I design, build and maintain Node.js and TypeScript backends for companies that need reliable software and one person accountable for it, from analysis to years of support.
Five ways I work, all on the same principle: the software I deliver has to keep working when I am no longer watching it.
Management systems, APIs and integrations that carry the daily workload.
Node.js · TypeScript · PostgreSQL
I take over code written by someone else, without stopping the business.
Code audit · Documentation · CI/CD
Technical leadership for small teams, without a full-time CTO.
Code review · Roadmap · Vendor management
I upgrade backends stuck on old versions, without a rewrite.
Node 20+ · TypeScript 5 · Docker
A contained first step to find out whether an AI agent really helps you.
Mastra · MCP · TypeScript
A client’s core software was being developed in outsourcing by an outside vendor. The goal: take back full control without the business noticing.
An undocumented codebase, with all the knowledge on the vendor’s side. Before changing anything, I understood it and mapped it.
The system stayed in production throughout the transition. No interruption for the people using it every day.
Today the software is developed by a three-person in-house team, which I coordinate externally on priorities, code review and roadmap.
I hold an MSc in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Verona and have been writing software since 2012. I started with graphometric signature platforms and control software for CNC machines, then moved to the web and to backend work.
Since 2019 I have worked as a freelancer, handling projects from analysis to production support and talking directly to the people who use the software. Two of the management systems I built have been in daily use for more than five years.
Since 2025 I have been the external technical lead for a client company: I coordinate a three-person team, and I brought its core software in-house from the vendor that used to build it.
In my spare time I study and build AI agent systems, and write about them on the blog.
You tell me the problem and the context. Together we work out whether I am the right person.
You get scope, timeline and cost in writing before you commit.
Frequent, verifiable releases. The code lives in your repositories from day one.
Documentation for whoever comes next, and production support, for years if needed.
I write about backend architecture and what I learn about AI agents.
All articlesI moved my coding agents off hosted APIs and onto two machines I own, a MacBook Pro M5 Pro as the client and a gaming PC with an RX 7800 XT as the model server. Model capability was rarely the blocker. The blockers were unified memory limits, inference engines that mangle tool call formats, a model stuck in a loop, and a laptop that kept freezing for reasons I still have not pinned down.
How I built an agentic writing pipeline on Mastra: researcher, writer, editor, human approval, and the token-limiter bug that made revisions invent details.
Composer 2.5 and Grok 4.5 built the same PancakeBot frontend from the same prompt and skills. Composer finished faster, while Grok delivered the more polished first pass.
Yes, I work remotely from Verona with companies across Italy and abroad. If the project needs in-person meetings, we cover that in the proposal.
Yes, it is a large part of my work. I start by mapping the system and keep it in production while making it easier to maintain.
Mainly Node.js and TypeScript, with PostgreSQL and MongoDB, on Google Cloud, Firebase and Docker, with GitHub Actions or GitLab CI pipelines. I have also worked in Java and PHP.
It depends on scope and duration. After the first call you get a written proposal with timeline and cost, before any commitment.
Yes, part-time too: I handle priorities, code review and architecture decisions, and act as the technical point of contact for management.
I study and experiment with agent-based development: I built Agentic writer, an open-source pipeline that coordinates several agents, and I write about it on my blog. I have not yet taken an agent system to production for a client, which is why I suggest starting with a pilot project. If I use AI tools on your project, every change goes through my review.
Write what you need and where things stand. I will reply to the address you give.
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