I'm a creative person who got good at engineering. I studied philosophy in Pisa and Paris, then moved into design, then into code. The Japanese have a word for it — shoshin (初心), beginner's mind. I just keep finding new things to be a beginner at.
I like to dig. Into code, into music, into cinema, into arguments — anything with a structure underneath that you can take apart and understand. Philip K. Dick wrote that "the problem with introspection is that it has no end." While building this website, for instance, I kept going back to change one more thing. That's how it always goes.
I'm a Staff Software Engineer at Qonto. A good chunk of my work over the years has lived at the intersection of code and visuals — data visualisation, creative coding, WebGL, generative stuff. I've built climate data dashboards for the UN IPCC, live lens filters for Oakley stores, and a lot of things in between. I also teach Design for Development and Data Visualisation at IED Turin.
I swim and freedive. The sea is my quiet place — just me and my brain. I'm currently training for open water competitions, which is mostly an excuse to spend more time in the water.