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kidiatoliny·portfolio · 2026

Building tools.Designing systems.Shipping software.

north star
be smarter, don't work harder.

Kidiatoliny Gonçalves is a senior software engineer and founder of Akira Corporation, based in Luxembourg, originally from Cabo Verde. Many years building production systems in Laravel, TypeScript, React, Vue, Go, Rust, and SwiftUI across SaaS, APIs, and developer tools. Author of twenty-five open-source packages with 32,000+ downloads, focused on developer experience, security, and integrations. Currently shipping Spectra, Unified Dev, Akira Billing, Orbit, and Hyperion.

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01Systems

Patternsover preference.

Four principles that survive across stacks, teams, and years.

stake
The stack changes. The opinions that survive a rewrite are the ones worth keeping.
01

Reduce cognitive load.

Less to learn, less to break, less to maintain. Strict types end-to-end.

02

Compose primitives.

Actions, value objects, pipelines, builders. Small parts. Predictable seams.

03

Make the invisible visible.

Routes, contracts, latency, state. Pulled to the surface where they belong.

04

Optimize for ergonomics.

If it costs attention, it costs everything. Great 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.

Auto-discover routes, test endpoints instantly, inspect responses in real-time. The professional API inspector built exclusively for Laravel.

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

Unified Dev

A modern, unified platform for development management.

Version control, project management, issue tracking, CI/CD pipelines, and time tracking. Folded into one cinematic 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

The revolution of law practice in Cape Verde.

Legal platform pairing Cape Verde legislation with advanced AI. Search, analyze, generate documents in seconds.

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

Spectra

Illuminate your API.

Auto-discover routes, test endpoints instantly, inspect responses in real-time. The professional API inspector built exclusively for Laravel.

  • Laravel 12
  • PHP 8.4
  • Livewire
  • Tailwind v4
visit spectra→live
Spectra Every route, lit up.
Every route, lit up. Auto-discovered. Pinned. Sorted by intent. Your API as a map you can read.
Spectra API health, at a glance.
API health, at a glance. Latency, volume, slowest endpoints, flaky routes. The health of your API, surfaced.
Spectra Mock server, no detours.
Mock server, no detours. Serve endpoints locally. Replay history, fall back to schema. Frontend 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, export. Reproducible flows next to the routes themselves.
02Dev management platform
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Dev management platform

Unified Dev

A modern, unified platform for development management.

Version control, project management, issue tracking, CI/CD pipelines, and time tracking. Folded into one cinematic 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, time — folded into a single cinematic surface.
Unified Dev Pipelines, without the tabs.
Pipelines, without the tabs. CI/CD orchestration native to the workspace. No context switching.
Unified Dev Issues that move with code.
Issues that move with code. Tracking tied to branches, commits, deploys. Status is always real.
Unified Dev Time tracked in flow.
Time tracked in flow. Hours logged where work happens. No second tool, no friction.
Unified Dev Built for teams that ship.
Built for teams that ship. Designed around the rhythm of real product engineering.
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 it came from.
04Legal AI · Cape Verde jurisprudence
04 · 04
Legal AI · Cape Verde jurisprudence

Nox Direit

The revolution of law practice in Cape Verde.

Legal platform pairing Cape Verde legislation with advanced AI. Search, analyze, generate documents in seconds.

  • Laravel
  • Postgres
  • pgvector
  • PrismPHP
  • Meilisearch
visit noxdireit→live
Nox Direit Practice law at the speed of AI.
Practice law at the speed of AI. Cape Verde legislation paired with advanced AI. Research, analyze, generate documents in seconds.
Nox Direit Every tool in one place.
Every tool in one place. Legal research, draft generation, impact analysis, coherence audit — integrated end to end.
Nox Direit From research to final draft.
From research to final draft. Draft generator, LEX search, risk audit. From intent to document, without friction.
03Experience

6 yearsof shipping.

Full-stack engineer based in Luxembourg. Build scalable SaaS, APIs, and developer tools on Laravel, TypeScript, React, Vue, Go, Rust, and Swift. Design clean architectures, solve hard problems, ship reliable software.

experience
6+yrs
based in
Luxembourg
origin
Cabo Verde
where I've built
  • active
    Akira Corporation
    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 — SEO platform, backlinks 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, dev-tools, infra, and AI work.
04Stack

Tools ofthe trade.

What I reach for first. Stack chosen for ergonomics, not novelty.

policy
Pick the boring tool where it counts. Save the curiosity for the surface the user touches.
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
03Experience

Compoundingin 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.

Currently learning. The bench where new tools and ideas earn their place in the stack.

  • ml

    Machine learning fundamentals

  • security

    Cyber security — 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 Corporation, 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), Akira Billing (license and entitlements engine), Akira Debugger (strict-typed Laravel debugger), Akira Packages (open-source ecosystem), Orbit (local development runtime in the spirit of Laravel Valet and Herd), and Hyperion (edge compute layer).
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 Corporation?
Akira Corporation 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 to contact?
Based in Luxembourg, originally from Cabo Verde. See the contact section for open channels.
05Open Source

Let's buildsomething.

Available for product engineering, dev-tools, infra, and AI work, full-time or contract.

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

Open · Luxembourg, Cabo Verde · 2026