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Head of Product & Technology

Manuel Benancio

but you can call me Kembec

I build, scale, and lead the technology and teams behind digital products.

  • CTO
  • Telecom & IoT
  • GenAI for Ops & CX
  • AI/SaaS

Overview

Toolbox

Daily systems, production habits, and the stack that keeps the work moving.

01

Coding Tools

6 tools
01 Cursor

Tried it, liked it, never stopped using it.

02 pnpm

Switched to pnpm. Saved gigs. Never looked back.

03 GitHub

I was once a GitLab follower and a GitHub critic.

04 Cloudflare

Protect my sites, speed them up, run code without servers.

05 Postman

Many alternatives have emerged — none convinced me.

06 Termius

Combines SSH and FTP, supports multiple devices.

02

Languages & Frameworks

10 tools
01 TypeScript

The safety of working with types in JavaScript.

02 Vue.js

React and Angular might be more popular. None compares.

03 Astro

There's no more rewarding way to build static sites.

04 Python

A love/hate relationship — my first choice for scripting.

05 Go

Not my favorite syntax, but damn, it runs fast.

06 FastAPI

Feels like Python grew up and learned async.

07 Laravel

My early dev days — PHP, and mostly with Laravel.

08 Tailwind

It may make HTML harder to read, but it's so easy to use.

09 PostgreSQL

My favorite SQL — great performance and open source.

10 React Native

Native is better, but it doesn't always make a big difference.

03

Design

3 tools
01 Figma

Completely replaced Sketch.

02 Adobe Illustrator

My most-used Adobe tool since the CS3 version.

03 Affinity Designer

Like Illustrator — with a one-time fee.

04

Personal

6 tools
01 Apple Ecosystem

Debian for servers and MacOS for my desktop.

02 Arc Browser

Quickly became my default browser.

03 Notion

My project logbook — easy to share and use in teams.

04 ChatGPT

Whenever I have questions, this app helps kickstart my learning.

05 Obsidian

My brain in Markdown, easily uses JS and is locally hosted.

06 Google Drive

The easiest way I've found to send and store files.

05

Communication

4 tools
01 Slack

Essential for communication.

02 Google Meet

I pay for Google Workspace.

03 Spark

All my emails in one place.

04 GatherTown

A virtual office, desk included.

06

Security

2 tools
01 NordPass

No worries about remembering passwords.

02 Kaspersky

An antivirus is never unnecessary.