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The dark side of ambition
- Ambition
- Mindset
Engineer by trade, writer by habit
Miguel Rodrigues
Software engineer building thoughtful systems — and writing about the ideas, mindset, and lessons behind the work.
The full portfolio is still taking shape, but the writing is already live: posts on software, philosophy, and whatever I'm learning next.
What I'm exploring
Notes across a few obsessions
Engineering
Software architecture, systems design, and the craft of building things well.
Philosophy
Personal development and ideas worth living by.
Finance
Long-term thinking about money, risk, and time.
Physics & systems
Curious ideas from physics and how systems behave.
Under active construction
Building the rest, in the open
Portfolio and project pages are next. The blog is where the thinking already happens.
LiveBlog & writing
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