Fernando Mertins

@edgaralandough Less is more 🙂😉

Something I noticed about genuinely happy people: They're doing less than you. They have fewer goals. Fewer appointments. Fewer obligations. They've learned that addition by subtraction is real. While you're optimizing every minute, they're sitting on their porch drinking coffee. They're not lazy. They just figured out that most of what we chase doesn't matter. Busy is a choice. Peace is too. One looks successful. The other actually is.

Writing code by hand used to be where developers found clarity. While typing out every line, you naturally thought about the data flow, edge cases, naming, structure, props, etc. Bugs often got caught before the code even ran. Now, AI generates code at lightning speed. If your thinking isn’t clear, you will spend your day debugging AI hallucinations instead of solving actual problems. Clear intent is the bigger bottleneck now.

@UgoLagos Don't ever wear black shoes with white socks and jeans. 😬😅

QUALITY CHECK: MEN’S DRESS CODE (Save this before you embarrass yourself) Most men think they dress well. Here are 15 rules that quietly separate sharp men from loud ones: 1. Your belt must match your shoes. Always. 2. Black suit = black shoes. No debate. 3. Clothes must fit. Price doesn’t matter if fit is bad. 4. Iron your clothes. Wrinkles kill respect. 5. Own at least one proper pair of dress shoes. 6. Keep shoes clean. Dirty shoes ruin everything. 7. Vertical stripes make you look slimmer. 8. Tie should touch your belt buckle, not higher, not lower. 9. Don’t wear slippers outside your house. Ever. 10. Don’t mix blazers with random trousers. 11. Match belt width to trouser loops. 12. White shirts are non-negotiable. Stock them. 13. Simple tees > loud graphics. 14. Trousers should barely touch your shoes. 15. Underwear is called underwear for a reason. Dress like you have sense. People notice, even when they don’t say it.

Watch this full 60 seconds closely. Then watch it again. This isn’t a demo. This is real-world chaos. • Tesla and a Mercedes ahead both slide into a left-turn-only lane to safely pass cyclists • Both return cleanly to the correct lane after safely passing the bikers. • A child on a bike waits at a crosswalk and reaches for the button • Before the lights even turn on, the Tesla is already slowing • The Mercedes keeps going • A Cadillac, going the opposite direction, blasts through illegally while the lights are active Pause there. The Tesla didn’t react to the lights. It reacted to the child. Speed drops early. Controlled stop. Zero drama. Then the cyclists reappear. Tesla carefully eases into the center turn lane, slow and deliberate, gives space, clears them, returns fully to lane, and finishes the drive. No honking. No hesitation. No human guesswork. This is inference. This is anticipation. This is autonomy in the wild. Watch the nuances. The timing. The intent. Tesla FSD is already playing chess while others are playing checkers. Mercedes-Benz and Cadillac show the contrast in real time. $TSLA has won real-world autonomy.

@IT_unhinged My daughter was playing Roblox on PC, right size against the wall, and on the left size there was a paper blocking the cpu fan 😬😬😅

My roommate just asked if I can fix his PS5. I said what's wrong with it. He said it keeps crashing. I asked what he means by crashing. He said it turns off randomly. I asked if it's overheating. He said "How would I know if it's overheating?" I told him to check if the vents are blocked. He moved some stuff. Found out the PS5 was shoved against the wall with zero airflow. Moved it six inches forward. Problem solved. He said "You're a genius." I told him to make sure his console can breathe. He thanked me like I'd just rebuilt the motherboard. I moved a box. This is my life. Professional box-mover.

Quando a Sinfonia Nº 5 encontra o cérebro em desenvolvimento… O que parece só uma brincadeira — imitar o movimento da mão do maestro — é, na verdade, neurociência pura acontecendo dentro da sala de aula. 👀🧠 Ao acompanhar o traço na tela enquanto escutam Beethoven, as crianças ativam simultaneamente: • o córtex auditivo (processamento da música), • o córtex visual (leitura do movimento), • e o córtex motor (imitação da batuta*). Esse triângulo sensorial cria um estado de foco profundo, fortalece conexões de atenção sustentada, melhora coordenação motora fina e ainda ativa os neurônios-espelho, responsáveis por aprendizagem rápida e empática. É música. É movimento. É neuroplasticidade em tempo real. 🎶🧩

Boa noite, Ohtani é canhoto rebatendo, mas aremessa com a mão direita? #mlbnaespn Fernando de Novo Hamburgo/RS

How many snowflake parents will be triggered by a teacher who is having her students learn: • to pay attention to their surroundings • hand eye co-ordination • work both as a team and individuals • have fun • get exercise • take a knock down and get back up

Building in public: Updated PHP website ✅ Light & Dark mode implemented. Entire site built with Vanilla CSS & minimal JS. Loads blazing fast! 🚀

Boa noite, parabens pela excelente transmissao! Pergunta, por que o arremessador fica no "montinho" e não no mesmo nivel do campo? Fernando de Novo Hamburgo, RS #MLBnaESPN

Alguem pede para aquela torcedora da Ferrari baixar o cartaz da red flag... 😅😅 Fernando de Novo Hamburgo/RS #F1NaBand

Parabens pela transmissao, excelente dupla de profissionais, abraços!! Fernando e Carolina de Novo Hamburgo, RS #NFLnoSportv

Assistindo a incrível transmissão na #GolfeNaESPN, e agora comecei a praticar no Porto Alegre Country Club, abraços! Fernando de Novo Hamburgo/RS

If your job is mostly typing code that part of the job will disappear. If it’s mostly problem solving, decision making, inferring context, leveraging proper tools to accomplish those, then delivering results will be further enriching moving forward. Skill up, don’t fear down.

Absolutely MIND-BLOWING! A zoom out of the sharpest view of the Andromeda Galaxy ever, showing more than 100 million stars....

Estou achando os impostos caros. Vou deixar de pagar pra ver se eles baixam.

@davefarley77 Why was the dog learning how to code? He wants to become a bark end developer... 😬😬😅

Give us your best software engineer's joke...

@davefarley77 My mom bought me a MSX that came with a bunch of "Input" magazines, with Basic code samples, circa 1989 I guess.

What was the first moment you got "hooked" on programming?

@markmanson @VotrubaT Less is more; Minimalism for the rescue! 😁

What if the answer to improving your life isn’t to do more? What if the answer is to focus on less?

Keep it simple 🤩