Algora

Algora set out to offer value-added voice services to professionals and communities, from Barcelona. As co-founder and CTO, I had to get a working voice platform into customers' hands with no existing infrastructure to build on.

• I designed and built the platform from zero.
• The voice side ran on open-source telecom software, Kamailio and FreeSWITCH, deployed on Kubernetes on GCP.
• The web front end was Vue.js, with PostgreSQL and Redis for data.
• Infrastructure was defined as code with Terraform and shipped through GitLab CI.

• An open-source voice stack (Kamailio, FreeSWITCH) instead of a commercial platform — full control over what the product could do — I had to run and maintain it myself.
• Infrastructure as code from day one — a reproducible platform with a very small team — time spent on infrastructure instead of product.

The platform went live and Algora ran 10 months of commercial activity. The venture then wound down.

Kubernetes · Kamailio · FreeSWITCH · Vue.js · Terraform · PostgreSQL · Redis · GCP · GitLab CI

Not every venture works, and a platform that runs well is not the same thing as a business that lasts. Algora taught me that building the product is the easier half; the rest is finding people who need it enough to keep paying for it.