Developer, freelancer, and writer. Working with people around the world from my home office in Porto, Portugal.

I am an independent software developer with 10+ years of experience building for the web.

My first contact with programming started as a teenager, hacking HTML, CSS, and JavaScript together to build blog templates. A few years later, I graduated in computer science and got my first software development job.

Since then, I’ve worked on companies of all kinds — early-stage startups, large corporations, software agencies, and one-person teams. My work has spanned many industries, such as health & fitness, logistics, finance, movies & entertainment, developer tools, etc. I’ve built applications used by people in the USA, India, China, Brazil, and throughout Europe.

I’ve always done my best work solo or in small teams, where processes have low friction and roles are fluid. This, combined with the confidence in my skills built over the years, led me to start freelancing.

As a freelancer, I specialize in building custom web applications using JavaScript and Node.js. You can read more about my services .

I also maintain a blog where I document and share my learnings with others. The content is a mix of technical articles, career lessons, and a couple of loose notes.

I am currently living in Porto (UTC+0). In my free time, you will find me running, traveling around Portugal with my wife and son, or solving crossword puzzles.

Say hello on 𝕏/Twitter ! For bigger ideas, you can email me .

Ruan Martinelli

Speaking

Jul, 2021

Deploying Anything with Terraform and Google Cloud Run

STRV • Internal

Dec, 2020

Mutation Testing

STRV Backend Meetup

Sep, 2020

Technical Writing: Writing Better Docs

STRV • Internal

Aug, 2020

Golang for Node.js Developers

STRV • Internal

Dec, 2019

Introduction to GitHub Actions

STRV • Internal

May, 2019

What is Property-based Testing?

STRV • Internal

Feb, 2019

Getting Started with Monorepos

STRV • Internal

External Publications

Jul, 2019

Getting to Know Monorepo

STRV Engineering Blog