Domenico Luciani

In my career I’ve seen too many never-ending meetings, unrealistic expectations, and "just add more people" decisions This time I decided to talk about something we all face as software engineers, but rarely discuss properly: negotiating with the business domenicoluciani.com/2025/11/14/the…

In my career I’ve seen too many never-ending meetings, unrealistic expectations,and "just add more people" decisions This time I decided to talk about something we all face as software engineers, but rarely discuss properly: negotiating with the business domenicoluciani.com/2025/11/14/the…

I recently wrote a new blog post about my favorite team ceremony: ✨The Retrospective ✨ I often see teams underestimating how powerful this activity can be for them, so I decided to write a playbook of ideas that will improve the way you run it. ⚡️ domenicoluciani.com/2025/11/03/you…

I recently worked on a project that had a lot of code duplication due to repeated implementations of the same external interfaces. 🙈 I quickly realized it was a great opportunity to use generics and remove lots of code. ⚡️😈 Curious? Take a look! 👇🏻 domenicoluciani.com/2025/04/11/how…

Behind the scenes, Rowena and @DLion92 working hard to make #LambdaWorld24 a fantastic experience for everyone! ✨👩‍💻 👨‍💻 Can’t wait for all the amazing talks ahead! 🙌

🔥 What a session! @josevalim just wrapped up an epic talk at #LambdaWorld24! 🚀 We explored Elixir and Livebook,and saw how the Erlang VM handle millions of processes! 💻 So many ideas for web and machine learning apps. Who’s inspired to dive into functional programming now? 🙌

So this week, I started a new job. I'm super excited about this new opportunity, but I can hear the noise of the breath of the impostor syndrome on my neck 🫠

@minompi Yeah, I'm glad I've got that feedback, but I'm pissed off that I received it so later in the process 🥲

@DLion92 It happened to me too, I discovered that is a pretty common pattern, and now I try to get all the info as soon as possible for the job expectations to not waste my and their time 😇

I've just got a rejection because I have strong experience “on synchronizing teams and projects, and participating in the design process”🥸 They literally wanted someone who just code. It's the first time in my whole life that being a Product Engineer is seen as a bad thing.🤯

@julietacorvi I feel you Juli 🥲, it's crazy to me that one big product-company wants a just hands-on person, rather than a product person. Which of course, it doesn't mean that that person can't be hands-on, but that knows that other things are important too. 🤯

@aleixmorgadas It's crazy out there, Aleix ahahaha

@mikegyi Quite big and pretty famous in the industry 😅

@DLion92 What size of company was it?

@unclebobmartin The best way to lose weight tho is doing regular exercise. Your body needs carbs in the long run, and maintaining a no-carb diet can be dangerous. The rule is quite simple: burn more than what you eat. Carbs are a source of energy that can be spent to exercise for a longer period

In the last two months I've lost 20 lbs. I've gone from 226 to 206, and I'm still losing. How? I just stoped eating carbs of any kind. I eat meats and fats. Nuts and cheese. That's all. No white bread. No buns. No tortillas. No chips. I eat as much as I want, and I often eat a lot. I'm very happy to eat a butter soaked steak, or a wad of garlic buttered shrimp. Or wings, wings, wings. Just no carbs. For snacks I eat jerky. I wear a dexcom and I monitor my glucose. I do spot exercises if it spikes. I do 2-4 long bike rides per week. Upon occasion (every two weeks or so) I'll have a carby meal like a Culver's burger, a hot dog, or a pizza. My glucose spikes and stays high for 12-16 hours in an oscillating pattern that gradually damps out and returns to normal. I don't gain any weight after those meals. A beer will spike my glucose for an hour but it rapidly falls back to normal. The area under the curve is minimal. Whisky and wine have no effect on the glucose at all.

@yanashin18618 Now it's my new normal, after the layoff 😂 big hug Shinya, things will change soon, don't worry!!

That's the way it is🥺

A wonderful talk delivered by my former colleague @mpierobond about Developer Productivity. For sure, a hot problem in recent years, every team will benefit applying those advices. Well done!! 👏🏻

@evilsocket Good luck Simo! Same here, unfortunately 🥲

first time i'm actively looking for a job in 13 years and after basically 2 years of sabbatical ... kind of scary

I'm going to attend the @OpenSouthCode conference at the end of this week, I'm so happy to see so many interesting talks 🤯

Through feedly I discovered that my blog has more than 300 users following my RSS feed, and it was totally unexpected. It kind of helps me to keep posting a bit more ✨

@Franc0Fernand0 I really like the Pomodoro technique, it reminds me to take breaks and to stay focused

I often like to take quick breaks while coding. I do this often because I want to keep my mind fresh. But I keep the breaks quick to maintain the flow of thoughts.

> Yes Mr. recruiter, I have more than 10 years of experience in different international companies helping teams all around the world delivering valuable features to their users. < That's great!! Do you mind doing a long round of leetcode exercises before jumping into a call? 🫠