Senior Software Engineer with 11+ years building and scaling Ruby on Rails applications — from early-stage products to platforms serving hundreds of thousands of users.
Currently at Sólides Technologia, leading microservices architecture on Kubernetes + AWS. I care deeply about clean code, TDD, and helping engineers grow.
Core · Ruby on Rails · Ruby · PostgreSQL · RSpec · TDD
Cloud & Infra · AWS · Kubernetes · Docker · Serverless
Frontend · JavaScript · Vue.js · React · Node.js
Also · Java · Spring · Elixir · PHP · Laravel
| Talk | Event | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Don't Rewrite your Framework | RubyConf Thailand · Bangkok | 2026 |
| Don't Rewrite your Framework | Tropical Rails · São Paulo | 2025 |
| What can we expect from the Elixir type system? | Elixir Days · São Paulo | 2024 |
| Scaling PostgreSQL | Flisol Curitiba | 2023 |
| Getting to know Elixir | Confloss | 2023 |
| Understanding Test Doubles | PHP Day Curitiba · TDC São Paulo | 2018 |
| How code review can be good for your team | Google Developers & Ruby Meetups · Florianópolis | 2018 |
| Clean Code: readable code for humans | TDC Florianópolis & São Paulo · Laraconf Brazil | 2017 |
| Getting started with TDD | FTSL Curitiba | 2017 |
| Applying the Law of Demeter | TDC Florianópolis | 2017 |
I write about Ruby on Rails, software design, and engineering practices at viniciusalonso.com.
Recent posts:
- Don't Rewrite your Framework — 3-part series on Value Objects, Association Callbacks, and Multistep Validations
- The 100% Code Coverage Trap — what test coverage metrics actually measure
- Introduction to Elixir — functional programming and pattern matching
- RubyEvents.org — contributor to the community-driven Rails app indexing 6,000+ Ruby conference videos from 200+ events worldwide, built with Hotwire and Solid Queue