Daniel Weinmann
CEO at Lift Ventures
Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
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Top SchoolDaniel Weinmann is a serial founder and CEO with 25+ years creating software and a track record of launching 100+ tech products, from Brazil’s largest crowdfunding platform Catarse to Flashboard, an instant CMS for modern databases. He combines hands-on full-stack engineering—evidenced by open-source contributions to major React Native projects and backend refactors on Catarse—with product studio leadership that prioritizes shipping excellent work at remarkable speed. A longtime advocate of Shape Up and early adopter of full-stack React Router, he focuses on tooling that accelerates delivery without cutting corners. His experience spans founding eight companies, selling a SaaS exit (Mailee), and building developer-facing products used with Supabase, Neon, and Replit, reflecting a blend of entrepreneurial grit and deep technical craftsmanship.
15 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies, Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
English, Spanish, Portuguese
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Github Skills (20)
url-routing10
ruby-rails10
javascript10
react-native10
back-end-development10
omniauth10
component-development10
user-authentication10
authentication10
rails10
ruby10
mobile-development9
ui-design9
schema-design9
db-schema9
Programming languages (9)
Github contributions (5)
catarse/catarse
Nov 2010 - Aug 2013
The first open source crowdfunding platform for creative projects in the world
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:709 commits in 2 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Daniel was involved in refactoring the project's authentication system by removing authlogic and integrating omniauth for login. They also modified the database schema and migrations, indicating work on the back-end, specifically user and payment-related aspects of the platform. The commits suggest a focus on restructuring user authentication and payment handling logic within the application.
crowdfundingreactnextjs
FaridSafi/react-native-gifted-form
Feb 2016 - Feb 2016
📝 « One React-Native form component to rule them all »
Role in this project:Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:17 commits, 10 PRs, 17 comments in 17 days
Contributions summary:Daniel primarily contributed to the front-end development of the React Native form component. Their work focused on enhancing the component's flexibility and functionality by adding features like the ability to pass custom views and components, and incorporating props for disabling submit buttons, adding an activity indicator, and handling value changes. These changes aimed to improve the customization and control users have over the form's behavior and appearance. The user's contributions spanned across multiple files including mixins and widget components.
reactrulereact-nativetextinput
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