Our mission
Decoding is the job: taking what the industry announces and returning what it actually means — for the architecture, for the cost, for the next sprint's decision.
We publish in Portuguese, English and Spanish. The same analysis in all three, with no machine translation and no technical precision lost along the way.
“Old news doesn't scale. Blense doesn't waste time explaining what already happened. We dissect the tools, the trends and the economics of technology so you can anticipate the industry's next move.”
Three pillars hold up the coverage: honest technical analysis (benchmarks, architectures, real tradeoffs), economic context (who funds it, who profits, what the market isn't seeing) and practical consequence (what each change demands from teams and products already in production).
Our values
The reader pays the bills
The operation is sustained by its audience, not by sponsors. That's not moral posturing — it's the business design, and it's what keeps the agenda free from whoever wants to appear in it.
Simplify the language, never the content
Every article is written to be understood by someone arriving now, without sacrificing technical precision to get there. Those who already master the subject lose nothing; those who don't gain a way in.
Outdated articles go back to editing
Technology ages fast. When a text loses validity, it gets revised — no fanfare, no footnote. What matters is that the version you're reading right now is correct.
Context is not optional
An API change weighs differently depending on the regulation, the timezone and the stack of whoever receives it. We cover that difference instead of repeating the press release.
The team
Lucas Silva
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF · AI & MODELS
10 years in software engineering. Before Blense, senior engineer at Totvs and Stone. Writes about LLMs, AI infrastructure and the model market.
Ana Carvalho
EDITOR · DEVELOPMENT
Frontend dev for 8 years, now writes about TypeScript, frameworks and the evolution of development tooling. Active open source contributor.
Rafael Mendes
EDITOR · SECURITY & BUSINESS
Specialist in security and data privacy. Lawyer by training, dev by choice. Covers LGPD, regulation and the AI market in Brazil.
Marcos Souza
EDITOR · HARDWARE & TUTORIALS
Backend engineer focused on Python and Rust. Contributor to FastAPI and SQLAlchemy. Covers hardware, infra and produces Blense's hands-on tutorials.
Julia Prado
EDITOR · TRENDS & PRODUCT
Product manager for 6 years in startups. Now analyzes the product market, VC and the trends that define which technologies will last.
You?
GUEST EDITOR
We publish guest analyses with specific expertise. If you have something relevant to say, get in touch.
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