Product builder from Costa Rica

I turn real-life observations into useful software.

I’m Walter, an engineer and problem solver who enjoys noticing everyday problems, following curious ideas and turning them into thoughtful digital products.

Walter Benavides outdoors in Costa Rica
Walter Benavides Engineer · Problem solver
San Carlos, CR
Selected work

Products with a reason to exist.

The projects that best represent how I observe real situations, find the useful core and turn it into a product.

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Building Farm management Mobile-first

Agenda Animal

A cattle-management companion for tracking heats, inseminations, pregnancies, births and the real rhythm of farm work.

Why it exists: built after seeing how important animal events were still being tracked through memory, paper and scattered notes.

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Building Commerce operations Multi-tenant

Sellune

A branded catalog and operations workspace that keeps inventory, customers, reservations and conversational sales connected.

Why it exists: built after seeing small businesses manage availability, customer interest and sales across Instagram messages, screenshots and memory.

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Active Events

te invito

Digital invitations, guest management and RSVP flows for any kind of event.

Why it exists: to make hosting feel personal without making event management complicated.

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Beta Developer tools

DataHop

A relationship-first PostgreSQL desktop explorer for finding records, following foreign keys, filtering visually and dropping into SQL.

Why it exists: to make investigating relational data feel like following a trail instead of rebuilding context through joins.

The wider collection

Local tools and curious experiments.

Smaller products, creative explorations and practical tools that reflect the different things I care about.

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Wellbeing · Productivity

DayClarity

A calmer way to separate real work from other people’s fires and finish the day with closure.

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Finance · Planning

Bolsillo

A mobile-first way to separate money by purpose, track income and expenses, and see what is available in real time.

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Music · Practice

Flowlet

A topic, five mandatory words and two minutes to practice improvised lyrics without stopping.

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Music · Utility

Cuerdario

A guitar tuner and personal songbook designed around the way I actually practice music.

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Lunar · Experiment

Magic Moon

A lunar calendar exploring dates, moon phases and quiet visual storytelling.

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Game · Social

Ron 500

A playful mobile product with its own interaction, rules and visual personality.

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Family · Local

Menu Soda Dulcelina

A fast, accessible digital menu created for my family’s restaurant.

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Weather · Local

Sanvi Weather

A lightweight forecast experience focused on San Vicente and local weather data.

About the builder

I build from observation, not from a feature checklist.

I’m an engineer and problem solver from Costa Rica. I enjoy connecting software with real situations: helping manage a farm, supporting a family restaurant, practicing guitar, understanding local weather or finding a healthier way to finish the workday.

Observe closely Start with how people actually live and work.
Build the useful core Reduce an idea to the experience that matters most.
Give it personality Useful software can still feel warm and human.