iOS Engineer in Porto Alegre, Brazil. I build native apps with SwiftUI and UIKit, care about the small UX details, and share what I learn along the way (usually with a coffee nearby).
Right now I'm at TELUS Digital / WillowTree, building iOS apps for large consumer products used by tens of millions of people. Work across telecom, news, and insurance.
I got here through the Apple Developer Academy. After that, I helped build a startup from the ground up and kept shipping side projects on my own.
luizmello.dev is the hub for everything else: articles, apps, and side projects.
- TabNews Reader · unofficial iOS client for TabNews. Feed, library, widgets, Apple Watch, newsletter notifications, Dev Games. And it's Open source! PRs welcome.
- Noira Cam · film-inspired camera and photo editor. Film looks in-camera, depth blur, the whole color grading rabbit hole.
- Ritus Club · specialty coffee guide I built after getting way too into espresso and latte art. Seed to cup, brew methods, tools.
- SwiftShelf · community library of SwiftUI components. Still a work in progress (and it's Open Source too!)
- Content · dev tips on @luizmello.dev (Portuguese). Not super active lately.
On the side I poke at Next.js/React and Python when a problem asks for it.
