Writing
Layers and Ensembles: Engineering a Development Loop Like a Network
How I designed the skill system I now direct — borrowing depth, width, and ensemble structure from neural network architecture, on purpose, over months of iteration.
Everything, in time.
Work, releases, writing, and public moments in one continuous record. Dates come from the archive itself; ongoing threads stay open.
2026
13 entries Writing
Kinetip — Making a Pen Tablet Feel Native on macOS
I run my Mac with a pen tablet instead of a mouse. The vendor driver kept getting in the way, so I wrote my own. Here's the input path from tablet to screen, and what keeping a realtime driver alive taught me.
Writing
Patcher v5.4.2 — What Changed Since v5.1.0
A progress update on Patcher: manufacturer pages, public profiles, SSR, moderation tools, multi-panel workflows, and a more coherent digital twin workspace for Eurorack.
Writing
Acoustic Treatment on a Budget — What Actually Worked in My Square Room
A new apartment, a square room, and €310 worth of polyester panels. But the biggest improvement cost nothing.
Writing
CostaMeno — Finding the Cheapest Fuel in Italy with Open Government Data
I built a mobile-first fuel price finder using Italian Ministry open data — no tracking, no app install, no nonsense.
Writing
Impulse Dev Diary — Entity Pools, Dead Threads, and 3am Cascade Failures
Building a live WebGPU visual engine night by night. What the architecture decisions actually cost, and what they bought.
Writing
Home Assistant as Infrastructure, Not a Hobby
A dedicated server, a UPS, AliExpress switches, and a lot of YAML. Building home automation that you can actually rely on.
Writing
Three Small Tools for Living with Local AI
mini-tagger, mini-renamer, and lms-guard: a set of macOS utilities I built because local LLMs are powerful but rough around the edges.
Writing
The Live AV Pipeline — From Modular Patch to Finished Video
How a Polyterative live set actually comes together: patch design, documentation, performance, and post-production.
Writing
Impulse — A Visual Engine Built for Live Performance (and AI)
I do audiovisual performances. TouchDesigner taught me the concepts; its own UI convinced me to build something better.
Writing
Giving AI Agents Eyes and Hands in Creative Tools
MCP bridges let AI assistants operate Figma, Blender, and other creative software directly. Here's what that actually enables.
Writing
I Planned My Apartment in Figma (And I'd Do It Again)
A UX engineer moves into a new place and does the obvious thing: opens Figma. What I learned about spatial design by treating it like an interface problem.
Writing
Stream Deck + Karabiner — Building an Input Layer That Fits How I Actually Work
Why I stopped fighting the default keyboard layout and built my own input system with Stream Deck XL and Karabiner complex modifications.
2025
4 entries Writing
Sonifying AI Work — thear
A small Python tool that turns Claude Code's activity into sound, using Ableton and OSC.
Releases
Without Us
A brutalist, techno-futuristic landscape of corrupted digital space — a story of hyperconnectivity's collapse, built from the ground up with modular synthesis. If Ruled by Code was an introduction to this world, Without Us is the moment of its unraveling.
Writing
Voice Coding with Talon — A Year of Hands-Free Development
What works, what doesn't, and how I configured Talon Voice for daily development across JetBrains IDEs and the terminal.
Events
MENT Festival and Kino Šiška
Joined a panel talk at MENT Festival in Ljubljana, then performed a live modular set at Kino Šiška.
2024
7 entries Writing
Patcher — Building a Database for Eurorack Modular Synthesis
Why I built an open-source web app to manage modular synth patches, and what I learned about community-driven tools.
Writing
Reactive Visuals — Angular Meets Three.js
How RxJS makes real-time generative visuals more composable and easier to reason about.
Work Ongoing
Product Designer · XTEL
Leading redesign work for advanced analytics software, turning dense enterprise workflows into clearer product directions and a more coherent design language. My engineering background helps keep proposals realistic, implementation-aware, and developer-ready from the start.
Writing
Poly Highlights — Designing a Luminance-Corrected IDE Theme
Why most syntax themes fail readability, and how perceptual luminance fixes it.
Releases
Persist
1 track released under the Polyterative alias.
Events
Live at perAspera festival
Performed a modular synthesis live set at perAspera festival in Bologna.
Events
Spatial sound and dedicated AV sets
Expanded the live practice through a multichannel spatialized performance and a dedicated audiovisual event in Bologna.
2023
1 entry Work
Started the dotgrid visual system
An ongoing TouchDesigner system for real-time VJ sets and installations, driven by modular synthesis over OSC.
2022
1 entry Events
Angular Flex: Building with Style
Led a public workshop in Bologna on design principles and Angular Flex Layout, including a live interface build.
2021
4 entries Releases
Is It You
A swirling, ethereal exploration of the search for connection — born from a dream and composed in a single hour. Haunting melodies and unpredictable rhythms for the countless strangers we pass every day, each one asking: is it you?
Work
Senior Frontend Developer · XTEL
Owned frontend architecture for promotions-optimization interfaces used in FMCG and retail contexts. Worked across Angular, RxJS, TypeScript, and SCSS while bridging data science, product, and UX on data-heavy workflows where clarity really matters.
Releases
First Patcher release
Released the first version of the open-source Eurorack workspace that would grow into Patcher v6.5.
Events
Began performing with Bologna Modulare
Started playing collaborative modular-improvisation sessions under the Polyterative name.
2020
3 entries Releases
Ruled by Code
A deep and introspective look at the digital age — five drone tracks exploring algorithmic control, identity, and the blurring line between the virtual and the real.
Releases
Parzialmente Nuvoloso
A sonic exploration of the human experience across three long-form pieces — Cirri, Strati, and Cumuli — an invitation to introspection and resilience.
Work Ongoing
Founder · Patcher.xyz
Built and continue to run an open-source product from concept to community: product direction, UX, frontend architecture, backend choices, releases, and user feedback loops. A long-running proof that I like owning hard problems end to end.
2019
1 entry Releases
Looking for Truth
8 tracks released under the Polyterative alias.
2017
2 entries Releases
Absence
An emotional exploration of the voids within us — hauntingly beautiful chillstep written over nine months, from October 2016 to July 2017. The debut EP.
Work
Frontend / Android / UX Engineer · Otre Solutions
Worked across manufacturing software for warehouse management, supply-chain planning, and production monitoring. The common thread was translating operational complexity into interfaces people could actually use day to day.
2016
1 entry Work
Android Engineer · GESP
Early R&D work on a computer-vision project aimed at speeding up logistics data entry — a short engagement, but a useful introduction to product constraints outside straightforward CRUD apps.
2012
1 entry Work Ongoing
Electronic Music Producer & Live Performer · Freelance
Long-running creative practice in experimental techno, modular synthesis, and live AV performance. It is separate from my software work, but it strongly informs how I think about systems, rhythm, interaction, and tooling.
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