Rafael Miranda is a Senior Software Engineer with 11 years of experience building cloud-native .NET systems, microservices, and developer productivity platforms. Based in Castelo Branco, Portugal, he has led teams and driven technical standards at Juntos Somos Mais while contributing platform-level improvements like centralized feature flags, GitOps for API gateways, and CI/CD automation. He combines deep C#/.NET expertise with a strong focus on application performance, diagnostics, and infrastructure, and maintains an open-source project (Ziggurat) while writing technical posts in Portuguese. Rafael has also worked on high-impact community projects — contributing AngularJS-based instant answers to DuckDuckGo — and brings hands-on database schema design experience from PostgreSQL-focused initiatives. Colleagues know him for improving developer experience and turning operational challenges into repeatable, automated solutions.
11 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Engineering, Control and Automation Engineering, Engineering, Control and Automation Engineering at Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
DuckDuckGo Instant Answers based on keyword data files
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:15 commits, 2 PRs, 15 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Rafael primarily contributed to the `duckduckgo/zeroclickinfo-fathead` repository by developing AngularJS-based instant answers. They created and modified files related to parsing, fetching, and displaying data from the AngularJS documentation. The user also made several improvements to the codebase, including removing hyperlinks, fixing usage parsing, and refining title generation and redirect logic. These modifications enhance the functionality and presentation of the instant answers.
Contributions summary:Rafael's primary contribution involved defining and altering database schemas, specifically for PostgreSQL. The commits showcase the creation and modification of tables, including the definition of data types, constraints, and indexes. The user is responsible for setting up and maintaining the database schema necessary for the application.
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