This is my digital workshop — where systems get built, tested, and launched. I specialize in full-stack development, technical program management, and building tools that last. This site reflects my move away from algorithmic platforms toward intentional creation and meaningful digital presence.

I'm Antonio—a builder at the intersection of systems, soul, and sweat. I create things that work: robust software, emotionally grounded mentorship models, savage guitar riffs, games for my daughter about foxes and magical fruit, and t-shirts durable enough to survive a jungle or a mosh pit. I'm not in this to go viral. I'm in this to leave a legacy.

My hands know code, lumber, dough, drumsticks, and dumbbells. My heart knows failure, fatherhood, loyalty, and repair. I'm not trying to "balance" opposites—I integrate them.

I've worn a lot of titles over the years: Full-Stack Dev, Architect, CTO, Engineering Manager, and now Technical Program Manager at a global hardware company. But my journey started with a bootstrapped web dev agency in college—just me and a friend, learning how to write clean code and clean invoices. We got acquired by a marketing firm, and even though the payout wasn't huge, the learning was priceless. I found that chaos was my co-pilot—especially in the agency world, where I once built a custom API parser overnight because a client emailed at 4 PM asking, "Can you integrate this obscure Belgian protocol by tomorrow morning?" Challenge accepted. I still smile thinking about those 2 AM commits fueled by bad coffee and raw willpower.

Through all that, I built a personal philosophy: technical excellence means nothing without human values—integrity, empathy, humility. Diverse, psychologically safe teams ship better software. Full stop.

Today, I channel that experience through Strong Hands, Soft Heart LLC, my personal umbrella for creative and entrepreneurial work. It's not just a brand—it's a way of life. Under it, I'm:

• Building a regenerative homestead in Puerto Rico with my daughter, planting fruit trees and designing a self-sustaining, beautiful life.
• Crafting artisanal soap boxes and screen-printed apparel by hand (yes, the screen printer is real).
• Recording metal albums with friends, asynchronously, sometimes at midnight, sometimes between meetings.
• Designing sacred mentorship spaces for men who want to evolve—without the gimmicks, just presence and real work.

My creative life is as chaotic as ever. I write almost every day—essays, ideas, poems, documentation. I train like a monk-warrior: basketball for joy, weights for strength, martial arts for discipline. I cook whole foods not because I'm a health bro—I still cave for pizza—but because my brain works better when I treat my body with respect. I parent two kids who call me out whenever my words and actions don't align. They keep me honest. I keep showing up.

I've rebuilt my life post-divorce, restructured my values, and realized that presence > perfection. Therapy, breathwork, and lifting heavy things all help. I've learned that being "strong" is hollow without gentleness, and that execution matters more than talking about it.

Legacy to me isn't some vague future thing—it's built in the small, daily reps. It's in how I treat others, how I show up when no one is watching, and how I translate love into systems that endure beyond me.

I'm not interested in playing small. I'm here to build.