Technical Writing

Practical insights on backend engineering, fintech architecture, and software leadership from 9+ years in the field.

Architecture

Microservices Patterns in Fintech: Lessons from 1M+ Monthly Transactions

How we designed the backend infrastructure for Mercado Pago's QR payment system — from event-driven choreography to saga patterns and idempotency keys that kept us at 100% SLA for 12+ consecutive months.

February 2026·8 min readRead article →
Fintech

Lessons from Building Payment Systems at Scale

What I learned co-creating RappiPay: how to reason about money movement, why idempotency is non-negotiable, and the operational practices that made our co-branded credit card launch with Davivienda successful.

January 2026·10 min readRead article →
Backend

Go vs Node.js for High-Throughput Backends: A Practical Comparison

After shipping production systems in both Go and Node.js at Leal and Mercado Libre, here is my honest take — when each shines, where they disappoint, and how to choose for your next project.

December 2025·7 min readRead article →