25 years building web apps. AI native for the last two years. I help technical and non-technical people ship real things with AI — whether that means I write the code, or I teach them how to.
The work splits cleanly into three lanes. Most of my clients didn't know which one they were in until we talked.
Things I've built where AI is a meaningful part of the system — not a chatbot bolted on.
I'm 50, Brazilian, based in Recife. I started writing PHP when PHP 4 was new and I've been a Laravel developer since around the 4.x days — that's 15+ years of shipping production code, mostly for small SaaS teams in the US.
Two years ago I moved my whole workflow into Claude Code. Not as an experiment — as the actual way I work, every day. That puts me in a rare overlap: I can talk to a non-technical founder about what AI can and can't do for their business, and an hour later be in a senior code review arguing about migration strategy.
I have dry humor. I don't say "🚀". I'm not "10×ing your productivity." I just ship.
I take a few clients at a time. Tell me what you're trying to ship — I'll tell you if I'm the right person and roughly how long.
Go to /hire-me →# Eduardo Cruz — Senior Engineer + AI Native 25 years building web apps. AI native for the last two years. I help technical and non-technical people ship real things with AI — whether that means I write the code, or I teach them how to. - Location: Recife, Brazil · UTC−3 - Contact: eduardo@eduardocruz.com - Rate: $60/hr · weekly cap - Status: Available · working with AI daily ## Three kinds of people hire me All real, all paying. The work splits cleanly into three lanes — most clients didn't know which one they were in until we talked. - **A · Never used AI — zero to shipping in a week.** You've heard everyone talking about it. ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, n8n — they all blur together. We pick the right tools for what you're actually trying to do, set up your workflow, and ship something real. - **B · Tried-and-stuck — the Bolt / v0 / Lovable wall.** You got something working for 30 minutes, then hit a wall. Maybe it's the tool, maybe the architecture, maybe you need a real engineer for the next step. Usually all three. I take what you built and make it production-grade. - **C · Already shipping — the 40% the tools won't teach you.** You're in Claude Code or Cursor every day, getting maybe 60% of the value. The rest is workflow, custom agents, real production deploys, and knowing when NOT to let the model write the code. That's the part I do. ## Recent work Things where AI is a meaningful part of the system — not a chatbot bolted on. - **Healthcare marketplace (2026)** — Helping people find the right healthcare professional faster, and helping clinics keep the relationship alive. [AI harness improvement] - **Homestay matching platform (2026)** — Matching international students with host families and getting them placed faster, with less back-and-forth. [Custom agent] - **Therapy session platform (2025)** — Giving therapists their attention back during sessions, so the notes write themselves and the patient gets the full hour. [Real-time AI] - **Sol (2025)** — An autonomous AI assistant with persistent memory, calendar context, and a real opinion. Not a chatbot — a coworker. Identity site: eduardocruz.com/sol. [Long-running agent] - **Mission Control (2024)** — Daily-ops orchestrator for a small team. Reads Stripe + Linear + GitHub, posts a morning brief, runs scheduled agents, surfaces anomalies. Saved ~6 hours of manual triage per week. [Agent orchestration] ## About I'm 50, Brazilian, based in Recife. I started writing PHP when PHP 4 was new and I've been a Laravel developer since around the 4.x days — 15+ years of shipping production code, mostly for small SaaS teams in the US. Two years ago I moved my whole workflow into Claude Code. Not as an experiment — as the actual way I work, every day. That puts me in a rare overlap: I can talk to a non-technical founder about what AI can and can't do for their business, and an hour later be in a senior code review arguing about migration strategy. I have dry humor. I don't say "🚀". I'm not "10×ing your productivity." I just ship. - Currently building: Throughline — AI harness improvement for your personal agent - In rotation: Anthropic Claude Code · OpenAI Codex · Google Gemini - This week: available for 5h/week ## Want me on your project? I take a few clients at a time. Tell me what you're trying to ship — I'll tell you if I'm the right person and roughly how long. → eduardocruz.com/hire-me --- Eduardo Cruz · Recife, Brazil · Working with AI agents since 2024 GitHub: github.com/eduardocruz · LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/eduardocruz · X: x.com/eduardocruz