Manuel Benancio
I run technology and product as one job. Most of what I have run cannot stop while it changes, and that constraint decides more than any of my preferences do.
Written
- sep 2026 You migrate customers, not systems Replacing a system that cannot pause costs reconciliation, not downtime.
- jul 2026 Why I slow down external contracts when implementation gets faster Building on a bad interface used to be slow enough that the awkwardness arrived while the decision was still fresh.
- jul 2026 The product work that started arriving at my desk I could price any request technically. What I could not do, for an embarrassingly long time, was say what we should refuse.
Built
- web Cresum Resume builder, zero data stored
- extension Code Time Limiter VS Code extension for focused work
- api Consulta RUC Peruvian taxpayer data from SUNAT
- web CodeToImage HTML + CSS to shareable image
- web Ropasclisp Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock
MCP servers
- email-mcp Email MCP — Gmail, Outlook & iCloud
- gcal-mcp Google Calendar MCP
- ical-mcp iCloud Calendar MCP
- ruc-mcp SUNAT RUC MCP para Peru
- linkedin-mcp LinkedIn MCP
- screenshot-mcp Screenshot MCP
- substack-mcp Substack MCP
Work
- 2024 — Guinea Mobile CTO The platforms other businesses resell under their own brand, and what it costs to replace one while it is running.
- 2020 — 2024 Grupo Anta Technology consultant E-commerce for businesses that were selling before they had a system for it.
- 2018 — 2023 Syma Co-founder and CTO Point-of-sale and electronic invoicing, built to rules the tax authority kept changing.
- 2008 — Before any of that Small sites, then backend work, then the infrastructure under it.