On this page, you'll find the main projects I've worked on that might interest you.
If you like what you're seeing and think I could help you with your idea, I'd probably be happy to. Let's talk.
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I juggle three main lines of work:
- startups who need help with their existing projects. I usually join their teams and help them for as long as they need me.
- professionals who need a business website or an MVP to launch their idea. I give them something that is fast, maintainable, and modern.
- bets, which translates to lots of experiments that go nowhere for each product that actually sees the light of day (and users, and money).
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Some personal takes on the tech I use:
- The tools, stacks, languages and frameworks we use are just the means to an end. And the end is whatever product solves a user need in the best way possible.
- I don't know them all, but I'm confident that what I don't know, I can learn.
- My stack is whatever is needed to get the job done in the most sensible way.
- My favorite stack revolves around Astro, React, PayloadCMS and Typescript backends.
- I have no deep love for PAAS, and when possible I opt to own and self-host things on a VPS.
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And some final words on the way I work:
- I'm usually and mostly available part-time. I keep the number of simultaneous clients low, but I can't promise prolonged full-time commitments, so I don't.
- I work remotely. But if we happen to be in the same place at the same time, I'd love to meet in person.
- I favor async communication for ordinary day-to-day things. But some things are better and faster resolved through a call, and that's okay.
big beautiful clients
These companies and business owners trusted me to help build their products and services.
anapana
The first Italian mindfulness studio, available on iOS and Android
I fully reworked and redesigned the app after its initial success, making it ready to scale to many more users and features, on the road to becoming a media company of its own.
"I needed someone fast who could stop the fires. Then I needed someone who could make the app ready to become the first and best mindfulness studio in Italy. Alberto was the right fit for all of that."
Virginia Gambardella Italian podcaster and influencer (450k followers across Instagram and Youtube)
orama
AI-powered search engine, pre-seed, based in San Francisco
I joined the team to help them build their ever-evolving dashboard, through which developers and customers could interface with the underlying DB powering Orama.
"Alberto significantly contributed to developing Orama Cloud, demonstrating strong full-stack skills and a proactive approach. His ability to deliver under pressure and commitment to open source projects make him an asset to any engineering team."
Michele Riva Co-Founder & CTO, OramaSearch Inc.
holidoit
The Airbnb-equivalent booking platform for unique experiences in Italy
I bootstrapped and built the B2B portal, so that business partners could manage everything about their bookings on the go, and in the most intuitive way possible.
"The B2B portal was a bet and we were already stretched too thin. Alberto single-handedly managed to build it, while keeping everybody in the loop and asking the right questions to deliver what was right for the final users."
Luca Silva Co-Founder & CTO, Holidoit
one-stop-shop
These professionals needed a spot on the Internet. I provided them with websites that are fast, modern, fully customizable and easy to maintain.
giuliodelprete.it
"I wanted a website that felt fresh, light and minimal, unlike the average law firm website. I appreciated Alberto being accommodating about my requests but also nudging me on things I was less sure about."
Giulio Del Prete Environmental Lawyer
soprustudio.com
"I needed a portfolio website to showcase my projects, minimally and elegantly. I particularly like how easy the website is to update, and the fact that it's exactly how I envisioned it."
Rebecca Prunali Interior Designer
"I needed a modular codebase for a job board I could spin out on multiple domains and brands. Alberto was fast and proactive, and very easygoing about my request to use a not-so-common tech stack."
Andrea Giardini Cloud Native Consultant, Freelance
bets
This is a space for projects that find their way out to the public.
inspotype
A tool to help designers go from zero to brand in a blitz
Together with Fabrizio Soldano, a visual designer with 10+ years of design-agency experience, we started working on Inspotype in 2023 as an experiment and later bootstrapped it into a product. It's now used daily by hundreds of designers, marketers and founders. Inspotype was born out of necessity: it's what I've always needed as a product maker whenever I'd start a new project, and what Fabrizio has always needed as an agency designer whenever he'd need to bootstrap a new brand identity for a client.
albertogiunta.com
The very website you're on
This website is my battering ram. It's where I experiment with things before proposing them to my clients. It's an ever-changing place, now powered by Astro and PayloadCMS, hosted on a Hetzner VPS running Coolify.
good ol' jobs
I've done iOS engineering at Bending Spoons and I've been founding engineer at Typefully and Mailbrew. We sweated the details in every part of the products we built. It was a blast.
typefully
Fullstack Web Product Engineer
I created the rich-text editor at the core of the product experience, used by thousands of users every day to craft their social media posts. I created other core features like draft comments, collaboration and draft sync, in-app and email user notifications, and user profiles.
mailbrew
Fullstack Web Product Engineer
I built the Podcast integration and completely revamped the Sources gallery, making it super easy for users to add a new source to their personal digests.
bending spoons
iOS Product Engineer
I worked on top-selling, flagship iOS apps. I was also part of a team of 3, building the backbone library that would later be integrated into all the apps in the company portfolio. We aimed to provide simple APIs and DX for internal developers, while successfully serving millions of users.