chrome HTTP Request stuck in "Stalled" State chromeinvestigationexplanation
2023-06-19Started from *Free* now we're here game devmtxbio
2023-05-25Simple Redis Job Queue redisarchitecturepublish
2023-05-21Now Powered by Outlines outlinerblogproject
2022 Archive (5 articles)
DateArticle
2022-09-21Designing On Call engineeringengineering orgengineering processes
2022-03-31Removing the Default Font upkeepfontspublish
2022-03-24gitweb - a GitHub/GitLab alternative gitdevelopmentdev tools
2022-02-24Code Reviews Are Failure gitdevelopmentengineering processes
2022-02-11Code Reviews are a Failure
2021 Archive (3 articles)
DateArticle
2021-07-16Git Branching Strategies gitdevelopmentdev workflow
2021-07-15Git Workflows Suck gitdevelopmentengineering processes
2021-06-21Gemini, an HTTP alternative geminiupkeeppublish
2020 Archive (3 articles)
DateArticle
2020-05-07Serverless with CloudFlare Workers architecturelootcappublish
2020-04-29What the heck is a Database Index? explanationdatabasepublish
2020-04-29The Disk Is Slow explanationpublish