Author: Melanie Almeida

  • Writing, learning, and making stuff

    Until now, I hadn’t given much thought to setting content directions for my personal website. I simply wrote about topics that I felt interested in or were relevant to my job when I received questions. However, this approach has revealed two significant flaws. First, without a defined theme or content calendar, and by simply following…

  • Understanding Data Engineering

    After transitioning to Product Management, I prepared myself to work more closely with software developers. Nothing prepared me to join a team composed of Data professionals only, and this is what happened. It was intimidating at first, but I feel fortunate to collaborate with such a broad range of new tech skills. I thought I…

  • Understanding how APIs work

    This is the first article of explaining technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders. I hope these series will help non developers profiles to confidence and technical knowledge. What are APIs? API is an acronym standing for “Application Programming Interface”. APIs are created to achieve a specific function, to be used every time your interaction with a…