Portrait · Henrique A. Lavezzo
I'm an engineering leader born and living in Brazil, working across software architecture, developer tools, and AI-assisted engineering. I turn ambiguous problems into systems people can understand, change, and trust.
Code Alchemist is the playful name. The practical work is architecture, technical direction, team clarity, and careful experimentation.
Operating principles
Map constraints, boundaries, and decisions until the next useful move is clear.
Keep leadership in contact with code, tools, incidents, and friction.
Leave room to evolve without making every decision expensive.
AI extends attention and reduces repetition; evidence, responsibility, and final decisions remain with people.
A craft in motion
Chapter 01
Origins · curiosity before credentials
Learning the language of machines
Delphi opened the first door. Final Fantasy VII quietly taught me English, and games taught me that every complicated world can become legible through rules, feedback, and a little wonder.
Curiosity · games · first programs
Chapter 02
Craft · code as a material
Making boundaries you can hold
Ruby became my favorite workbench. I learned architecture by untangling real businesses, then made small, dependency-light tools such as Fluxus so the useful patterns could travel.
Ruby · architecture · open source
Chapter 03
Leadership · systems made of people
Helping teams stay in motion
Engineering leadership expanded the system boundary. Clarity, trust, and healthy constraints matter as much as good interfaces; the work is creating conditions where people can make good decisions together.
Teams · strategy · sociotechnical systems
Chapter 04
Now · intelligence as a collaborator
Conducting a party of familiars
I am exploring AI-assisted engineering as orchestration, not spectacle: routing the right model to the right problem, keeping judgment human, and publishing what survives contact with real work.
AI agents · model routing · experiments
Quest chronicle
ElectionBuddy Inc.
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ElectionBuddy Inc.
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ElectionBuddy Inc.
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Adimplere
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Adimplere
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Varitus
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devCoffee Business Solutions
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Independent
Freelancing while completing a university degree in Computer Science.
2014 — mid-2015
Koya Design
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SESI
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Compsoft
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Microleme Sistemas
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ViaConnect - TCCOM
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Personal facts reviewed .
Workbench inventory
Proficiency
Proficiency
Open correspondence
If you are untangling a difficult system, shaping an engineering team, or experimenting with AI without surrendering judgment, write to me.