It starts with
a what if.

I’m Gabriel Catimbang.

A developer who turns curiosity into things people use.
Here’s how I got here, and what happened along the way.

From Naga City to the internet.

First, I learned
to listen.

Before I wrote code, I spent three years on the other side of a support chat.

At Bell Canada, every conversation started with someone who needed something to work. Listening closely mattered more than having the fastest answer.

That stayed with me. Eventually, I wanted to do more than help people work around a problem. I wanted to build the thing that solved it.

A bit more about me ↗

These days, I build it.
And keep it alive.

Building

Next.js · React · Vue & Nuxt · NestJS · TypeScript

Keeping it alive

Docker · AWS · GitHub Actions · Nginx · Linux

Remembering things

PostgreSQL · MongoDB · Redis · Convex

Curveballs

Unreal Engine · C++ · Gemini AI · CTF forensics

>_ Prefer the command line?There’s a working terminal in here. +

Experience is a verb.

You don’t
learn it by
standing still.

From listening to people to building what they need. Every role added another way to make things work.

Keep going There’s a little more to the story.

May 2022 — Apr 2025The human side of the screen

Listen.

People before pixels.

eChat Representative

Quantrics (Bell Canada)

Three years solving strangers' problems in real time. The best empathy training a developer can get.

01 / 06
Jan — Jul 2024The first leap into code

Learn.

From apprentice to shipping.

Frontend Apprentice → Web Developer

ThePILLARS Publication

Started as an apprentice, shipped full-stack within six months. Vue, Nuxt, Express — learned fast, built faster.

02 / 06
Jun — Jul 2024A different kind of engine

Play.

Make the idea move.

Lead Game Programmer (Intern)

ADNU Digital Illustration & Animation

Built core gameplay mechanics in Unreal Engine 4 with C++. Yes, games count as software.

03 / 06
Aug 2024 — nowCurrently building

Own.

The launch is just the start.

Webmaster

ThePILLARS Publication

The person they call so the site never goes down. Deployments, security, and automating the boring parts.

04 / 06
Apr 2025 — nowCurrently building

Scale.

Build what holds it all up.

DevOps Engineer

Detken Development

Moved production off Vercel onto servers we control, wired up pipelines that deploy themselves, and locked the doors properly.

05 / 06
Jun — Sep 2025Finding rhythm with a team

Ship.

Better, together.

Software Developer Intern

Old.St Labs

Built digital products with a team that ships fast — Next.js in front, NestJS in back.

06 / 06

All of that leads to one thing.

Things that actually work.

A little pressure. A lot of possibility.

Sometimes, the
deadline is Sunday.

Hackathons are where I find out how far a what if can go in a weekend. A few of those ideas made it onto a podium.

Champion · 2025

AI.DEAS for Impact

Represented Bicol on the national stage

20252nd Place

SparkLabs Hackathon

VeriPHI — identity verification API

20253rd Place

Inventi Asia Hackathon

Blockchain-powered property management

2025Top 5

Concati API Build Labs

Lendr API

2024Champion

Regional Hack4Gov CTF

Cybersecurity capture-the-flag

20242nd Highest Scorer

Hack4Gov National Finals

Nationwide cybersecurity finals

20244× All-Star

Bell Canada · Quantrics

Top 10% performer, four times over

Good ideas deserve to leave the sketchbook. Yours could be next.

There’s always another what if. Open to the next good thing

You’ve seen what curiosity can do.

Now, what’s
your what if?

Let’s make it happen

An idea worth building. A team worth joining.
Tell me what you have in mind. I actually reply.