Luis Faria

Luis Faria @lfariaus

About: Senior Software Engineer & Product Lead building systems in Python/JS/C# that automate ops & drive growth. Master’s in Software Eng & AI.

Location:
Sydney
Joined:
May 1, 2025

Luis Faria
articles - 25 total

Production Observability for $0: How I Monitor My Portfolio with Sentry + Pulsetic

I got my first Sentry weekly report. 23 errors. 1.7k transactions. On a side project. That's what...

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My portfolio fetches NASA's Daily Space Photo - and never fails!

I integrated NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day (read about it) into my portfolio. SPOILER ALERT:...

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From git pull to GitOps: How I Built a Production CI/CD Pipeline on a $12 DigitalOcean Droplet

From 15-minute manual deploys with downtime to 5-minute automated pipelines with 2-second container...

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From Excel to Interactive Business Insights with Python & Streamlit

How I turned a multi-year building invoice ledger into an interactive analytics dashboard — and why...

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Learning SQL Server the Hard Way: 16 Days of Real-World Database Work

From "I've never used SQL Server" to "Here's my 1,000-line operational runbook": How I turned a job...

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myRoster: from copypaste to 2-minute submissions

From tedious spreadsheet rituals to 2-minute submissions: how I turned a workplace pain point into a...

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I Built a Sales Visualizer for a Real Business Problem (Quantium Software Engineering Simulation)

End of the year and I thought it would be a great way to close out 2025 by putting myself through...

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How I Tackled GenAI-Powered Data Analytics (And Unlocked a New Perspective on AI Strategy)

After completing the Commonwealth Bank Software Engineering Challenge and my AWS Solutions Architect...

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Security Incident Report: Cryptominer Attack on Next.js Application

Introduction On December 7-8, 2025, my Next.js portfolio application luisfaria.dev running...

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Building IRL: From a $50k AWS Horror Story to Human-Centered AI Governance

From runaway agents to responsible governance—how I turned academic research into a production-ready...

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Building EigenAI: Teaching Math Foundations of AI Through Interactive Code

From determinants to hill climbing algorithms—how I turned academic math into an interactive learning...

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Does NPS Really Predict Revenue in Healthcare Clinics? I Spent 12 Weeks Finding Out.

1. Why I Questioned NPS in Healthcare (The Origin Story) For 6+ years grinding in...

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CuraNexus Analytics – Security in Architecture, not Afterthought

"Security bolted on after development is a band-aid. Security designed in from day one is the...

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Build a Full-Stack QR Code Generator in MERN with GraphQL & MongoDB (No External API Needed!)

Have you ever found yourself in a situation where you needed to generate a QR code for a URL but...

Learn More 2 0Sep 17 '25

Bread n’ Butter: Node.js, Express and Apollo

Moving on with the BNB: Bread n’ Butter 🍞🧈 series, it’s time to look at the other half of the MERN...

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Bread n’ Butter: React and Next.js

I’m kicking off a new series I’m calling BNB: Bread n’ Butter 🍞🧈. Why? Because no matter how many...

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From Groomzilla to Full-Stack Engineer: Building Wedstack

Have you ever imagined being a Software Engineer, Project Manager, Designer, Customer Support agent,...

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Engineering Principles Applied to Daily Life: Concierge Edition

“What's easy to go through is hard to talk about, and what's hard to go through is easy to talk...

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My Database Conundrum: MongoDB vs Supabase for a Pure Python App

Over the past few weeks, I've been developing TTrack - Torrens Degree Tracker, a PyQt5 desktop...

Learn More 0 2Jul 29 '25

Scaling Fastier: My AWS Solutions Architect Journey with a Virtual Challenge

How I Designed a Scalable AWS Architecture for a Growing Startup (And Earned My Solutions...

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How I Tackled the Commonwealth's Bank Software Engineering Challenge

While searching for the next task to tick off my daily diary, I stumbled across Forage’s CBA Software...

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ClinicTrends AI - Transforming Customer Feedback Into Intelligent Insights

ClinicTrends AI – Transforming Customer Feedback Into Intelligent Insights As I transition...

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How I Created a Daily Follow-Up System to Dominate My Master’s Degree Assignments

Balancing coursework, life, health, and long-term goals can feel like running a marathon with no...

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How I Turned a 30-Minute Daily Task into a 5-Minute Automation (Saved 105 Hours a Year!)

From Excel Hell to Python Heaven Flow diagram 2021 x 2025: It was 2018. If you knew how...

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From Google Sheets to a Scalable SaaS: Building Konquista with Python and Django 🚀

Imagine spending hours daily cleaning phone numbers and sending 1,000 WhatsApp messages by hand. That...

Learn More 0 0May 23 '25