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day job

Building apps, breaking things, shipping side projects

Full-stack and mobile developer by trade, currently working on client apps and a handful of side projects. I like picking up new tools and seeing how far I can push them before they (or I) give up.

Also running Barbooto, a small software consultancy. Got a project in mind? If you need someone who's been fighting with the web since the Netscape/IE5 days, we might be a good fit.

Drop a line at ciao@barbooto.com.

keeper of forbidden knowledge

Tabletop games, all of them

Keeper for a Call of Cthulhu campaign, currently running a homebrew scenario set in the New Mexico desert, digging into the origins of my investigator Agatha Fletcher.

Playing Curse of Strahd as Tariq Cornelius, a halfling Divination Wizard with strong opinions about fate and a questionable track record predicting it.

Recently joined D17, a local TTRPG community in Walthamstow. Good people, good dice.

Also started something new: Ogre Ballerino, a community for Italian-speaking tabletop players in London. Just shipped a fresh rebrand of the site. Early days, but let's see where it goes.

out and about

Walking, local communities & getting outside

Just back from a long trip in South East Asia (Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Laos).

Still training for long distances. Knocked out the Brighton to Hastings coastal walk over Easter, and recently did a 100km walk in one day just to see if I could. Now eyeing an Ultra Challenge event, London to Brighton is the front-runner.

Volunteering with FoodCycle, cooking community meals from surplus food and helping lead the project locally. Good people, good food, zero waste. Lately became project leader of a new venue (Finsbury Park).

reading, watching & playing

Dark worlds, on and off the page

Working through Between Two Fires (no spoilers, please) and Delicious in Dungeon. Berserk remains the north star.

On the PlayStation, just wrapped up Death Stranding and started Persona 5 Royal, a very different kind of grind.

Trying to watch more films and get to the cinema at least once a month. Recent top picks: Obsession and Project Hail Mary

writing more

Actually committing to the blog

I've had a blog for years but never taken it seriously. That's changing. I want to write about everything: code, tabletop, food, community, whatever I'm thinking about.