LOG 01 · DEPARTURE10.46°N 84.70°WCOSTA RICA
Senior Software Engineer
Twelve years of building — from San José to Toronto.
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LOG 02 · THE CLASSROOM9.93°N 84.08°W2014 — 2025
Before shipping software to a whole country, I taught it — one classroom at a time.
Computer Science Teacher → Software Engineer · Costa Rica
Taught computer science in Costa Rica's public education system before shipping software for it nationwide. The classroom is where engineering discipline met patience.
Taught computer science before shipping it nationwide.
LOG 03 · THE NATION LIGHTS UP9.93°N 84.08°W2019 — 2025
Three national systems for Costa Rica's Ministry of Education — every glowing node on the map is a school.
Teacher assessment for every public school in Costa Rica
National web platform where teachers across Costa Rican public schools register academic-year assessments. React + TypeScript front, ASP.NET API, Azure infrastructure — plus a Blazor WebAssembly administrative companion (SEA Institucional).
Nationwide online assessment platform
Online assessment serving teaching and administrative staff across the whole country — the biggest ignition wave on the map. Blazor, ASP.NET, Bootstrap.
Digital learning resource catalog
Curriculum-aligned catalog of digital learning resources for Costa Rican education. React, Node.js, Sequelize, Azure MySQL.
LOG 04 · EVENING LECTURES9.93°N 84.08°W2018 — 2023
Five years across two universities, teaching the stack I was building with by day.
Computer Science Professor · Costa Rica
University instruction in Java, C#, data structures and design patterns — turning working knowledge into transferable fundamentals.
Computer Science Professor · Costa Rica
Evening lectures on Python, React, Angular and software principles for the next generation of Costa Rican engineers.
LOG 05 · THE NIGHT DESK9.93°N 84.08°W2023 — 2025
Senior engineering for US companies — from a desk in Costa Rica, rain on the window.
Senior Software Engineer · USA · Remote
Designed notification and email systems on Azure Functions, Queue Storage and ASP.NET; full-stack work across Blazor WebAssembly and Entity Framework.
Senior Software Engineer · Costa Rica · US company
At AYA's Costa Rica branch, built SMS management on a Twilio microservice; event-driven services with AWS and RabbitMQ; React + TypeScript on the front.
LOG 06 · IN TRANSITSJO → YYZ2025
2025. New country. Same builder.
LOG 07 · ARRIVAL43.65°N 79.38°W2025 →
Selected work lit up along the waterfront — and evening classes again, this time on the student side of the desk.
MBA — Information Systems Management (in progress) · Toronto, Canada
Back in a classroom — this time on the student side of the desk: graduate studies on how technology organizations are run, alongside full-time engineering.
Teacher assessment for every public school in Costa Rica
National web platform where teachers across Costa Rican public schools register academic-year assessments. React + TypeScript front, ASP.NET API, Azure infrastructure — plus a Blazor WebAssembly administrative companion (SEA Institucional).
Nationwide online assessment platform
Online assessment serving teaching and administrative staff across the whole country — the biggest ignition wave on the map. Blazor, ASP.NET, Bootstrap.
Digital learning resource catalog
Curriculum-aligned catalog of digital learning resources for Costa Rican education. React, Node.js, Sequelize, Azure MySQL.
Where this story was first written down
The first version of alonsougalde.com (2021–2026): Next.js and hand-written CSS Modules. Preserved exactly as it shipped — a museum piece you can still visit.
A scroll-driven 3D story from Costa Rica to Toronto
The page you are reading: Next.js, React Three Fiber and GSAP telling twelve years of work as one continuous camera flight.
LOG 08 · THE WHOLE ARC9.93°N → 43.65°N2014 — 2025
Building from Toronto. Rooted in Costa Rica.
Built with Next.js, React Three Fiber and GSAP. Content in English and Spanish. Site history: v1 (2021 — 2026)
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