Improver · Tech Engineer · AI Coach · Podcast Host · Speaker · Storyteller
I don't bite... just bytes.
Tech veteran with 17+ years in the trade and 10+ at Mindera, where I went from Developer to Mobile Services Lead & AI Coach. Husband and father of 🧓🧒👶.
I do too many different things to fit in a box, so I started calling myself an Improver: whatever is around me, team or tech, small or big, I try to leave it better. Work is almost an excuse to be with people.
"Don't show up to prove, show up to improve." — Simon Sinek
object Pedro : Improver {
val nickname = "neteinstein" // "Einstein" was taken on IRC in 1999
val now = listOf("Mobile Services Lead @ Mindera", "AI Coach", "Yellow Box host")
val started = listOf("GDG Porto", "LoopGain")
val order = listOf("Why", "How", "What!")
val bites = false // just bytes
}
Free apps and games, mostly built to solve a problem someone at home or at work actually had.
| Project | What it does | Built with | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🔁 | LoopGain | The feedback game for teams, now an app | Kotlin Multiplatform |
| 💞 | LoopGain Couples | Deeper conversations for couples | Kotlin Multiplatform |
| 👨👩👧 | LoopGain Family | Deeper conversations with the people you love | Kotlin |
| 📅 | Calendar Sync | Mac menu bar app that stops people booking you over meetings they can't see | Swift |
| 🧾 | Invoice2Sheet | Snap a Portuguese invoice, get a row in your Google Sheet | Kotlin |
| 💰 | Net Worth · code | Family finances on Android, iOS and web (in beta) | Kotlin Multiplatform |
| ➕ | MathClash · code | Maths duel for 2 to 4 players on one screen | TypeScript |
| 🧠 | Memory Clash · code | Memory battle for 2 to 4 players on one screen | TypeScript |
| 😈 | Moral Hazard | Dark-humour games about poor choices (in concept) | Kotlin Multiplatform |
| 🤖 | Prompts Collection | Real-world AI prompts and routines that automate everyday life | Prompts |
More from the toolbox
- 🇵🇹 Allowed Names in Portugal: the official list of allowed first names, extracted from IRN
- 🚕 CompareApp: compare Uber, Bolt, Glovo... prices the easy way
- 🏕️ Wikinácios: the encyclopedia of the Campinácios camps, since 1989
- 🎃 Halloween Minder: a spooky, silly maze game, made with love at Mindera
- 🎲 365 Group Games: for parties, camps and team building
- ⚡ Tesla Utils: one bookmark for your Tesla browser, some useful, some just for fun
- 🏰 Porto Guide: where to visit, eat and have fun in my city
- 🦖 Android fossils: AndroidCentralDispatch, AndroidArchitecture, MobileComputingCourse
I've been speaking for so long... I still had hair when I started!
Approvals Still Pending Learning from our AI mistakes · Mindera AI Insights 2026 |
Don't Make Android Bad Again Commit Porto 2018 |
Walkabout TEDxCoimbra 2012 |
Also on stage at Droidcon Lisbon, GDG DevFest, Porto Tech Hub, Agile Connect and FEUP. See all the talks and workshops or the slides.
- 🎙️ Host of Mindera Yellow Box: tech, business and culture conversations
- 🤖 AI Coach: helping teams adopt AI properly, including learning from the mistakes
- 🤝 Co-Founder of GDG Porto and creator of the LoopGain feedback game
- 🎓 Teaching: helped bootstrap Mindera School, deeply involved in the internship program, and lectured Mobile Communications at ISPGaya
- 🧩 Team workshops: pro bono for non-profits and schools
- ✍️ Writing: on Medium and, from 2020 to 2022, on education at Ponto SJ
- 🔥 O Que Arde Cura: co-created and co-hosted pranks for charity
I keep true stories from 2005 to today. Some are funny, some are surreal and a few are a bit dark, like "How my internet nickname got me into TEDx" and "Don't drink hot sauce at the library".
We're all going to die anyway, so don't be too stiff about life. You'll have much more fun!
If my free apps saved you some time, you can help me keep publishing them:
