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kidiatoliny·portfolio · 2026

I build toolsfor developersand ship them.

north star
be smarter, don't work harder.

Kidiatoliny Gonçalves is a senior software engineer and the founder of Akira Foundation. He lives in Luxembourg and is originally from Cabo Verde. For many years he has built production systems in Laravel, TypeScript, React, Vue, Go, Rust and SwiftUI, mostly SaaS products, APIs and developer tools. He has published twenty-five open-source packages with 32,000+ downloads between them, most of them about developer experience, security and integrations. Right now he is working on Spectra, Unified Dev, Orbit, Nox Direit, Akira Billing and Hyperion.

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01Systems

Patternsover preference.

Four principles I have kept for years, whatever the stack or the team.

stake
The stack changes. I keep the opinions that still hold up after a rewrite.
01

Reduce cognitive load.

Less to learn means less to break and maintain. Strict types from end to end.

02

Compose primitives.

Actions, value objects, pipelines and builders: small parts that fit together in predictable ways.

03

Make the invisible visible.

Routes, contracts, latency and state belong where you can see them.

04

Optimize for ergonomics.

Anything that eats attention is expensive. In a developer tool, good DX is the product.

02Products

Tools shapedby use.

4 products in production. Each one started as friction in my own workflow.

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4 active · 25 packages · 32K+ downloadsscroll ↓
01 · 04API Inspector for Laravel

Spectra

Illuminate your API.

Spectra discovers your routes automatically, lets you test endpoints straight away and shows responses in real time. It is an API inspector built only for Laravel.

Spectra preview
  • Laravel 12
  • PHP 8.4
  • Livewire
  • Tailwind v4
livespectra-desktop.app
Visit Spectra→
02 · 04Dev management platform

Unified Dev

One platform to manage development work.

Version control, project management, issue tracking, CI/CD pipelines and time tracking, in one interface.

Unified Dev preview
  • Laravel 12.33
  • React 19
  • Postgres
  • Shadcn/ui
liveunifieddev.app
Visit Unified Dev→
03 · 04Local development runtime

Orbit

Every project, one domain away.

Add a folder once. Orbit gives it an HTTPS domain, installs the runtime it needs, starts it on the first request and suspends it when it goes quiet.

Orbit preview
  • Go 1.25
  • Wails v2
  • React 19
  • SQLite
private alphaakira-io.com
Visit Orbit→
04 · 04Legal AI · Cape Verde jurisprudence

Nox Direit

Cape Verde law, searchable with AI.

A legal platform that combines Cape Verde's legislation with AI. It searches the law, analyzes it and generates documents in seconds.

Nox Direit preview
  • Laravel
  • Postgres
  • pgvector
  • PrismPHP
  • Meilisearch
livenoxdireit.cv
Visit Nox Direit→
01API Inspector for Laravel
01 · 04
API Inspector for Laravel

Spectra

Illuminate your API.

Spectra discovers your routes automatically, lets you test endpoints straight away and shows responses in real time. It is an API inspector built only for Laravel.

  • Laravel 12
  • PHP 8.4
  • Livewire
  • Tailwind v4
visit spectra→live
Spectra Every route, lit up.
Every route, lit up. Routes are discovered automatically, and you can pin them and sort them by intent, so your API reads like a map.
Spectra API health, at a glance.
API health, at a glance. Latency, volume, the slowest endpoints and the flaky routes, all on one screen.
Spectra Mock server, no detours.
Mock server, no detours. Serve endpoints locally, replay recorded history or fall back to the schema, so the frontend is never blocked.
Spectra Auth, without friction.
Auth, without friction. Bearer tokens, 2FA, multiple accounts. Switch identity in the inspector and keep going.
Spectra Collections, runnable.
Collections, runnable. Group requests, run them in order and export them. The flows sit next to the routes they call, so you can run them again the same way.
02Dev management platform
02 · 04
Dev management platform

Unified Dev

One platform to manage development work.

Version control, project management, issue tracking, CI/CD pipelines and time tracking, in one interface.

  • Laravel 12.33
  • React 19
  • Postgres
  • Shadcn/ui
visit unified-dev→live
Unified Dev One workspace, every layer.
One workspace, every layer. Repos, issues, pipelines and time tracking on one screen.
Unified Dev Pipelines, without the tabs.
Pipelines, without the tabs. CI/CD runs inside the workspace, so you don't have to switch tools.
Unified Dev Issues that move with code.
Issues that move with code. Issues are linked to branches, commits and deploys, so their status matches what happened in the code.
Unified Dev Time tracked in flow.
Time tracked in flow. You log hours where you do the work, without opening a second tool.
Unified Dev Built for teams that ship.
Built for teams that ship. Designed around how product teams work day to day.
03Local development runtime
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Local development runtime

Orbit

Every project, one domain away.

Add a folder once. Orbit gives it an HTTPS domain, installs the runtime it needs, starts it on the first request and suspends it when it goes quiet.

  • Go 1.25
  • Wails v2
  • React 19
  • SQLite
visit orbit→private alpha
Orbit Fleet health, in one pane.
Fleet health, in one pane. Response status, latency percentiles and volume across every project, sampled live.
Orbit Every project, one domain.
Every project, one domain. Add a folder. Orbit assigns https://name.orbit.test, issues the certificate and routes the traffic.
Orbit Runtimes, pinned per project.
Runtimes, pinned per project. PHP, Node and Python installed by Orbit and resolved per project. No version manager to babysit.
Orbit Services, without Docker.
Services, without Docker. PostgreSQL, Redis, Mailpit and MinIO in a catalogue. Installed on demand, started when a project asks for them.
Orbit Every request, on record.
Every request, on record. Latency, status and payload for each call. The inspector sits in the proxy path, so nothing needs instrumenting.
Orbit Logs, already tailed.
Logs, already tailed. Live stdout and stderr per project, next to the requests and the terminal they came from.
04Legal AI · Cape Verde jurisprudence
04 · 04
Legal AI · Cape Verde jurisprudence

Nox Direit

Cape Verde law, searchable with AI.

A legal platform that combines Cape Verde's legislation with AI. It searches the law, analyzes it and generates documents in seconds.

  • Laravel
  • Postgres
  • pgvector
  • PrismPHP
  • Meilisearch
visit noxdireit→live
Nox Direit Legal work, in seconds.
Legal work, in seconds. Search Cape Verde's legislation with AI, analyze it and generate documents.
Nox Direit Every tool in one place.
Every tool in one place. Legal research, draft generation, impact analysis and coherence audits, all in the same app.
Nox Direit From research to final draft.
From research to final draft. Draft generator, LEX search and risk audit, to go from a question to a finished document.
03Experience

6 yearsof shipping.

Full-stack engineer based in Luxembourg. I build SaaS products, APIs and developer tools with Laravel, TypeScript, React, Vue, Go, Rust and Swift. I try to keep the architecture clean and the software reliable, and I like hard problems.

experience
6+yrs
based in
Luxembourg
origin
Cabo Verde
where I've built
  • active
    Akira Foundation
    CEO · Founder
    Software, design, team, ecosystem.
  • active
    Debtges
    Software Engineer
    Full-stack, financial systems.
  • active
    NosFerry · Mar d'Canal
    Software Engineer
    Full-stack, ferry ticketing platform.
  • Trust Factory
    Full-Stack Developer
    getReach, an SEO platform for backlink management.
  • Financial World Security
    Web Developer
    Web platform · maintenance.
  • Smart Solutions
    Software Developer
    Full-stack, product engineering.
  • BSystems
    Software Engineer
    Full-stack · led delivery team.
  • Chuva
    Software Developer · Intern
    Full-stack mentorship.
education
  • University Jean Piaget of Cape Verde
    Licentiate Degree · Computer Science
  • Harvard University
    CS50 · Introduction to Computer Science
  • Logicab
    Hardware & Network Technician
  • Udemy
    Microservices, Kubernetes, Go, ML, AWS
languages
  • PT
    Portuguese
    native
  • EN
    English
    fluent
  • ES
    Spanish
    conversational
  • FR
    French
    learning
Based in Luxembourg. Open to product engineering, developer tools, infrastructure and AI work.
04Stack

Tools ofthe trade.

What I reach for first. I pick tools that are comfortable to work with over tools that are new.

policy
I use the boring tool where it matters and save the experiments for the parts users see.
Web
13
  • Laravel
  • PHP
  • TypeScript
  • Livewire
  • Filament
  • React
  • Vue
  • Inertia
  • Next
  • Astro
  • Tailwind
  • Alpine
  • Node
Mobile
05
  • SwiftUI
  • Swift
  • React Native
  • Flutter
  • Dart
Desktop
04
  • Tauri
  • Wails
  • Rust
  • Go
Data
07
  • PostgreSQL
  • pgvector
  • MySQL
  • SQLite
  • MongoDB
  • Redis
  • Meilisearch
Infra
08
  • Docker
  • GitHub Actions
  • Forge
  • Laravel Cloud
  • Vercel
  • DigitalOcean
  • Hetzner
  • Bun
AI
09
  • Claude Code
  • Codex
  • Gemini
  • Anthropic API
  • OpenAI API
  • Google AI
  • Laravel AI SDK
  • Laravel MCP
  • Laravel Boost
Design
05
  • Figma
  • Photoshop
  • Illustrator
  • After Effects
  • Premiere Pro
05Open Source

Workingin public.

25
packages shipped
32K+
downloads
191
stars across org
136
personal repos
recently shipped
  • laravel-spectraPHP
  • laravel-debuggerPHP
  • laravel-ragPHP
  • laravel-qrcodePHP
  • laravel-pdf-invoicesPHP
  • laravel-license-corePHP
  • laravel-sispPHP
  • laravel-efaturaPHP
  • node-debuggerTS
github.com/akira-io→
06The Lab

Where ideasmutate.

What I'm learning right now. New tools and ideas get tried here before they make it into the stack.

  • ml

    Machine learning fundamentals

  • security

    Cybersecurity, offensive and defensive

  • lang

    Java for the JVM ecosystem

  • blockchain

    Blockchain: protocols, smart contracts, infra

  • cloud

    AWS: services, networking, deployment

FAQAbout

About Akira.dev

Common questions about the work, the stack, and how to get in touch.

01Who is Kidiatoliny Gonçalves?
Kidiatoliny Gonçalves is a senior software engineer and the founder of Akira Foundation, based in Luxembourg, originally from Cabo Verde. He has shipped production systems in Laravel, TypeScript, React, Vue, Go, and Rust across SaaS, APIs, and developer tools over many years.
02What does Kidiatoliny build?
Developer tools and SaaS products. Current products include Spectra (API inspector, Laravel-only in current phase, more frameworks planned), Unified Dev (development management platform), Orbit (local development runtime in the spirit of Laravel Valet and Herd), Nox Direit (legal AI for Cape Verde jurisprudence), Akira Billing (license and entitlements engine), Hyperion (edge compute layer), Akira Debugger (strict-typed Laravel debugger) and Akira Packages (open-source ecosystem).
03What stack does Kidiatoliny use?
Primary languages: PHP, TypeScript, Go, Rust, Swift. Primary frameworks: Laravel 12, React 19, Vue 3, Astro, Tauri, Wails, SwiftUI. Data: PostgreSQL with pgvector, Meilisearch, Redis. Infrastructure: Vercel, DigitalOcean, Hetzner, Laravel Cloud, GitHub Actions, Docker.
04What is Akira Foundation?
Akira Foundation is the software company founded by Kidiatoliny Gonçalves in 2023, based in Cabo Verde. Its focus is developer tools, infrastructure, and open-source packages. The Akira open-source ecosystem ships 25 packages with 32,000+ combined downloads and 191 stars across its GitHub organization.
05Where is Kidiatoliny based and how can I contact him?
Based in Luxembourg, originally from Cabo Verde. The contact section lists where to reach him.
07Contact

Let'stalk.

Available for product engineering, developer tools, infrastructure and AI work, full-time or on contract.

Best reached by email. I read everything and reply within two business days.

Open · Luxembourg, Cabo Verde · 2026