My journey as a TechLead has been marked by moments of pure adrenaline, those in which technology challenges you to the limit. Between chaotic migrations, unstable systems and seemingly unsolvable problems, I learned to see each challenge as an opportunity for innovation and growth.
Once, our team faced the challenge of migrating an entire infrastructure from one environment to another. Without exaggeration, it was like being on a roller coaster, with adrenaline peaks at each new instability.
Imagine dozens of sites in production, all relying on the stability of a system that had just changed addresses. I spent months with two colleagues, struggling to keep everything running. There were long nights, endless coffees and lots of nervous laughter. I realized that it wasn't enough to just put out fires; we needed to anticipate them. That's when I created a Unix script, a .sh that ran periodically and checked the health of all systems.
This simple script became our silent guardian, ensuring we were always one step ahead of problems. It was amazing to see how something so basic could make such a big difference.
Another memorable adventure involved an essential application for the company. It had a peculiar behavior: it would crash for two minutes and magically start working again, with no explanation in the logs. Man, it was frustrating!
After much investigation, I decided to implement an unconventional solution: I created a script that made requests to the app every 10 seconds and recorded any instability. That's how we discovered the problem. It wasn't the app itself, but rather the load balancing system that was failing exactly in this interval.
The solution? We adjusted the balancer settings, and the problem disappeared like magic. The feeling of solving such a puzzle is indescribable.
Sometimes, all you need is a good old .sh script. It may seem simple, but it can save lives (and systems) when you least expect it. This kind of creative solution always reminds me that, in the end, details make all the difference.
Oh, and speaking of details, to avoid wearing out my MacBook keyboard and facing the eternal dilemma of key mapping, I created a script that mapped the external keyboard to act as arrows, using combinations like Ctrl + AWSD. This became a real keyboard saver, after all, who doesn't like solving problems with a simple script? 😄
Look, I'll confess: this is my first post, so if you felt it has that "still learning" vibe, you're right! 😅 But hey, Rome wasn't built in a day, right? I'll improve the site as time and inspiration allow. Who knows, maybe sometime from now, it'll be so good that even I'll be surprised! 🚀
For now, that's it. I accept criticism, compliments (preferably more compliments than criticism), and, if you want, you can send memes too. 😄
