// whoami

Hi, I'm Manoela.
Dev & traveler.

Brazilian senior frontend engineer, digital nomad and beach person. I write React, Next.js, TypeScript and Flutter — and more and more AI — from wherever the sea is closest.

Manoela smiling in a sun hat, sitting on a wall above the Adriatic sea
somewhere on the Adriatic

// travel log

The short version

I grew up by the beaches of Maceió and started Computer Science at UFAL in 2013 — but I only wrote my first line of frontend code in 2021. It clicked fast: by January 2022 I'd joined Purple Metrics, where I still work as a senior frontend developer.

Then I packed the laptop. South Africa, the Netherlands, Turkey, and Albania, where I spent about three years and keep coming back. Today I'm in Durrës, on the Albanian coast, learning the language and building for the city around me.

Manudev Lab is where those products live. Every one of them started with something I noticed while living somewhere new.

// the route so far

Stops along the way

  1. 2013Computer Science at UFALMaceió, Brazil. Where it all started.
  2. 2021console.log("hi")My first frontend code. No going back.
  3. 2022Senior frontend, Purple MetricsFully remote — the laptop comes along.
  4. 2026Manudev LabMy own products, built from Durrës.

Passport stamps

  • BRAZIL
  • S. AFRICA
  • NETHERLANDS
  • TURKEY
  • ALBANIA · NOW

“Home is a person, not a place.”

When the laptop closes

  • Beach days, wherever there's a coast
  • Dancing, cinema and a good night out
  • Exploring by scooter
  • Learning Albanian, one lesson at a time

// say hi

Building something, or passing through Durrës? Let's grab a coffee by the sea.

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