Software engineer. Occasionally writes.

Daniel Silva, with a few notes.

I’m a Staff Software Engineer at Coverflex. I like building things, understanding how they work, and writing about what I learn along the way.

This is where I keep my writing, talks, and things I’m figuring out. A little less scattered across the internet.

Writing

2026
How software engineering is changing
Agency, AI tools, and what happens to the people doing the work.
2024
Self-hosting with Kamal and why you should do it too
A personal project, a couple of servers, and the fun of doing it yourself.
2022
Creating an inline form on a table with Phoenix LiveView
Editing table rows in place with LiveComponents and Phoenix.LiveView.JS.
2018
How I rented a nice place to live using Elixir and a Facebook Messenger chat bot
An apartment hunt in Porto, helped along by a small Elixir bot.

2023
Opening a Black Box: Observability in a Complex System
ElixirConf EU · Structured logs, tracing, and understanding a growing system.
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