Hey, I’m

Matt Fantinel.

I’m a web developer trying to figure out this weird thing called the internet. I write about development, the web, games, music, and whatever else I feel like writing about!

I was born and raised in Brazil, living amongst the vineyards of Serra Gaúcha. I built my first website when I was 9, then got sidetracked by video games and started learning development for real when I was 17. I fell in love with building things for the web and now, 12 years later, I feel like I’ve done a bit of everything.

Lately, I’ve been working on taking companies’ online presence to the next level at Useful Group, playing video games and looking for cool things to write about here.

Under Construction!

Things might look a little wonky or keep changing - that’s because this site is still under construction. I’m probably tinkering with something right now.

You're still welcome to look around, though!

Latest posts

Matt published a Blog Post

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Cool Links Vol. 21: March, 2026

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Links to the best stuff I've read or watched during the month of March, 2026

Cool Links

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Matt published a Blog Post

Give

Give any website a two-pane layout with this new Vivaldi feature

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The new "Follower Tabs" in Vivaldi 7.9 makes navigating link-heavy pages way easier without losing your attention span.

Apps

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Matt posted a Quick Review

Project Hail Mary

2026, Phil Lord, Christopher Miller

Reviewed on Mar 29, 2026

Didn't like it

Decent

I like it

Loved it!

There’s a bunch of good sci-fi movies out there, but very few that lean so much into the “sci” part of it. Everything that happens in the movie feels believable* even if they’re completely alien to us (it is a space movie, after all), and there’s a pretty good story in there too. If you liked The Martian or Interstellar, you’re gonna love this one.

_{*except for the idea of humanity working together to save itself, which is obviously never gonna happen.}

Movie

Matt shared a Cool Link

Another great article by Josh explaining a neat little trick on how to make the header of a website dynamic… by having it not do anything at all. Don’t worry, it’s quite simple and he explains it way better than I ever could.

Bonus points for not requiring a single line of JavaScript.

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Matt posted a Quick Review

House

2004–2012, David Shore

Reviewed on Mar 21, 2026

Didn't like it

Decent

I like it

Loved it!

One of my favorite series, I loved rewatching it. From the case-of-the-week episodes in the first seasons to the bigger arches in the later seasons, it is overall a fantastic show with very few blunders.

What surprised me this rewatch is how much I liked the last season, which was the worst one for me before. Now I think it’s one of the best!

I’d rank the seasons 1 = 4 > 2 > 8 > 3 > 6 > 5 > 7.

TV Show

Matt shared a Cool Link

A world map where people can anonymously write about memories they’ve had in specific places. You can write your own or just roam around reading the memories of other people. It’s fun to look around places I know and see what kind of experiences people had there.

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Matt shared a Cool Link

in a world looming with the threat of ai stealing your job, save humanity by stealing ai’s job.

Fun little website where you can play the part of an AI answering prompts made by humans. Remember to tell people they’re absolutely right!

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Matt posted a Quick Review

Weapons

2025, Zach Cregger

Reviewed on Mar 08, 2026

Didn't like it

Decent

I like it

Loved it!

A very interesting premise in the beginning, very interesting characters in the middle, and an ending that stuck the landing. What else could you ask for? It doesn’t try to be anything more than what it is: a good movie. Wish more movies were like that.