Andre Franca

Lula calling drug traffickers “victims” is the kind of thing that makes me wonder if the people running Brazil are living on the same planet as the rest of us.

I would like to announce that this blog has migrated from Hugo to WriteFreely!

I’m tired of being told to “lower the temperature” by the same culture that keeps lighting matches.

Eighteen years off and I somehow convinced myself I was “fine”.

This is a quick update on Sveltia CMS.

In recent days, Fosstodon (a Mastodon instance) has become an example of how even well-intentioned communities can go sideways when communication breaks down and everyone starts shouting past each other.

Over the past years, social media has completely reshaped how most people communicate, learn, and interact with the world around us.

In the “modern world”, streaming services have become the dominant method of music consumption.

Vinícius Júnior, recently declared as one of Brazil’s most promising soccer talents and elected FIFA’s Best Player of the season, has become a figure of disappointment for many fans, including myself - [who have always been a fan of his playing style]({{…

Using Sveltia-CMS on my blog has been an interesting experience.

Linux is an open source operating system that offers a variety of distributions (distros) to suit different user needs.

Formula 1 loves selling the romance of talent, but it runs on impatience.

A vida de Daniel Alves, um dos mais renomados laterais do futebol mundial, tomou um rumo inesperado nos últimos anos.

A figura de Rosângela Lula da Silva, conhecida como “Janja”, tem sido um ponto central na controvérsia em torno do governo atual no Brasil.

I’ve mostly written this blog in English because English is the internet’s default setting.

Samsung makes great hardware and then ruins the experience with software.

This is my first movie review, and it comes with lots of controversies.

The FIFA international break is a joyless invention.

O desejo de escrever este texto surgiu do recente episódio envolvendo o atleta Luighi, jogador do Palmeiras sub-20, durante a Copa Libertadores.

In Brazil, the Supreme Federal Court (STF) has increasingly become a source of concern for the protection of fundamental rights, particularly freedom of expression and legal certainty.

Performative activism and cancel culture have hijacked social and political discourse, especially in places like Brazil.

Here in the southern hemisphere, we’re already heading towards the worst season of all: the Summer.

Manchester City’s defeat to Liverpool in the 13th round of the Premier League marks a significant milestone in the Guardiola era: one of the longest, if not the longest, winless streaks for the team.

First: Lando Norris and his Sportsmanship Lando Norris, who is often criticized for not being aggressive enough in his battles against his opponents, often shows a very calm demeanor in his decisions.

I’ve just published a new open-source software named Rustpix.

If you self-host your own instance of Miniflux (a RSS Feed Reader) and have it exposed publicly to the internet, it is a good idea to protect it against brute force attacks.

After running into some dependency issues and long build and deployment times on Cloudflare, I decided it was finally time to move away from Jekyll and switch to a different Static Site Generator.

Clicking the video constitutes your consent to view it via YouTube.

I was wondering whether or not to write this post because it’s personal and painful.

I’m very upset these days.

I have an Akko 3084B Plus mechanical keyboard, one of the devices I like the most and use on a daily basis.

Yesterday, when I went to the website of my email provider, Skiff (a privacy-focused productivity platform), I came across the announcement that the company had been sold to Notion.

It’s been three days with my new smartphone, a Samsung Galaxy s24 Ultra, and I confess that it’s been pretty boring.

I remember that when I first set up this site with Jekyll, I made sure to configure the site’s metadata to make it easier for search engines to index it.

Some time ago, my therapist helped me understand a desire I’ve always had: to express myself more and better.

Recently, I came across the post “Styling RSS and Atom feeds” by Robb Knight, where he styled his RSS feed in a way that a person could read, instead of a machine-readable .xml file.

We rarely notice behavioral changes in ourselves unless someone points them out.

I despise advertising.

Last year, several people shared their list of default apps, and it was fun to follow the various blogs and see what people have been using.

The privilege of being present in a child’s life is given to few.

It’s funny how we create bonds of friendship.

In my imagination, I’ve always entertained the idea of trying to be a person whose actions benefited the common good at the expense of my own interests.

The 2023 Formula One season is about to start, and I’m excited.

This is, but not really, a reply to the post “De-brand”, written by Simone Silvestroni.

Recently, I was having a bad time with my macbook, and I wrote a post sharing my experiences.

I might have mentioned elsewhere my disappointment with my MacBook keyboard, but I need to say it again: Apple’s butterfly keyboard is a piece of garbage.

For the second time this month, my wife received two messages where the sender offered some crazy opportunity to make money or asked her for financial help.

A couple of days ago, a domain switch took place on this website, and I wanted to have a way to dynamically 1 forward URLs from the old domain to the new one, preserving the current permalink structure.

I’ve been running this blog since April, and for the first time I can say I’m really happy with it in terms of functionality and appearance.

From now on, all my content will be available at https://abf.li/ https://afranca.com.br in place of the old afhub.dev.