Hey, I’m Rafa, a developer from Portugal 🇵🇹 in Bergen, Norway 🇳🇴. I build apps, design interfaces, practice parkour, hike and bicycle around. Firm believer that less is more, unless it’s hobbies.
You can find me in many platforms under the handle rafms or rafmst, and I always use the same avatar photo, so if different, then it's not me.
My other homes on the web
Codeberg / BlueSky / Storygraph / Pinkleap / Mastodon
Summer of 2026 Photos
I've been learning and taking analog pictures for almost a year now. Started with a Konica C35 EF and now also with a Pentax K1000. This summer I used the Pentax a lot and tried to improve the quality because in the beginning everything was out of focus or with poor lighting. This last film roll I could save 32 out of 36 shots, which is a record.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
I found this book surprisingly easy to read and follow. The story is straightforward, but still manages to make the world of Narnia feel interesting and mysterious. I think the writing style is probably one of the things that stood out to me the most. It has a very old-fashioned feeling to it, which makes sense considering when the book was written, but I actually enjoyed it. It gives the story a different kind of feeling.
Dune Messiah by Frank Hebert
This one is tricky for me to rate. I feel like the author writing is a bit tricky for me to understand, no shame in admitting it, but somehow I feel like I understand everything Frank Herbert is trying to convey in is writting.
Rogue Protocol by Martha Wells
This is confusing to me, because I like that we get Muderbot solo adventures but at the same point I feel like to a degree this is canon and doesn't matter to the main arc. That said, I love that the author went this way and decided to world build as much as possible while still showing us how Murderbot is evolving with every adventure.
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
I love books that give us alternative variables to one self in a realistic way. I give you an example, in The Invisible Man, H.G. Wells gives you a perspective of a realistic hypothetical of what would it really be like to be invisible and the problems that would come with it. In Flowers for Algernon, we get a realistic perspective of what could happen if you became smarter and smarter until you were the brightest person in the world, how would you react, how bad is it, and what would happen if you also had the understanding that you were once a dumb person.
The best way to code a new project
In theory, starting a new project is exciting. I love the planning process, from the branding part, to creating tasks and starting to tackle those tasks. In reality, it's overwhelming and if not done properly can be a death sentence to what look like a fun project.
Veten in Øygarden
This hike was planned as a half day escape since it's so close by. I planned going there just because I once saw a picture of this giant classic guitar sculpture and I never knew where it was. Finally I found it and I also found out there was a nice hike, with nice views, a Dagsturhytte and an old war place wreck on top of the mountain.
Playing with obscure programming languages
There’s something fascinating about learning and experimenting with niche, lesser-known programming languages. I think it’s the same curiosity that draws me to spoken languages, if I could choose any superpower, it would definitely be the ability to speak all human languages.