I'm a hands-on CTO and software engineer focused on building maintainable digital products with a strong backend foundation.

My work usually sits at the intersection of:

• ⚙️ Symfony architecture
• 🧠 DDD and clean design
• 🤖 business automation
• 🛠️ internal tooling
• 👨‍💻 developer experience
• 📈 product execution

I enjoy turning complex business requirements into systems that are easier to scale, easier to maintain, and easier for teams to evolve.

• Building reusable Symfony bundles
• Improving developer tooling and code quality workflows
• Designing automation platforms and workflow-based systems
• Working on maintainable architecture for real-world business applications
• Contributing fixes and modernization efforts to the PHP / Symfony ecosystem

• AnonymizeBundle
  Anonymize database records using attributes and configurable strategies.

• PerformanceBundle
  Route performance tracking and execution metrics for Symfony applications.

• TwigInspectorBundle
  Improve Twig template and block discovery during development.

• SepaPaymentBundle
  Tools for SEPA validation, mandates, direct debit, and transfer generation.

• DashboardMenuBundle
  Configurable dashboard menus with permissions, tree structure, and Twig rendering.

• ControllerKitBundle
  Practical controller utilities for Symfony projects.

• MigrationsKitBundle
  Helpers for safer and more expressive Doctrine migrations.

• PasswordPolicyBundle
  Password history, expiration rules, and policy enforcement for Symfony applications.

• FormKitBundle
  Convention-based improvements for Symfony forms.

• ComposerUpdateHelper
  Generate useful composer commands from outdated dependencies.

• CodeReviewGuardian
  Provider-agnostic guardrails for code review workflows in PHP projects.

Most of these projects live in the nowo-tech organization 🏢

I like contributing where architecture, compatibility, and developer experience matter.

Recent public activity includes work and issue reporting around:

• A2lixTranslationFormBundle
• LexikTranslationBundle
• LiipMonitorBundle
• NelmioApiDocBundle
• EightPointsGuzzleBundle
• StichozaGoogleTranslatePhp
• RectorSwissKnife
• Symfony
• Symfony/Mercure
• SentryPhp
• SentrySymfony
• Symfony compatibility updates
• modernization efforts around PHP attributes, CI, code quality, and frontend tooling

I like software that is:

• ✅ maintainable
• 🔎 explicit
• 📈 scalable
• 🏭 useful in production
• 🎯 aligned with business goals

Good software is not just about shipping fast — it's about making future change cheaper.

• LinkedIn: hector-franco-aceituno
• GitHub: @HecFranco
• nowo-tech: organization repositories