Mário Balça

✨ Co-founder Building for content creators
💚 Passionate about Vue.js and Laravel

[Mário Balça @mariobalca]

@albertadevs I'm building something that separates the real sponsorship emails from the noise, would love to hear your take on it.

[Mário Balça @mariobalca]

@petecodes That testimonial definitely translates into a lot of credibility. If I may ask: how do you currently manage sponsorships and keep track of things in that sense? I'm working on something, and I would really appreciate learning more from your experience

[Mário Balça @mariobalca]

@OhNoItsAlexx The LTT situation really changed things. It's a shame because it's made creators overly cautious about legitimate opportunities too. Do you have any system for vetting what's real?

[Mário Balça @mariobalca]

@justinmooretfam @OpusClip Smart catch. I think most people wouldn't think to cross-check the sender on LinkedIn. That's a good habit to have.

[Mário Balça @mariobalca]

@DavidLinthicum Agreed, there's no right or wrong approach when it comes to sponsorships. Curious though, how do you find those symbiotic partners in the first place? Do sponsors usually come to you, or do you actively seek them out?

[Mário Balça @mariobalca]

First Coimbra, now Lisbon 🚀

I've built a Notion-like editor for https://t.co/lKihcXeiqo using #Tiptap and #Vue and decided to give a quick talk about it.

One thing led to another, and now I'm doing the same talk but to a broader and different audience 😎

Come and join us 🙌🍻

[LisboaJS @LisboaJS_]

We partnered with @vuejs_pt by co-organizing the first 2025 Meetup!!

We have 2 talks from @vasconevesxd and @mariobalca.

Thanks to @RemoteCrew, @infraspeak, and to Le Wagon Portugal

Sign up: https://t.co/eH75DJ1NSX

#javascript

[Mário Balça @mariobalca]

JavaScript and Beer, what could go wrong? Join us next Thursday and let’s have a great time together 🙌🍻

[Subvisual @subvisual]

Coimbra people, this one is for you!

Join us at Coimbra.js for JavaScript, beer, and the rest you’ll only find out if you show up! We’ll have Rui Chicória (CTO @dragonboat_io) and @mariobalca (Co-founder @ Sparkling Opinions).

RSVP now and join us 🙌 https://t.co/H06NKnjiUT

[Subvisual @subvisual]

Coimbra people, this one is for you!

Join us at Coimbra.js for JavaScript, beer, and the rest you’ll only find out if you show up! We’ll have Rui Chicória (CTO @dragonboat_io) and @mariobalca (Co-founder @ Sparkling Opinions).

RSVP now and join us 🙌 https://t.co/H06NKnjiUT

[Mário Balça @mariobalca]

@anarafaelaferro Thank you for sharing the post @anarafaelaferro 👍

Luckily, I'm not too worried about the job search (at least not yet), but it feels good to know I'm not alone in these thoughts!

I just want a fair deal/relationship for the employee/candidate and for the company — that's it!

[Mário Balça @mariobalca]

I've sent some applications and had some interviews already, which essentially led me to write this post to share my perspective (and experience) about the current state of the developer job market.

https://t.co/2fBQH7XUfd

[Mário Balça @mariobalca]

Most companies don't need that 1% of the very best talent available. Most companies can build incredible products and businesses with amazing human beings and great professionals — just that.

So my question is: why is finding a developer job in the current market so tough?

[Mário Balça @mariobalca]

Still, since I know how long some recruitment processes can take, I casually looked for the next challenge once I'm back in the game.

[Mário Balça @mariobalca]

We've been really busy @CrowdDotDev over these last couple of weeks, but for a very good reason!

Today we're announcing our 2.2m seed round, releasing our brand new product redesign, and also our brand new website! 🎉

Take a look at https://t.co/24lXktGsC9 🙌

[Jonathan @jonathimer]

I'm happy to announce that we raised €2.2M to unlock community-led growth for developer-first companies.

Today also marks the day that @CrowdDotDev is fully open-source. And if that's not enough, it’s go-live for our biggest product release to date.

https://t.co/Zr0OMj0E2Y

[Jonathan @jonathimer]

"How did you get your first 1,000 community members?"

OSS communities have a cold start problem and many initially struggle with getting the word out.

That's why we started collecting how various successful OSS projects got their first 1,000 members.

https://t.co/e2BXxpfxnf

[Mário Balça @mariobalca]

@juliasofiarusso The story of my life

[Mário Balça @mariobalca]

@henriq__e @DuckDuckGo Damn! I've been using Brave for the last 6 months or so, but this one really makes me reconsider this decision 😅
Does it also support Chrome's extensions and apps?

[Mário Balça @mariobalca]

@tomfallowfield @tweetboard_io Thank you for those kind words @tomfallowfield 🙌
You can visit https://t.co/Yba4u3l1OI and drop your email — first invites will be out in the next two weeks hopefully!

[Mário Balça @mariobalca]

@wbepodcast A as well 👍

[Mário Balça @mariobalca]

There's still a bit of work left related to tags, filters, scheduling, and obviously some UI/UX tweaks — but I'm super happy with the progress we got!

Don't forget to visit https://t.co/Yba4u3l1OI and join our beta 🚀

#buildinginpublic

[Mário Balça @mariobalca]

This weekend I've participated in @ShiftAPPens — a local hackathon organized by @neiaac and @jeKnowledge

It was a great opportunity to connect with folks that I haven't seen in a while, but also to put some work into @tweetboard_io 💪

Our thread builder is getting there!