Hello! I'm Chester
(Carlos Duarte Do Nascimento)
I build and fix software to solve problems, bring joy, and improve lives - but mostly because I love programming.
Curious by nature, I strive to be empathetic and welcoming. I'm also autistic, and stand up for social justice, inclusion, and dignity.
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- Brazilian by birthright, Italian by heritage, Canadian by choice.
- Love video games and comics - but avoid their most toxic corners.
- Blog occasionally about software, electronics, and more.
- My actual name is Carlos Duarte do Nascimento.
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Nickname comes from Chester McTech in the Beverly Hills Teens cartoon.
Work, fun & art
- Computer programmer for 30+ years - and still loving it!
- BSc in Applied and Computational Mathematics (IME/USP, 2008).
- Worked with companies of all sizes, including GitHub and Shopify.
- Creator of miniTruco, a mobile card game quite popular in Brazil.
- Retrocomputing enthusiast; wrote an Atari VCS emulator and a game.
- More details on LinkedIn; code projects on GitHub and on my blog.
From my blog
- A blog comment system that runs itself Sep 2026
- A workaround to fix the Firefox emoji keyboard shortcut on macOS Sonoma Feb 2024
- Migrating blog comments from Disqus to Staticman Feb 2024