Hi, I'm Pedro — a
product person(yes, both)
who still ships code.
Computer scientist by training, with a master's in Enterprise Information Systems,
and ten-plus years in CRM that taught me what's worth building.
Today I'm part of a small team building our internal tool: I write the requirements in the
morning and the TypeScript in the afternoon. From the Algarve, via Brighton, now in
Madrid. On the side I photograph
cities,
make imperfect things out of clay,
and write here when something about the web bothers me enough.
Say hello.↑ I reply. slowly, but I do.
now →shaping and shipping features for our internal tool·thinking about the web we grew up with·eight ceramic pieces in, all imperfect
Writing
essays, occasionally in portuguese
feb 2025The New Social Circles — I deleted Facebook, then Twitter. Where I ended up instead: paid newsletters, small Discords, and rooms with no algorithm.essay · technology · social media
jun 2024The Problem of Google Doing It for Us — Google I/O promised a Search that does the work for you. What happens to the web — and to the people who write it — when the search engine becomes the destination? ← start hereessay · technology · ai · web
Blue Note Gallery59 album covers from the 10" LP era (1951–55), when John Hermansader, Paul Bacon and Gil Mellé, with photographer Francis Wolff, made sleeves as groundbreaking as the music.
Fanzine BuilderA browser-based zine maker: drag in photos, pick a layout, export a PNG for Instagram or a print-ready booklet PDF.
Cuándo tocaWhat fruit and veg is at its best each month in Spain, by region, with a shareable story for every month. Built on the open data of Soy de temporada.
ContraetiquetaWhere Spain's wine really comes from: one litre in four is made in Ciudad Real, and most of it carries no DOP seal. Province by province, from the Ministry of Agriculture's own figures.