Rui MarquesNotes on developer experience, platforms, CI/CD and AI: what I'm learning, trying and sharing.2026-10-04T20:58:56Zhttps://ruimarques.dev/Rui Marqueshello@ruimarques.devEleventyUnclutter your shell profile with direnv2026-10-04T00:00:00Z2026-10-04T00:00:00Zhttps://ruimarques.dev/blog/unclutter-shell-profile-with-direnv/direnv is an extension for your shell. It augments existing shells with a new feature that can load and unload environment variables depending on the current directory. This is another utility I have…What Is Jev? The AI Model That Doesn't Generate Text2026-10-01T00:00:00Z2026-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ruimarques.dev/clips/what-is-jev/A lot of us first heard about Jev after former OpenAI researcher Diogo Almeida released it. If you have been using LLMs for a while, it was refreshing to see something genuinely new in the middle of…When to update macOS - one approach to consider2026-09-30T00:00:00Z2026-09-30T00:00:00Zhttps://ruimarques.dev/blog/when-to-update-macos/An operating system is a big piece of software, and like any big piece of software, things can and will break eventually. macOS has been one of the most stable operating systems I have ever used. Ove…The first things I install on a new macOS setup2026-09-28T00:00:00Z2026-09-28T00:00:00Zhttps://ruimarques.dev/blog/first-things-i-install-on-a-new-macos-setup/A fresh Mac is a blank slate, and the first hour sets the tone for everything that follows. I have rebuilt my setup often enough that the order matters: start with the package manager, then the termi…Every Status Sync2026-09-24T00:00:00Z2026-09-24T00:00:00Zhttps://ruimarques.dev/clips/status-sync/This one lands a little too close to home. It has loads of parallels with my own experience, and probably a lot of yours too: the moment status and dashboards start to matter more than the work they…The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right2026-08-01T00:00:00Z2026-08-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ruimarques.dev/books/the-checklist-manifesto/I read this one after a recommendation from Tony Jones, a very influential person in my career and department at Vonage. The book is incredible in so many ways. Reading it, I came to realise that my…Atul GawandeTeam Topologies: Organizing Business and Technology Teams for Fast Flow2019-12-01T00:00:00Z2019-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ruimarques.dev/books/team-topologies/I read this book back in December 2019. It came recommended by Andreas Hapel, a good friend and mentor I worked with. The book is a must-read to understand the complexities and dynamics of how teams…Matthew Skelton and Manuel PaisNext Generation CI/CD: Death to Jenkinstein2019-09-28T00:00:00Z2019-09-28T00:00:00Zhttps://ruimarques.dev/clips/next-generation-cicd-death-to-jenkinstein/A talk I gave at Wrocław Agile Development 2019 , on the technology track. New ways of doing things can accelerate product delivery and add value to any technology business. In this talk, I will tell…Service telemetry with Grafana and InfluxDB2017-10-30T00:00:00Z2017-10-30T00:00:00Zhttps://ruimarques.dev/blog/service-telemetry-with-grafana-and-influxdb/This post covers the basic concepts behind real-time metrics for any application or service, and how to store and visualise them. SPOILER : By the end you’ll be able to deliver a production ready met…