Nicholas Wieland

Ruby on Rails freelance developer helping startups and tech teams build solid, scalable products, from prototype to launch. I mainly work on Rails/Hotwire web applications: architecture, feature development, payment integrations (Stripe), search (Meilisearch/Elasticsearch), background job processing, and infrastructure optimization (Fly.io). I'm also the founder and solo developer of Torbido, an Italian marketplace currently in pre-launch. This gives me a pragmatic, business-oriented approach, not just a technical one. I know what it takes to bring a product from idea to production on a limited budget and timeline, without over-engineering. I'm useful to you if you're looking for: development or refactoring of existing Rails applications, infrastructure setup and deployment (Fly.io, Postgres, CI/CD), integrations for payments, transactional email, search, and RBAC, or technical consulting for MVPs and early-stage startups.