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João Castro
João Castro

João Castro

Hey there! 👋

I’m a father, husband and amateur cook, passionate about design, who loves to tinker with old technology and repurpose everything into new life.

Thanks for stopping by, I hope you find something you like, something that inspires you. If you want to know more about me here’s a more detailed insight . There’s also a story about how I built this site with Hugo, Blowfish and GitLab.

Recent projects

SINES Wellbeing music app
Mobile IOS Android App Web App Healthcare Wellbeing UI/UX
Electrical certification app
Tablet IOS Android App Web App UI/UX Digital Transformation
Digital Avatars - mobile app
Mobile IOS Android App Avatar UI/UX

Latest articles

Create a simple news feed automation for Mastodon
Automation Workflow Mastodon N8n Cloud
Building an automation flow with a new unknown tool, to deliver curated content to your social feed seems like a whole lot of hassle just to read the news. But that’s where the fun begins. Here’s Quiosque, an automated news workflow built with n8n and posting to Mastodon.
Avoid the landfill - Ideas to repurpose your old computer
E-Waste Refurbish Old-Computer Linux Ubuntu NAS Proxmox
Computers are expensive and there is no reason to dump your old macbook or pc just because a few years have passed. Fortunately there are many new ways to repurpose and bring new life to existing equipment while learning software + hardware skills in the process, and making the world a better place overall.
From Wordpress to Hugo:
How I assembled this site writting in markdown
Design Portfolio Wordpress Hugo GitLab Markdown
This is the story of how I updated my personal portfolio to a new version, using Hugo and GitLab Pages to adopt to a workflow more aligned with my creative process.