👋 Hello there

I'm Lorenzo

I'm a Backend Engineer at Bipa, where I ship code that backs a bank and secures people's money. Bipa is Brazil's first Bitcoin bank and one of the first in the world to integrate with the Lightning Network. I'm also a developer advocate at Vinteum, where I teach developers how Bitcoin and other freedom tech works and how they can leverage these technologies to build cool shit. I did some years of electrical engineering and computer science, dropped out of both tho. I like to understand how things work, but I hate bureaucracy.

BTW List

• NixOS, btw
• Neovim, btw
• Rust, btw
• Bitdevs, btw
• Self-host stuff, btw

Work

Bipa
Backend Engineer | Jan 2023 - Present
Rust, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, Bitcoin, Lightning Network
Bipa is Brazil's best fintech neobank. Look us up, nuff said.

Vinteum
Developer Advocate | Jun 2024 - Present
I teach developers and enthusiasts how Bitcoin and other freedom tech works.

Freelance Technical Writer
Writer, duh | Nov 2021 - Dec 2023
Wrote a bunch of articles about Bitcoin and the Lightning Network. Explaining how things work using simple language, drawings and GIFs.

Web3 Portfolio Tracker
Fullstack Engineer | Jan 2022 - Jan 2023
Node.js, Vue, MySQL
Worked with friends in a DeFi portfolio tracker. Login with your crypto wallet and we showed you all your positions, profits and losses.

Fetchly
Frontend Engineer | Sep 2021 - Dec 2021
React Native
First actual job. Mobile app development with React Native, discovered that I don't really like frontend development, lol

Spacelab
Ground Station Team Lead | Sep 2019 - Mar 2021
C, Python, GNU Radio, SDRs & Antennas
Worked in a research lab at the university, building software and hardware to talk with the satellites develop by the lab. Did you know you can just download data from decommissioned weather satellites with old TV antennas and cheap radios? This is an image I made using real-time data transmitted by a NOAA satellite

Vistas
Drummer | Jan 2017 - Jan 2020
Drums, cymbals & drumsticks
Before working with tech, I was a drummer in a hardcore band. We recorded one album, some videoclips and played a bunch of shows. You can listen to it here. Or check out our coolest Videoclip

Standing on the shoulders of giants

I'm only here because I've climbed on the shoulder of giants. Here are some people that inspired and helped me along my journey

• Wife. Always by my side, always incentivizing me to become a better person
• Lucas F. Costa. Inspired me to learn how to code, to write and talk in public about what I'm learning
• Lucas Ferreira. Connected me with a bunch of incredible people and gave me the pushes I needed to get where I'm today
• lsunsi. The best dev I ever met and had the privilege to work with. Also the best teacher I ever had
• Jao Noctus inspired me to learn to teach people about freedom

Contact: [email protected] | lorenzolfm on social/github

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