Brazil

Elvio Vicosa

CTO at Jodel, the hyperlocal community that connects you instantly with the people around you.

Previously

Currently into

Digital

  • A functional language on the Erlang VM, built for fault-tolerant systems that handle lots of things at once.
  • Go: a small, fast language for servers, tooling and infrastructure.
  • Building software together with AI agents that plan, write and check code.
  • Cross-platform mobile development: one React Native codebase, shipped as native iOS and Android apps with Expo.
  • The server decides what each screen shows, so apps can change without a store release.
  • Live updates over persistent connections: chat, presence and feeds that refresh on their own.
  • Keeping communities safe by spotting and handling harmful posts, with ML and LLMs.
  • Sorting what people post into topics, so the right posts reach the right people.
  • Spotting fraud, abuse and unusual behaviour before it turns into a problem.

Analog

  • Easy, regular miles, logged run by run.
  • Cruising under sail, and keeping the boat in shape for it.
  • Diving on a single breath: no tank, just calm and practice.
  • Light, stiff parts made from woven carbon cloth and epoxy.
  • Laying up layers of fibre and resin, by hand or under vacuum, to build strong parts.

Say hello at [email protected] or on LinkedIn.