Alex Brodt – Articles

I just finished reading Memoirs of a Survivor, by Luiz Alberto Mendes.

I went to a talk about second brain and left with some ideas about how to organize my notes better.

What a great book!

After reading City of God and Child of the Dark, I decided to keep reading books about the Brazilian outskirts.

This is a very difficult book to rate.

I have to confess something.

I finished Pachinko by Min Jin Lee and I can say it is a huge story, very good, full of historical and emotional weight, but in the end it feels like it simply ends.

I started jiu-jitsu without big ambitions.

I wanted to read Fooled by Randomness for a long time.

I just finished another good book, thanks Jéssica for the recommendation.

It’s been a while since I wrote something about running here.

I had the first class of my master's degree.

Recently I finished reading Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver.

Some days I realize how everything in my routine needs to have a function, especially my free time.

Recently I realized there is a big difference between listening to music and really hearing music.

Recently I finished reading The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel.

Today I complete 16 years working at AI/R.

I finished reading East of Eden by John Steinbeck yesterday.

The change is happening.

I finished reading The weight of the dead bird by Aline Bei and I was left with a kind of heavy feeling, a bit uncomfortable.

I finished reading It's All River by Carla Madeira.

Right now I am on vacation.

"Here is a small fact: you are going to die."

Integrating Alexa with Home Assistant using the "official and complete" path is the kind of thing that works really well… after you get punched a few times along the way.

This week I was doing some tests in Home Assistant and, because of a stupid mistake, I restarted it without validating the structure of the files I had changed.

I finished reading Thinking, Fast and Slow and it was not one of those books that you close thinking “wow, this is amazing”.

I finished reading Piranesi with a hard to explain feeling.

2025 was a more consistent reading year for me.

I've just finished How to Win Friends and Influence People and honestly I had that feeling of "ok, now I get why this book is a classic".

I started reading How to Talk to Anyone expecting something broader, almost a guide to improve everyday conversations.

Reading A Short History of the World by Geoffrey Blainey felt like taking a step back to see the full picture of human history.

After some time using Obsidian, it became clear to me that it would not work with any ready-made structure or predefined intranet model.

The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas is one of those books whose importance is unquestionable.

I finished reading The Shadow of the Wind with that rare feeling you get when a book truly delivers on what it promises.

I finished reading Verity yesterday.

Floripa has this unique power of turning any race into something almost intimate with the city.

Flowers for Algernon is a fantastic book.

I received Ayrton: The Hero Revealed as a gift from a dear friend, Mateus Nava, and I have to say it was a remarkable present.

The Jurerê Marathon has a unique vibe.

Never Lie by Freida McFadden, was quite a surprise.

Madame Bovary was the first old classic I read with genuine curiosity.

There was a time when "Super App" was the big buzzword in Brazil, you know, that idea of having one app to do it all.

Dhammapada is one of those books that seem simple at first glance but surprise you with their depth.

In the last few weeks, I decided to challenge myself and read Good Strategy, Bad Strategy by Richard Rumelt in English.

When we talk about smart home/home automation, we can't ignore the convenience of accessing everything while away from home.

I recently finished The Wedding People by Alison Espach, which was my number one fiction read of 2024.

The race was on Saturday.

If you have Home Assistant running at your house, accessing by IP or domain without HTTPS, you've probably already seen the insecure connection warning.

If you use many Tuya devices in your Home Assistant this post is for you.

One of those Sundays in Jurerê: open sky, low temperature, light wind.