goBuildy
I run goBuildy end to end: product direction, engineering decisions, and the team that turns both into something people can actually use.
Berlin · Uruguay
Fabián Piñatares
Systems engineer and CEO of goBuildy. I build software for a living, I chase live music for the joy of it, and I move through the world one flight at a time — from Uruguay to Berlin, and back again.
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Work
What I build, and how I think about it
Engineering is the easy part to describe. The harder, better part is the decisions around it — what to build, what to leave out, and who you build it with.
Systems & architecture
Backend, infrastructure and the unglamorous reliability work that keeps a product standing up on a Monday morning. I like things simple enough to explain out loud.
Teams that last
My strongest skill isn't a language or a framework — it's caring about people. The ones I build with, and the ones we build for.
About
The short version of a long story
I'm Uruguayan. I grew up with the ocean nearby, mate in one hand, and a computer I probably shouldn't have taken apart. I studied systems engineering because I wanted to understand how the invisible things work — and I never really stopped.
Today I live in Berlin. It's a city that rewards curiosity: strange venues, late trains, people from everywhere, and a music scene that makes a Tuesday feel like an event. Between the two places I've learned that good work travels, but so does the way you treat people.
That's the thread through everything here — engineering, running a company, planning the next trip. Pay attention, keep it simple, and take care of whoever is in the room with you.
“If you get the people part right, the technical part gets a lot easier.”
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Listen first
Most problems are described badly before they're described well. I ask a lot of questions before touching a keyboard.
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Build it simple
Clever is expensive. I'd rather ship something clear, understand its edges, and improve it than defend an architecture nobody can read.
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Stay around
Launch day is the beginning. The work I'm proudest of is the work I stuck with long after it was interesting.
Life
Off the clock
Two things reliably get me out of the house: a band playing tonight, and a boarding pass for somewhere I haven't been.
Live music
Concerts are my reset button. Berlin makes it dangerously easy — a small venue on a weeknight, a festival in summer, and that first note where everyone in the room forgets the week they had.
Travel
New cities, long flights, and the specific pleasure of getting lost on purpose. Living between Montevideo and Berlin turned travel from a holiday into a habit.
Contact
Write me — I actually answer
Tell me what you're working on, ask me something about goBuildy, or just say where you're writing from.
Work, collaborations, a question about engineering, or a recommendation for a band I should see in Berlin — all of it is welcome. I read everything and I reply, calmly and properly.