01 / 06Local Service Businessbelaflorcleaning.com
Bela Flor Cleaning
A boutique home cleaning brand serving Cape Cod, reimagined as a warm, editorial website that feels as considered as the homes it cares for.
Open case studyDisciplineComputer Engineering
RoleSoftware Developer
Based inPortugal, open to relocation
Contactrb6544758@gmail.com
Building software where engineering rigor meets design clarity - from Spring Boot backends to the interfaces people actually touch.
About
I study Computer Engineering and move comfortably between backend logic and the visual layer around it. I'm drawn equally to code that is correct and interfaces that are considered - every project built from scratch, never assembled from a template.
- Studying
- BSc Computer Engineering, Universidade Portucalense
- Based in
- Portugal, open to relocation
- Focus
- Full-stack development, interface design, developer tools
- Currently
- Open to software developer roles - deepening React and Next.js on a Java foundation
Selectedwork6 projects
From client websites to native developer tools, each designed and built end-to-end. Scroll through them, or open one for the full story.
02 / 06Real Estate & Investmentrb-investimentos.vercel.app
R&B Investimentos
A real estate investment company in Vila do Conde and Póvoa de Varzim, redesigned around two clear paths - investors who want to join operations and owners with a property to propose - under an illustrated dusk skyline of the two towns.
Open case study03 / 06Open Source / Developer Toolgithub.com/barbosaz1/xubz-theme
Xubz Dark
A premium dark theme for Visual Studio Code built for long coding sessions - a full design system across the editor, sidebar, terminal, debugger, and Git, where color is used as a semantic signal instead of decoration.
Open case study04 / 06Open Source / Developer Toolxubz-ui.vercel.app
Xubz UI
A framework-agnostic UI kit shipped as native Web Components - one precision-instrument-inspired design language, a live tweakcn-style theme editor, and full documentation, usable from React, Vue, Svelte, PHP, Java, and Rust without a rewrite.
Open case study05 / 06Open Source / Developer Toolgithub.com/barbosaz1/xiux-ide
xiux
A from-scratch native IDE built on the idea of what Neovim would look like designed today: a real modal Vim engine, GPU-rendered text, and a first-class customization system, with no Electron and no browser engine anywhere in the stack.
Open case study06 / 06Interactive 3D Experiencevespera-sand.vercel.app
Véspera
A scroll-driven WebGL story for a concept Dão wine brand: one continuous camera move from the granite hills, into a single grape, through the cellar and the bottle, and out into the night - every 3D object generated in code.
Open case studyToolkit
CoreFamiliar
What Ibuild with
30 tools across 4 areas. Full contrast marks the ones I use most.
Languages7 tools
Languages
- Java
- TypeScript
- JavaScript
- Python
- SQL & T-SQL
- C#
- Rust
Frontend9 tools
Frontend
- React
- Next.js
- HTML & CSS
- Tailwind CSS
- Web Components
- Three.js & WebGL
- GSAP
- Framer Motion
- Vite
Backend & desktop7 tools
Backend & desktop
- Spring Boot
- Node.js
- REST APIs
- MySQL
- JavaFX
- Electron
- Maven
Design & tools7 tools
Design & tools
- Figma
- Git & GitHub
- GitHub Actions
- Vercel
- Photoshop
- After Effects
- Unity
Education and more projects follow below.
Path
Education, a few projects beyond this site, and languages. The full detail is in the CV.
Education
- In progressBSc Computer EngineeringUniversidade Portucalense
More projects
- AcademicUPT Event Management Portal ↗Java 21, JavaFX, Spring Boot 3, MySQLFour-role platform shipped end-to-end as a desktop client and REST API.
- Open sourceCursed Runner ↗PythonFive esoteric languages unified behind one interactive CLI.
Languages
- NativePortuguese
- ProfessionalEnglish
Journal
Writing on hardware, privacy and security - the thinking that doesn't fit in a case study.
Contact
The fastest way to reach me
rb6544758@gmail.com
