A developer who cares about craft, speed, and outcomes.
I'm Rhafael — a full-stack developer. I build e-commerce stores, content platforms, and SaaS products for founders and growing teams.
My focus is on the unglamorous things that matter: page speed, conversion-friendly UX, code that the next developer can read, and shipping on the date we agreed on.
I started with WordPress and PHP, fell in love with the React ecosystem, and now spend most of my time in Next.js, TypeScript, and Shopify Liquid.
The stack I reach for.
React
Hooks, RSC, Suspense — modern React on every build
Next.js
App Router, ISR, server actions, edge runtime
TypeScript
Strict mode by default, end-to-end typed
Shopify
Liquid, custom themes, Hydrogen, sections
WordPress
Custom themes, ACF, headless via WPGraphQL
Tailwind CSS
Design systems at scale, v4 tokens
Node.js
APIs, edge functions, queues
MongoDB
Aggregations, schema design, Atlas
How I got here.
Independent Developer
Running my own studio. Shopify rebuilds, headless WordPress, Next.js apps across e-commerce, travel, and SaaS.
Launched BoardGameTally
Founded a multi-tenant SaaS for tracking board game scores. Real-time sync, Elo ranks, custom subdomains — runs on Next.js + MongoDB + Ably.
Full-stack: React + Next.js
Added React, Next.js, and TypeScript to the toolkit. Started shipping headless WordPress and SaaS dashboards alongside e-commerce work.
Expanded into WordPress
Picked up custom WordPress themes, WooCommerce, and ACF-driven editorial sites. Doubled the type of client I could take on.
Freelance Shopify Developer
Started freelancing on Liquid. Built and customized Shopify themes for small DTC brands. The years that taught me how e-commerce actually converts.
Have a project in mind?
I work with founders and teams to ship fast, beautiful, and high-converting web experiences.