Cincalokas

Services

What we do

Build Systems & Developer Tooling

Slow builds kill momentum. We optimize build systems, local development environments, and developer tooling to remove the friction that slows your team down -- backed by hands-on experience contributing to Gradle itself.

Continuous Delivery & Testing

Your releases should be boring. We build the automated testing strategies, deployment pipelines, and engineering practices that make frequent shipping a non-event. Microservices, JVM, infrastructure as code.

Backend & Systems Development

Systems that hold up under real load. Event sourcing, change data capture, distributed architectures -- designed and built in Java, PostgreSQL, AWS, Kubernetes. Production-grade code, not prototypes.

Portfolio

Open source projects we maintain

Black Box Testing

Demonstrates the pattern of testing the behavior of microservices without relying on the implementation details. Essential in continuous delivery environments.

Fast Database Tests

Java library that enables fast integration tests against a containerized database.

Kubernetes Provisioning

Provision a Kubernetes cluster using Ansible.

Event Sourced Account

Frameworkless account/ledger implementation with event sourcing.

Postgres Change Data Capture

A small library to capture data changes in PostgreSQL database (CDC). Useful for implementing transactional outbox pattern.

Cloudflare Logs Forwarder

AWS lambda that listens for Cloudflare logs pushed to AWS S3 bucket, compacts and forwards them to a log aggregator.

About Us

Cincalokas is a software consultancy that helps engineering teams build reliable backend systems and ship software faster.

We work with teams on build systems, delivery pipelines, automated testing, and backend architecture – the infrastructure that determines whether software actually makes it to production.

We work on a project basis – from focused assessments to multi-month embedded engagements.

The name comes from cincalok, a Malaysian condiment discovered on a trip to Southeast Asia. It has nothing to do with software. We just liked the name.

Vaidotas Valuckas

Founder & Programmer

Background

The experience behind what we deliver

2008-2016

Enterprise & fintech foundations

Backend systems built and shipped at IBM, Klarna, and major financial institutions. Large-scale JVM applications, production systems where reliability isn’t optional.

2016

Fully remote since 2016

Independent consulting, fully distributed – years before it became the norm. Direct senior-level engagement with client teams, no layers in between.

2016-2024

Deep in developer tooling

Hands-on contributions to Gradle itself. Open source libraries for PostgreSQL change data capture, event sourcing, and microservice testing. Tools built for production, not demos.

2024

Cincalokas is established

Over 15 years of backend engineering and delivery pipeline expertise, formalized into a focused consultancy.

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