#communication
8 posts
2026 - April
1 post2025 - April
1 post2017 - June
1 post2013 - November
1 post2013 - May
1 post2009 - July
1 post2009 - June
1 post2007 - February
1 post2026 - April
1 postWhy LLMs Aren't Giving You the Result You Expect | Why I Prefer Claude Code Today
Every week somebody tells me 'I canceled my Claude plan, it just doesn't perform as well as GPT for me.' I've got 500+ hours in Claude Code and Codex, 400k lines generated, and both deliver. The difference isn't the model. It's how people are talking to it.
2025 - April
1 postDestroying the ChatGPT 4o "Personality"
How to disable ChatGPT's pseudo-human chatter and get straight, dry technical answers by tweaking the custom traits settings.
2017 - June
1 postConference Talks, Interviews, and the Pen!
Talks, interviews, and blog posts lose their audience when they focus on what and how instead of why. Persuasion starts with understanding each audience’s priorities.
2013 - November
1 post[Off-Topic] Programmers Are Terrible Communicators (UDP vs TCP)
Using UDP and TCP as a metaphor, the text says programmers confuse informing with communicating. Real projects require confirming connection, context, order, understanding, and message delivery.
2013 - May
1 postBrazilian Portuguese Can Confuse Us: Standard vs Pattern
In programming, default, pattern, and standard can all become “padrão” in Portuguese, but they mean different things: a preselected choice, a recurring solution, and a norm used as a reference.
2009 - July
1 post[Off-Topic] Intervene or Not? The "Catch-22" of Co-Pilots
Drawing on airplane accidents, the author adapts the PACE protocol for software teams: ask, alert, challenge, and intervene when a manager ignores serious risks.
2009 - June
1 post[Translation] Advice for Software Development Managers
Gerald Weinberg shows how blame culture and incongruent communication sabotage projects, while congruence improves problem-solving. Change happens through six stages.
2007 - February
1 postGetting Real Translation - Release Candidate 2 Launch
The Brazilian Portuguese translation of Getting Real reaches Release Candidate 2 with all 16 chapters translated and half the review complete. The public version comes before the final launch attempt.