Software engineer, entrepreneur, and traveler.

I'm Richard, a software engineer and entrepreneur based in Lisbon, Portugal. I build beautiful, responsive websites and performant apps for any industry. When I'm not building cool things for amazing people, I'm traveling and experiencing the world.

Exploring PocketBase with Go: A Beginner's Guide

I discovered PocketBase about a year ago and have used it as the backend for several small personal projects. It's a fantastic little backend-as-a-service that works well for small to mid-sized projects. The content for my personal portfolio site is ...

Internationalizing a React Native App with i18next and Expo: Part 2

If you haven't done so already, check out my Part 1 article here, where I walk you through setting up i18next and expo-localization in your React Native App. In part 1, we learned how to set up i18next and expo-localization in a React Native app with...

Internationalizing a React Native App with i18next and Expo: Part 1

I've been working with React Native and Expo for a little over a year now and I love it. I started my cross-platform mobile development journey with Flutter back when it was just a baby in 2017. But, being a primarily React developer, it just made se...

I Finally Got My First Customer...but....

I was sitting at my desk one evening last week just wrapping up some work. And then I saw it. An email from Stripe saying that I had just received a $15 payment from a purchase on my SaaS - Waitlisty.io. Then something else happened soon after. I use...

Work

  1. Company
    Going
    Role
    Software Engineer
    Date
  2. Company
    DroneDeploy
    Role
    Software Engineer
    Date
  3. Company
    FlightAware
    Role
    Software Engineer
    Date
  4. Company
    SkyWest Airlines
    Role
    Captain
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