Pedro Feitosa

The start of 2026 sent me into a loop of “how do I interact with my workbench?”: I started a new job, installed a new OS on my personal computer, and began organizing files for consistency and portability across environments. For the past few years I’ve been something of a JetBrains evangelist. I tried a bunch of their tools for Java, Go, C, Rust, and data engineering work. But my context changed a lot in 2025, so I switched to VS Code as my main IDE. Even though it served me well, I never felt as confident as I did with JetBrains tools: debugging, running apps, and managing Git often pushed me out of the IDE and into the terminal. ...

This space has never had a clearly defined purpose. It remains a place where I try to express ideas and share knowledge with the community. Inspired by LinuxTips, I always wanted it to be accessible - a place where people could grow alongside my challenges, experiences, and reflections. The intended audience hasn’t changed: software engineers and managers at any stage of their careers. That’s a decision I don’t plan to revisit. ...