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Alessandro Confetti

Alessandro Confetti

I started writing software when I was fourteen, and I never stopped since then. Tech Principal @thoughtworks Italia and adjunct professor at @polimi.

Talk: Learn how to build decentralized and serverless HTML5 applications with Embarkjs, Ethereum, and IPFS

Talk: Learn how to build decentralized and serverless HTML5 applications with Embarkjs, Ethereum, and IPFS

Codemotion, Milan 11/11/2017 Do you have an idea for a startup and don't want to pay for scaling it up? Forget about bandwidth problems, servers to install and pay for, with the power of IPFS and the blockchain. In this talk, we will explore how to

quantified-self is passé, let me introduce the brand new linked-self

When I think about all the quantified-self stuff, I can't help but recall this xkcd strip [https://xkcd.com/598/]. Quantified self [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantified_Self], lifelogging [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifelog], IoT [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_of_things], are all "

Talk: The pandora security model

Talk: The pandora security model

Data Driven Innovation Conference, Rome 24/02/2017 This talk is about the relationships and problems between digital identities and the data silos where we are storing all our digital life. I will go into deeper details about the Pandora Security model (a new model for dealing such problems), the

what Pirandello, Rifkin and Pandora have to do with digital identity

what Pirandello, Rifkin and Pandora have to do with digital identity

In his 1926 novel one, no one and one hundred thousand [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One,_No_One_and_One_Hundred_Thousand], Pirandello talks about the struggle between our perceived identity and the masks that society force us to wear every day. It's a funny and bitter

are we building a new kind of tradition?

are we building a new kind of tradition?

Since our days at school, we have all been taught about oral traditions and how they were marginalized by the advent of the written ones. A great portion of our cultures just faded away during the past centuries, unless it was "written down". A lot of researches have

it's cold and dark outside your beloved ssh servers after MacOS Sierra upgrade

it's cold and dark outside your beloved ssh servers after MacOS Sierra upgrade

If like me you own very old ssh keys, chances are that are a weak dsa ones. Unfortunately for us lazy admins, the latest release of MacOS seems to be compliant with the latest openssh policies [http://www.openssh.com/legacy.html]. OpenSSH 7.0 and greater similarly disable the

backup vmware esxi with a rake (script)

backup vmware esxi with a rake (script)

Recently we built a small VMware ESXi cluster (3 nodes) for testing and developing purpose. After playing with it for a while (and spinning up a few dozen vms), we started looking around for a cheap and simple backup solution. step 0 - install the tools * install ruby [https://www.