Bruno Costanzo

About

I'm Argentine, I live in Zürich and I have built software since 2020. Before that I was a journalist.

I studied political journalism at TEA, in Buenos Aires. I worked at elCanciller and Noticias Argentinas until 2021.

In those years I taught myself to program. My first developer job was in 2020, at Smart One: a ride-hailing platform, with a panic button that sent the driver's location in real time.

After that I worked for clients in the United States, Singapore, Chile and Argentina. Sometimes I built systems from scratch. Other times I took over a system that already existed, brought it up to date and left it working better.

Today I work at Renuo AG, in Zürich. I work on a platform for the University of Bern, so researchers can work with sensitive data safely.

Journalism left me two habits: asking a lot of questions and explaining things simply. I use them every time someone tells me what they need.

Also

Mentoring
I give free mentoring to Argentines who want to become Ruby on Rails developers, on technical and career decisions.

Write to me or book a call, and say it is about mentoring.

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Open source
I maintain Fripa, a Ruby gem used in production. I also send fixes to Rails and other gems.
Languages
Spanish, English and Italian.

Where I've worked

  1. Renuo AG

    2025 – now · Zürich

    A platform for the University of Bern. It gives researchers secure virtual machines and access from the browser.

  2. Unagi

    2022 – 2025 · Remote

    A consultancy. I worked for several clients:

    • Sayge, United States: upgraded an old system to the latest Rails version and raised test coverage to 95%.
    • Blackbook Travels, Singapore: a module that keeps more than 2 million hotels from several providers up to date.
    • Patrimore, Chile: a goal-based investment module.
    • Doff, Argentina: a system built from scratch to request leave and time off.
  3. Smart One

    2020 – 2022 · Colombia

    A ride-hailing platform, with a panic button and the driver's location in real time.

  4. elCanciller and Noticias Argentinas

    2017 – 2021 · Buenos Aires

    Journalist.

Got an idea? Write to me.

It can be something that is still only in your head, or a business that already works and needs a system. You don't need to have it all worked out, know about technology or have a big budget.

First tell me the idea. Then we'll work out together how to make it real and where to start.

I answer myself.

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