UpSpeech
Software for speech therapy clinics that treat stuttering. Patients practice between sessions and the therapist follows every attempt.
Ruby on Rails / React / React Native
VKF — Portfolio · Vol. VI Available — Apr 2026
Hey, I'm — Vasco.
I build clean, functional, and playful web apps.
Currently into 3D printing, basketball scheduling tools, and making the web a little more fun.
№ 02 Selected · 2020 — 2026
What I've Been Building .
Featured · Case study
Basketball Stats App
Basketball stats for leagues and teams, with live scoring and shot charts on the web and on phones.
ReactReact NativeConvex
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MyAgentWebsite
Website builder for real estate agents. Each agent gets a branded site on their own domain, no developer needed.
Ruby on Rails / React / TypeScript
Therapy Resources
Therapists describe what they need for a session and get printable cards and games in their own illustration style.
Next.js / TypeScript / Convex
Basketball Video Analyzer
Free desktop app for basketball coaches to cut game film into tagged clips for the team.
Electron / React / TypeScript
Delivered Photos
Client galleries for photographers. Send one link, and the client hearts their picks on their phone.
Convex / React / TypeScript
FPB Calendar
Portuguese basketball fixtures and box scores, with any team's games synced to your calendar.
Sinatra / Sequel / PostgreSQL
№ 03 Career · 7 roles
Places I've Worked At .
Co-Founder
@ UpSpeech2024 – Present
Co-founded a speech therapy SaaS platform for speech-language pathologists. Built the full platform from scratch — a multi-tenant application with session management, clinical report generation, patient progress tracking, and deployment infrastructure. Responsible for architecture decisions, product direction, and full-stack development across Rails and React.
RailsReactTypeScriptPostgreSQL
Full-Stack Engineer
@ Pixelmatters2025 – Present
Working as a full-stack engineer at Pixelmatters, a digital product studio that designs and builds products for tech companies. Currently building features for UJET.cx, an AI-powered cloud contact center platform, using Ruby on Rails and Angular.
RailsRubyAngularTypeScript
Ruby on Rails Developer
@ Medihive2022 – 2025
At Medihive, I worked mostly with Ruby on Rails in a cross-functional team focused on delivering the best possible product to our clients. I worked on the company's internal tools, such as the admin panel and doctor panels, as well as the client-facing website. As a full-stack developer, I also worked on the front-end, using mostly ERB and some React. I gradually increased my responsibilities, owning and developing features end-to-end.
RailsRubyReactERB
Ruby on Rails Developer
@ Bit Zesty2021 – 2022
As a Full-Stack Software Developer at BitZesty, I've had the opportunity to work fully remotely in Ruby on Rails on a cross-functional team. Here I worked on several projects with different ruby and rails versions, trying to find the best budget conscious solution for clients.
RailsRubyReactElasticSearch
Full-Stack Developer
@ Landing.Jobs2020 – 2021
I worked my way up from Junior to Mid-Level Software Developer in under a year. I had the opportunity to work with Ruby on Rails, React, Typescript, GraphQL and CSS. This was my first developing job and I was able to apply my skills in a real-world setting, contributing to the company's success.
RailsRubyReactGraphQL
Technology Trainee
@ Accenture Portugal2019 – 2022
At Accenture, I mainly worked with VBA and a Customer Care & Billing software, in Java. It was my first experience with any of these languages, which I acquired reasonably quickly at a basic level.
VBAJavaSQLUnix
Junior Consultant
@ WeDo Technologies2019
During my tenure at WeDo Technologies (now Mobileum), I worked with their proprietary software 'RAID'. This is a logic based development software. I had the chance to work in a very small team and work a bit with unix, VMs and JavaScript.
JavaScriptUnixSQLRAID
№ 04 Foundations
Studied.
Where the foundations got laid.
2018
Web Development Bootcamp
@ Le Wagon
LeWagon is a coding bootcamp focused on Full-Stack web development. Here I learned HTML, CSS and JavaScript on the front-end and Ruby on Rails on the back-end. It was then I decided I wanted to work in tech.
2015 - 2018
Bachelor in Electric and Electronic Engineering
@ University of Exeter
I completed my bachelors in Electrical Engineering, gaining some experience in PIC Programming, C and 3D modelling, amongst many hardware classes.
2007 - 2015
International Baccalaureate
@ St. Julian's School
St. Julians was where I studied from 5th to 12th grade, having completed the International Baccalaureate with higher level Physics, Mathematics and Economics, after finishing the Portuguese Secondary School system with the highest possible grades.
№ 05 Live · updated this month
What I'm Up to Now .
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Building a calendar tool for all Portuguese basketball leagues
side-quest // shipping soon
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3D printing a wine rack(!) using my Bambu P1S
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Learning and working with LLMs and code assistants
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Playing for Nacional. Vamos.
every wednesday + saturday
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Reading the "Red Rising" series
book 3 of 6 · "Hail Reaper"
№ 06 — Hit me up CC: vasco.kf @ Lisbon
Let's play.
Got a cool project idea? Want to chat code or hoops? I'm always down for a good conversation.
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