Tech is drowning in hype: microservices, Kubernetes, serverless, AI-everything. I cut through the noise and use the right tool for the job without giving up simplicity.
I help organizations simplify architecture, harden infrastructure, automate delivery, and adopt AI without burning money on oversized models and shallow automation. No cargo-cult platforms. No resume-driven stacks. No complexity theater.
Fast-growing teams collect important work that never reaches the board: brittle deploys, missing automation, internal tools, observability gaps, flaky systems, or the feature everyone wants but nobody can prioritize.
I come in where the team is overloaded, turn vague pain into scoped work, and ship the thing. Sometimes that means clearing backlog. Sometimes it means removing the source of recurring fires so the team can get back to building.
System design, modernization, technical strategy, and pragmatic stack choices. Built for maintainability, delivery speed, and real constraints.
CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, observability, cloud foundations, deployment safety, and automation that removes manual pain instead of adding process.
One-shot demos are hype. Production AI is guidance, agents, model choice, and token discipline. I coach teams to spend fewer tokens, waste less compute, and use small or local models when they fit, not just throw the biggest model at every task.
This works best if you want someone with a no-BS approach who says no to nonsense, asks uncomfortable questions, and spends the extra time thinking through problems to reach the best outcome.
I work globally, but care deeply about European technical sovereignty. When it makes sense, I help teams choose capable European tools, hosting, and vendors instead of defaulting to the usual giants.
Hourly work is available when it makes sense, but the default is fair project-based pricing tied to context and impact. A Kubernetes cluster, CI/CD pipeline, or AI workflow is not worth the same to every company. I price the work like an adult: clear scope, honest value, no inflated consultancy games.
Created by me, Carlos "coolapso" Colaço, coolapso.sh has one mission: fight complexity drift. Modern organizations keep buying progress and receiving platforms, ceremonies, dashboards, and less clarity.
The work is rebellious pragmatism in practice: simpler systems, sharper engineering, fewer excuses, and tools chosen because they fit the job, not because a vendor keynote said so.
Clear tradeoffs. Plain language. No vendor fog. Open source when it helps, transparent thinking always.
No forced platforms. No needless layers. No architecture that needs a cult to operate. Build only what earns its keep.
AI accelerates good judgment and exposes bad judgment. I use it as a peer, not an oracle, manager, or excuse.
Stable systems. Readable code. Repeatable delivery. Standards that make teams faster, not rituals that make them numb.
Data deserves restraint. I reject creepy telemetry, reckless collection, and security theater dressed as insight.
Searchbase
Independent web access for AI agents.
I built Searchbase to give AI agents a straightforward way to search the web and read pages as Markdown. Connect through REST or MCP, use the managed Cloud, or self-host the open-source core.
Explore Searchbase ->Useful work should travel. When something can help others without compromising clients, I share it, document it, and keep it sharp.
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