Filipino software engineer based in the Philippines — working worldwide as a Drupal developer, DevOps engineer, and AI engineer. Consulting, staff augmentation, and technical support leadership for teams that need senior, reliable coverage.
Skills
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Writings
Hardening a Production Web App: A Practical Security Audit
I asked Claude Code to run a full security audit on this site's infrastructure and code, then fix what it found. Here's the exact playbook — real commands, explained — including a Docker-vs-firewall bug that had nothing to do with this app's own code.
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Consulting and staff augmentation from a Filipino software engineer: Drupal development, DevOps and platform engineering, AI engineering, and technical support leadership.
Web application architecture & audits
Site-building review, performance audits, and upgrade paths for web applications — CMS or custom-built.
DevOps & CI/CD setup
Pipelines, containerization, and Kubernetes deployments built for your team’s workflow.
Fractional platform engineering
Ongoing, part-time engineering support for teams that need senior coverage without a full hire.
Technical support transformation
Helping support teams evolve from reactive ticket-pushing into a world-class, customer-trusted support organization.
Seminars & workshops
Hands-on sessions on applying AI in engineering workflows and practical software engineering fundamentals, for teams and dev communities.
Application development
Building web, desktop, or command-line applications end to end — from architecture through to a shipped, maintainable product.
Courses
AI: From Zero to Hero
A 20-day, phase-by-phase course for newcomers who want to use AI to work faster and smarter — never more than an hour a day, so it fits around your normal routine.
View course →free for registered usersAI: Vibe Coding a Product
A 20-day course for people with zero software engineering background — build and publish a real working mini product by describing what you want to AI, explained as simply and clearly as possible, with lots of examples.
View course →free for registered usersAI in Software Engineering
A 20-day, phase-by-phase course for professional software engineers with zero AI experience — how to use AI tools for code generation, debugging, refactoring, review, and security, without lowering your engineering standards.
View course →free for registered usersAI: Data Analysis and Report
A 20-day course on using AI for real-world data analysis and reporting — cleaning messy Excel and CSV files, finding patterns, building charts, and writing verified reports.
View course →free for registered usersAI: As Personal Assistant
A 20-day course on using AI as an extension of yourself — for planning, organizing, emails, decisions, and everyday life, with clear boundaries on where AI's role should end.
View course →free for registered usersStaying Safe Online: A Non-Technical Guide to Scams & Fraud
A 20-day, phase-by-phase course for anyone — no tech background needed — on spotting and stopping scams before they cost you money, your accounts, or your peace of mind. Covers social engineering, phishing, texts, phone calls, social media, and what to do if you've already been scammed.
View course →free for registered usersPrompt Engineering in 5 Days
A 5-day, 1-hour-a-day crash course covering prompt fundamentals, testing & refining prompts, structuring complex prompts, and prompting for real work tasks. By Day 5 you'll have prompted a real, working app into existence — entirely by describing what you want, no coding experience required.
View course →free for registered usersAI: Context Engineering vs Prompt Engineering
A 5-day, 1-hour-a-day course for everyday AI users on the difference between what you ask (prompt engineering) and what the AI already knows when you ask it (context engineering) — and why the second one is usually the bigger lever. By Day 5 you'll have your own reusable "context + prompt kit" for getting consistently better answers.
View course →Slides
AI for Educators: How to be an AI engineer in todays world?
A plain-language talk for educators with little or no AI background: what AI can do for you this week, how it works, why your expertise is the rare skill, side-hustle paths, what it pays, and a 90-day roadmap. 14 slides, about 15 minutes.
View deck →8 slides · members onlyYour expertise × AI (visual edition)
Graphics-first version of the professors talk: what AI does for you this week, how it works, fear versus fact, why your expertise is the rare skill, side hustles, pay, and a 90-day plan. 8 slides, under 7 minutes.
View deck →10 slides · members onlyHow to Be an AI Engineer in Today's World as an Educator
Pedagogical Wisdom + Workflow Logic = The Modern AI Engineer.
View deck →FAQ
Are you available as a Drupal developer in the Philippines?
Yes. I am a Filipino Drupal developer working with Drupal 10 and 11: site building, custom modules and themes, migrations, performance audits, and managed hosting on platforms like Pantheon. I work with clients worldwide, remotely from the Philippines.
What does your DevOps and platform engineering work cover?
CI/CD pipelines, Docker and Kubernetes deployments, infrastructure as code with Terraform, and observability with Grafana and Prometheus. As a Filipino DevOps engineer, I offer both project-based setups and ongoing fractional platform support.
Are you taking work as a Filipino AI engineer?
Yes — I am a Filipino AI expert building LLM-powered applications: coding agents, RAG systems, and workflow automation. I also teach AI engineering and describe myself as a proud Pinoy vibe coder: a Pinoy AI expert shipping real software with AI-assisted development, properly reviewed and tested.
What is your technical support background?
Before consulting full-time, I spent years as a technical support engineer and support leader on hosting platforms — a Filipino technical support expert debugging production systems for customers around the clock. That background is why my builds emphasize reliability, clear documentation, and fast incident response.
Where are you based, and how do engagements work?
I am based in the Philippines and work remotely with clients in any timezone, with overlap hours for the US, Europe, and Australia. Engagements start with a short discovery call, then a fixed-scope proposal for projects or a monthly retainer for ongoing staff augmentation.
