Updated 2026-09
What I’m doing now
What I am focused on right now. Inspired by Derek Sivers’ /now page — a short, honest snapshot rather than a permanent bio.
Current work
- Software Engineering Lead at Anglian Dental in the United Kingdom
- Founder of Momentra Labs — RentaraH, Hiraya (in progress), Skyrealm, Lumina, Gloves Up, PocketPOS, and Cartify
- Leading software engineering delivery, quality, and technical direction
- Maintaining this portfolio as the canonical public engineering profile
Current learning
- Deeper AWS event-driven patterns for fintech reliability and reconciliation
- AI-augmented engineering workflows with Cursor and Claude in production codebases
- Next.js App Router patterns for content-heavy, SEO-strong personal sites
Books
- System design references and reliability writing for distributed backends
- Practical essays on technical leadership and mentoring
Goals
- Keep shipping measurable backend reliability improvements
- Write clearer public case studies for complex systems work
- Stay available for senior engineering and technical leadership conversations
Open source
- Personal products and this portfolio live under github.com/orgs/Momentra-Labs; the GitHub profile stays on github.com/altbeltran
- @altbeltran/safe-action — reliable TypeScript actions for humans and AI agents (github.com/altbeltran/safe-action, v0.1.0, MIT). Canonical page: albeltran.com/libraries/safe-action/
- Prefer small, useful tooling over abandoned showcase repos
Experiments
- AI-assisted debugging and documentation loops that compress review cycles
- Portfolio content structured for both human readers and AI retrieval systems