Hey there! 👋🏼
I'm Andrea! I'm a Software Engineer, working remotely from Genoa, Italy—a place with breathtaking coastlines and soul-crushing bureaucracy.
I've been in the IT trenches for 6 years now. Started as a Frontend Developer (yes, I fought the CSS battles), then got lured to the Backend dark side during my Master's in Computer Science, and now I'm flirting with DevOps and Platform Engineering. I'm basically having a professional identity crisis, but in a productive way.
I'm a generalist who gets unreasonably excited about system design and large-scale architectures. Seriously, I love understanding systems of any kind—software, economics, society, the human body, why I can't maintain a consistent sleep schedule... If it's a system, I want to know how it works and probably automate it.
Speaking of automation: I run a homelab because apparently my day job doesn't involve enough infrastructure. Also, I genuinely believe we need a more decentralized, privacy-respecting internet. Call me idealistic, but Big Tech's vision of the future is starting to look suspiciously like The Matrix, except with more ads and a subscription tier.
When I'm not staring at terminals or YAML files, you'll find me practicing Muay Thai as an amateur—because nothing balances out sitting in front of a computer like getting punched in the face. I also read a ton of books, especially technical ones, because I'm apparently incapable of turning my brain off.
Here are some badges that tell you more about me than any therapist ever could:
Contact Me
If any of my blog posts caught your attention, or if you just want to say hi, feel free to reach out! You can contact me via one of the communication channels below. I'm usually down for a 🍺 and a good tech chat!
- Email (PGP: 819A083FBF79BD60)
- Signal
- Mastodon
Donations
If I've saved you some debugging time or existential dread, consider buying me a coffee. My Italian standards are high, but I'll take what I can get:
