Software Engineer
software engineer. full stack, freelancer, whatever the badge is. the title isn't the interesting part.
i build backends that hold under load and pick the tool that fits the actual scale — not the one everyone's writing about.
i write about the decisions that don't make it into the README. the architecture calls, the cost mistakes, the things you only figure out by shipping.
Started Pixelwand as a product engineering studio, then helped establish Timebase for services while Pixelwand evolved into a CRM product company. Lead a 10-person team and own architecture, infrastructure, roadmap, and delivery.
Led technology strategy, architecture, and engineering delivery for the product until its acquisition.
Have something to build?
I'm currently open to freelance and contract work.
I quit content creation at 17 to go be practical. Five years later I bought elregaldo.com, the name of my old Minecraft channel. This is the story of why, and what I am quietly building next.
2026-06-20
a repeatable method for navigating any unfamiliar codebase: orient, run, locate, dig. works on a 3-file API or a 200-module monorepo.
2026-06-08
five layers of infrastructure, built and destroyed, until a full EKS cluster ran from .tf files
2026-05-28
