PinnedI’ve founded a company. Introducing OramaSearch Inc.I’m writing to celebrate my first working anniversary at NearForm, the best company I’ve ever worked for. So why am I announcing my departure? This article is about how NearForm changed my life and what’s coming next. In principle, it was Lyra. In early 2022, I joined NearForm as a Senior Software Architect. I’ve been…Entrepreneurship6 min readEntrepreneurship6 min read
PinnedAre we alone?Before I start expressing my feelings and reasonings, I want to put a disclaimer in this article: I am not a scientist, I am not telling anything new, and I don’t want to convince anybody. If you find an inaccuracy, please report it and help me make this article better. …Astronomy6 min readAstronomy6 min read
Pinned2021, Possibly one of the best years of my life (as a Software Engineer)I never actually wrote retrospective articles, but the last two years have been such crazy times; I’d love to keep track of them and the progress I made while trying to carry on in quarantine, social limitations, and these uncertain years. Let’s make it clear from the beginning: I am…Careers10 min readCareers10 min read
Published in ITNEXT·PinnedMember-onlyWriting a Blockchain in Node.jsWriting a functional Blockchain from scratch has never been so easy — Blockchain is a scorching topic in computer science these days. It becomes famous in 2008 thanks to the Bitcoin cryptocurrency, which (as you may know) uses a Blockchain to record every transaction into a public distributed ledger. But… how much do we know about Blockchain? I mean, what if we…Blockchain7 min readBlockchain7 min read
Dec 27, 2021Buying my first Rolex: the story of an awful customer experienceBefore discussing Rolex and mechanical watches in general, let me introduce myself a bit. I am a Senior Software Architect, book author, and international speaker. Even if my main source of income is my full-time job, I have a mortgage and loans to pay off, so I try to earn…Rolex7 min readRolex7 min read
Published in ITNEXT·Jun 5, 2021Member-onlyUnderstanding RegEx in JavaScript (the easy way)Don’t get scared by RegEx! They are easier than you think! In computer science, some topics may sound scarier than others. Regular Expressions, in detail, may sound incredibly scary at first… but once you got it, you’ll find ’em incredibly easy and useful! Why do I need RegEx? First of all: what is a RegEx…Regex4 min readRegex4 min read
Published in ITNEXT·May 26, 2021Member-onlyWhy Functional JSSome thoughts about the “how would you recommend to begin with FP?” question after my speech at Codemotion 2019 in Milan. On the 24th of October 2019, I made my first speech at the Codemotion conference in Milan, Italy. I talked about functional programming and how it can make our…Functional Programming5 min readFunctional Programming5 min read
Published in ITNEXT·May 20, 2021Member-onlyMy Dream Programming LanguageAfter some time working with different programming languages, I started to think about building my own language. That’s what I came up with! I’ve always been fascinated by programming languages. Every programming language brings its own syntax, semantic, and paradigm. If you have to choose how to implement your own…Programming Languages8 min readProgramming Languages8 min read
Published in ITNEXT·May 19, 2021Member-only5 Things I love about Strapi, a Node.js headless CMSBuilding high-quality REST and GraphQL APIs is hard. But there’s an easy way to get started in a few minutes. One year ago, I started to develop the backend for a quite popular website. I’ve tried different approaches, different technologies, and even different programming languages. Then I started to look…Strapi6 min readStrapi6 min read
Published in ITNEXT·May 18, 2021Member-onlyMy thoughts about programming languagesMy personal thoughts about JavaScript, PHP, Golang, Haskell, and Elixir. Which is the best one? During the last years, I had the opportunity to experiment with different programming languages. I really like to learn different languages, approaches, and paradigms. I’m an inquisitive person, and programming languages have always fascinated me. …Nodejs7 min readNodejs7 min read
