https://giuseppetoto.it/en/ Notes by Giuseppe Toto about software, systems, and the web. en https://giuseppetoto.it/en/posts/self-hosted/ https://giuseppetoto.it/en/posts/self-hosted/ Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Self-hostingNetworking Why I moved my writing away from publishing platforms and onto a small NAS at home. https://giuseppetoto.it/en/posts/what-story-points-actually-are/ https://giuseppetoto.it/en/posts/what-story-points-actually-are/ Fri, 30 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMT AgileEstimation Story points measure relative complexity, not time. A practical explanation of comparison, velocity, and why hours are a different kind of estimate. https://giuseppetoto.it/en/posts/git-under-the-hood/ https://giuseppetoto.it/en/posts/git-under-the-hood/ Thu, 05 Sep 2019 00:00:00 GMT GitTalks A talk about Git's storage model, commits, integrity, and the ideas hidden behind familiar commands. https://giuseppetoto.it/en/posts/interactive-map-unity/ https://giuseppetoto.it/en/posts/interactive-map-unity/ Sat, 06 Jul 2019 00:00:00 GMT UnityInteractive Design A large multi-touch map built with Swipe Story for an exhibition at Brindisi Airport. https://giuseppetoto.it/en/posts/global-game-jam-2019-bari/ https://giuseppetoto.it/en/posts/global-game-jam-2019-bari/ Sun, 03 Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMT Game DevelopmentHackathonsTeamwork Why a non-competitive jam encouraged collaboration, experimentation, and a healthier way to build under pressure. https://giuseppetoto.it/en/posts/slave-to-habit/ https://giuseppetoto.it/en/posts/slave-to-habit/ Mon, 25 Dec 2017 00:00:00 GMT Reflection A short reflection inspired by Martha Medeiros on routine, curiosity, risk, and the effort required to feel alive. https://giuseppetoto.it/en/posts/a-bug-in-production/ https://giuseppetoto.it/en/posts/a-bug-in-production/ Sun, 13 Nov 2016 00:00:00 GMT DebuggingPHP How one unlucky alphanumeric identifier was interpreted as scientific notation and brought an e-commerce site down. https://giuseppetoto.it/en/posts/json-web-tokens/ https://giuseppetoto.it/en/posts/json-web-tokens/ Tue, 26 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMT AuthenticationSecurityAPIs An introduction to JWT structure, signatures, and why self-contained tokens can reduce shared session state across servers. https://giuseppetoto.it/en/posts/state-design-pattern/ https://giuseppetoto.it/en/posts/state-design-pattern/ Wed, 10 Sep 2014 00:00:00 GMT Design PatternsJava Model behaviour as explicit states when an object responds differently as its internal state changes. https://giuseppetoto.it/en/posts/requirements-analysis-with-users/ https://giuseppetoto.it/en/posts/requirements-analysis-with-users/ Mon, 29 Jul 2013 00:00:00 GMT RequirementsUser Research Interviews, focus groups, questionnaires, and contextual inquiry reveal different parts of the problem a product needs to solve. https://giuseppetoto.it/en/posts/usability-vs-user-experience/ https://giuseppetoto.it/en/posts/usability-vs-user-experience/ Tue, 23 Jul 2013 00:00:00 GMT User ExperienceUsability Usability measures whether people can complete a task; user experience asks how the whole interaction is perceived and felt. https://giuseppetoto.it/en/posts/object-pool-pattern/ https://giuseppetoto.it/en/posts/object-pool-pattern/ Tue, 09 Jul 2013 00:00:00 GMT UnityGame DevelopmentPerformance Reuse expensive game objects instead of constantly creating and destroying them—a practical Unity example from a mobile prototype. https://giuseppetoto.it/en/posts/parking-open-data/ https://giuseppetoto.it/en/posts/parking-open-data/ Sun, 24 Mar 2013 00:00:00 GMT HackathonsOpen DataIoT How four people built a sensor-driven parking prototype in less than 24 hours and won three awards at Codemotion Rome 2013. https://giuseppetoto.it/en/posts/becoming-an-entrepreneur/ https://giuseppetoto.it/en/posts/becoming-an-entrepreneur/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT EntrepreneurshipLearning Notes from a 2012 seminar in Bari about risk, execution, feedback, and learning to see your own weaknesses.