Hi! I am João/Josh.

I'm the author of Bagnon, Scrap, PetTracker and more. In this site you will find a bit about me.

I've been a software developer, gamer and nerd overall for two decates now. My professsional journey started quite unexpectedly when I was 12 years old and created some of the most popular third-party software for World of Warcraft. On the academic front, I hold a PhD in computer graphics and machine learning. My research has primarily focused on developing learning-based solutions to computer graphics problems, such as optimizing rendering performance, enhancing skin simulation or improving hand-drawn animation. I've lived all around the world but am currently based in Coimbra, Portugal.

Research

Solving problems on computer graphics and machine learning

The Workshop

Third party plugins and open libraries for World of Warcraft

Pro-Bono

Web design/development I volunteered to do for the local community

Old and Random

Simple stuff I've done over time, most during my undergrad