Architecture that cannot scale
Early system decisions begin creating technical debt that blocks new features and increases maintenance cost.
Accepting new engagements
INDEPENDENT ENGINEERING PARTNER
Move the product forward. Without the engineering bottleneck.
Bring a slow backend, a fragile integration, or a product milestone that is stuck. Naubly helps you identify the right next step—and, when there is a fit, deliver the engineering work.
For founders, product teams, and agencies that need experienced engineering for a contained fix, a defined build, or ongoing support.
NAUBLY / FIELD NOTES
ENGINEERING WITH INTENTBUILT FOR WHAT COMES NEXT
Engineering experience includes systems involving
Financial modeling platformsMarketplace infrastructureBackend API platformsDeveloper toolingAutomation infrastructureHigh-performance WordPress engineering
01 / THE FRICTIONPROBLEMS WE SOLVE
When engineering problems block product growth.
Software platforms often reach a stage where early technical decisions begin limiting product evolution. Naubly typically works with teams facing challenges such as:
Backend platforms becoming slow or unreliable
APIs degrade under load, infrastructure becomes unpredictable, and reliability issues start affecting users.
Engineering velocity dropping
Teams spend more time working around infrastructure problems than shipping product features.
Complex integrations creating fragile systems
Payment providers, analytics platforms, and third-party APIs must operate reliably together under real conditions.
MVP platforms needing production-grade architecture
Systems built quickly must evolve into stable, maintainable platforms that internal teams can extend.
02 / THE METHODENGINEERING PRINCIPLES
How Naubly approaches engineering systems.
Reliable software platforms require disciplined engineering practices.
DESIGN THE RELATIONSHIPS.
ENGINEER THE WHOLE.
ENGINEER THE WHOLE.
Architecture before implementation
Systems are designed before development begins to avoid costly refactoring later.
Clear system boundaries
Services, APIs, and data models are defined with explicit contracts between components.
Performance as a design constraint
Performance considerations are incorporated early in system design, not bolted on after the fact.
Maintainable systems
Codebases are structured so internal teams can extend and maintain them long after delivery.
03 / THE WORKENGINEERING CAPABILITIES
The right engineering help for the problem in front of you.
Focused support for teams that need better foundations, more reliable systems, or experienced delivery capacity.
Indicative starting points in USD. Final scope, deliverables, and responsibilities are agreed before work begins.
01FLAGSHIP OFFER
Workflow & Integration Engineering
Starting at US$2,500
Connect systems, automate business processes, and build dependable workflows with clear implementation scope.
BEST SUITED TO
Founders and product teams replacing manual handoffs, integrating external APIs, or orchestrating critical business workflows.
- System and API integrations
- Backend orchestration and data flows
- Testing, observability, and documented handoff
WHY IT MATTERS
Start a conversation Reliable workflows reduce operational friction while giving your team a clearer path from business need to working software.
02
Backend Reliability & Remediation
From US$400 for narrowly bounded tasks
Investigate and resolve a defined bottleneck, failure mode, or operational gap in an existing application.
BEST SUITED TO
Teams that need evidence-led remediation without treating a narrowly scoped task as a full platform engagement.
- Performance or failure-mode investigation
- Critical-path fixes and targeted tests
- Concise findings and implementation handoff
WHY IT MATTERS
Start a conversation Start with a contained problem, improve what matters most, and leave the system easier to operate with confidence.
03
Product & Platform Engineering
Starting at US$4,000
Build or modernize the software foundations and product capabilities needed for the next stage of growth.
BEST SUITED TO
Product teams extending a platform, replacing fragile foundations, or delivering a larger feature with defined scope.
- Backend APIs and application architecture
- Database and data-model design
- Implementation, testing, and maintainable delivery
WHY IT MATTERS
Start a conversation Clear boundaries and reliable foundations make future product work easier to ship and safer to change.
ONGOING PARTNERSHIPNaubly Ongoing
Naubly Ongoing
Engineering Partnership
US$1,000 per month
A flexible engineering relationship for businesses with a recurring stream of smaller maintenance, integration, and improvement priorities.
Ask if the partnership fitsWHAT IS INCLUDED
- Up to 8 engineering hours per month for implementation, investigation, testing, and directly related work.
- Monthly prioritization around the highest-value eligible work.
- Acknowledgment of requests within two business days.
- Lightweight updates on completed work, risks, and next steps where useful.
BOUNDARIES THAT PROTECT DELIVERY
- Unused capacity does not roll over, and work beyond eight hours needs explicit agreement.
- No 24/7 coverage, emergency on-call service, or guaranteed incident resolution.
- Major features, migrations, and larger integrations are separately scoped.
- Third-party costs and access-dependent work remain outside the monthly fee.
Choose a fixed-scope project when the outcome is defined. Choose the partnership when priorities recur month to month and continuity is more useful than a single delivery plan. The engagement is subject to scope, capacity, feasibility, access, and agreed priorities.
04 / PROOF IN PRACTICESELECTED WORK
Evidence of engineering work that holds up under real constraints.
A few documented examples across critical integrations, performance, and reusable product tooling.
DOCUMENTED EXPERIENCE · CRITICAL INTEGRATIONSView supporting profile
Payment migration under deadline
Planning a payment migration without losing sight of continuity
CONTEXT
A payment integration had to change while active billing cycles continued and subscriber continuity could not be treated as an afterthought.
APPROACH AND RESULT
The documented experience centers on subscriber state, edge cases, and sequencing a processor change around the risk of service interruption. The public profile does not expose enough implementation detail to claim a complete client case study, so this example is presented as relevant engineering experience rather than a guaranteed outcome.
WHY IT MATTERS
For teams changing a critical integration, careful sequencing and correctness matter as much as implementation speed.
INDEPENDENT ENGINEERING PROJECT · PROTOCOL AND RUNTIMEExplore the Signal repository
Signal
Engineering backend correctness
CONTEXT
Signal is a reusable decision-processing platform for events, evidence, assessment, decisions, learning, memory, replay, and audit.
APPROACH AND RESULT
The public repository documents protocol-governed operation contracts, runtime dispatch, idempotency and replay metadata, subscriber dedupe, audit evidence, and a runnable reference proof. The case study distinguishes documented behavior from guarantees that require deeper inspection.
WHY IT MATTERS
For teams operating critical state changes, explicit contracts and inspectable evidence create a stronger starting point for correctness discussions.
OPEN SOURCE · REUSABLE ENGINEERINGView repository
Reusable conversion tooling
HTML to editable Gutenberg blocks
CONTEXT
WordPress workflows often involve repetitive conversion work that is difficult to reuse and easy to get wrong by hand.
APPROACH AND RESULT
html-to-gutenberg converts arbitrary HTML into fully editable WordPress Gutenberg blocks and provides a preview of the result. The public package also supports modern output workflows and test coverage.
WHY IT MATTERS
Reusable tooling can remove repetitive work from a delivery process and give teams a more dependable path from source content to editable output.
05 / CLIENT FEEDBACKWORKING TOGETHER
What clients have said about working with Diogo.
These endorsements describe Diogo's individual professional work. They are not presented as reviews commissioned by or written about Naubly as a company.
“He worked until all hours of the night getting a mission-critical project finished and anticipated possible challenges. I'm ready to hire him for my next project.”
“Diogo is very efficient. He listened patiently to all my needs and helped me accomplish exactly what I wanted. He always replied within an hour.”
“Fast and super easy to work with. Work was completed to a high standard.”
06 / COLLABORATIONHOW COLLABORATION WORKS
A focused path from uncertainty to working software.
Clear steps. Shared context. Working outcomes.
Align on the objective
Clarify the product goal, constraints, current system, and what a useful outcome looks like.
Define the approach
Choose the smallest sound path forward, with clear boundaries, trade-offs, and milestones.
Engineer and validate
Build the work, test critical paths, and keep progress visible as decisions become implementation.
Deliver and iterate
Ship working software, document what matters, and continue improving where the product needs it.
07 / THE ENGAGEMENTENGAGEMENT MODEL
Project delivery when scope is clear. Ongoing partnership when the work continues.
Choose a fixed-scope project when the outcome and deliverables are clear. Choose the ongoing partnership when smaller engineering priorities recur month to month. If the work exceeds the monthly capacity or needs a dedicated delivery plan, Naubly can scope it separately—without implying that the partnership includes a larger project.
Start a conversationAccepting new engagements
08 / START A CONVERSATION
Have a project in mind? Let's find the next step.
Tell me what you are building, what is getting in the way, and what needs to happen next. I will review the context and respond with any questions and a practical next step if there is a fit. No commitment is needed to start the conversation.
01
Share the context
What you are building, what is blocked, and why it matters now.
02
Review the fit
We clarify the constraint, scope, and whether Naubly is the right partner.
03
Agree on a next step
If there is a fit, you get a practical path forward—without committing upfront.
A few sentences are enough. No deck or detailed specification required.