About Programming on Mars

Programming on Mars is an editorial technical brand built by Andre Lucas.

The mission is simple: publish practical engineering notes for developers who ship real systems under real constraints.

Who is Andre Lucas

I'm a senior backend engineer focused on:

• Distributed systems
• Event-driven architecture
• Java/Spring Boot in production
• Kubernetes and platform reliability
• AI-assisted engineering workflows

Why this blog exists

Most technical content is too abstract or too superficial.

Programming on Mars exists to document:

• What works in production
• What fails in production
• Which trade-offs are worth making

No hype. No fake complexity. Just engineering decisions that can be reused.

Contact

If you want to talk about architecture, backend systems, or AI engineering workflows, use the contact page.