---
title: "João David Silva"
summary: "Engineering beyond implementation. An independent engineering publication by João David Silva."
published: 2026-11-09
updated: 2026-11-09
language: en
tags: []
canonical: https://joaodavidsilva.com/
---

# João David Silva

This is the home of João David Silva's writing, research, knowledge base and projects. More is on the way.

## Active projects

- [AI Skills](https://joaodavidsilva.com/projects/ai-skills.md): Small, composable agent skills for real software engineering with coding agents, not vibe coding.
- [BrightBoi](https://joaodavidsilva.com/projects/brightboi.md): A free macOS menu bar app that unlocks the extra brightness of the MacBook Pro's Liquid Retina XDR display, up to 200%. (version 1.2.0)
- [Facts Memorizer](https://joaodavidsilva.com/projects/facts-memorizer.md): A free times-tables practice app for children, with no accounts, no ads and no data collection. (version 1.1.0)
- [Markdown Exporter](https://joaodavidsilva.com/projects/markdown-exporter.md): A VS Code extension that turns a hand-picked selection of files and folders into one Markdown document for LLM context. (version 1.0.9)