Hi, I'm ZappaBoy a software engineer.

Igraduated in Software Systems Securityam a full-stack software engineercode blockchains and AI modelstrade automatically with my systems

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My name is Federico Zappone, also known as ZappaBoy. I am a Tech Lead @ Artificialy SA, and the co-founder of two innovative tech companies: Just Another S.R.L. and BB-SMILE S.R.L..

I earned a Master’s Degree in Software Systems Security with the highest honors (110/110 cum laude) in 2022, demonstrating my expertise in advanced cybersecurity and software engineering.

My programming journey began in 2019 during a university project in collaboration with a Public Administration entity, where I developed my first Machine Learning algorithms and gained hands-on experience in real-world software solutions.

Following this, I started working as a freelance software developer for a small company, managing the full IT infrastructure and developing web applications and blockchain solutions, which became the core of the projects I handled.

In 2020, I received a research grant from the University of Molise to design and develop a blockchain system for the Nova Tellus project, further solidifying my expertise in innovative decentralized technologies.

After graduating in mid-2022, I co-founded BB-SMILE S.R.L., a spinoff of Sapienza and Molise Universities, and later focused on Just Another S.R.L., delivering high-quality, elegant software solutions using cutting-edge technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Blockchain.

To expand my expertise, I joined Storm Reply, diving into cloud computing and working with major Italian enterprises, including Generali S.p.A., Enel S.p.A., InfoCamere, Terna S.p.A., and Intel, enhancing my skills in enterprise-level software architecture.

Most recently, I relocated to Lugano, Switzerland, to work at Artificialy SA as a Software Engineer and later Tech Lead. There, thanks to the talented teams I worked with, we develop AI-driven solutions across multiple industries, primarily serving Swiss companies.

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Technologies

Some of the technologies and tools I have worked with:

AI

Python
Tensorflow
Keras
Scikit-learn
OpenAI
Apache Spark
ROCm

Backend e Databases

FastAPI
Node
Spring Boot
NestJS
Express.js
Fastify
Prisma
SQLAlchemy
Hibernate
MySQL
PostgreSQL
MongoDB
CouchDB
SQLite
Socket.io

Frontend

Angular
Next
React
HTML
CSS
JS
Tailwind CSS
Bootstrap

DevOps

GNU/Linux
Arch Linux
Ubuntu Server
Bash
Docker
Kubernetes
k3s
Rancher
Cloudflare
Traefik
Authelia
Keycloak
Ansible
Github
Gitlab

Penetration Testing

Parrot Security
Kali Linux
Burp Suite
Metasploit
Wireshark
Raspberry

Blockchain

Hyperledger Fabric
Ethereum

Mobile

Android
Ionic
Flutter
Expo

Other

Automated Trading Systems
QGIS e PostGIS
Ruby
Wordpress

Publications

Throughout professional endeavors and academic pursuits, I actively engaged in various research initiatives and contributed to the development of scholarly publications:

Certifications and Achievements

Throughout my career, I've acquired certifications in both information engineering and education, augmenting my knowledge in these domains. Additionally, I participated in some competitions and hackathons, where I was able to obtain good results with my teams.

Latest projects

Crawly

Crawly is a customizable web crawler service to get information and monitor the changes on the pages using APIs.

PythonCLI

Worky

Worky is a tool that helps to define and load project workspaces. Worky saves you from wasting time doing repetitive tasks before actually starting to work.

Pyvttt

PYthon Video-to-Text Transcriber supports the download of audio tracks from YouTube and it is able to perform the transcription and both translation and summarization using AI models.

Roundtable

Roundtable is a tool that simulates a roundtable discussion using AI agents. It uses different Ollama LLM models for text and code to simulate the discussion between models using AutoGen.

PythonCLIAILLM

Crawlall

Crawlall is a simple crawler tool that uses Google search engine supported features to find and collect required patterns (email, URL, IP address, etc.) related to a search query.

Hopper-bacco

Hopper-Bacco (Oh perbacco) is a simple utility service that accepts and forwards API requests rotating both IP and User Agent to avoid bans.

Fabric Starter

Fabric Starter is an automation tool to deploy a blockchain for testing purposes using Hyperledger Fabric in minutes with a single command.

BashCLIHyperledgerDevOps

Hi-jacket

Hi-jacket is an automated cryptojacker that finds XSS vulnerabilities and exploit them by loading a cryptojacking script with GPU support.

Domo

Domo is a very simple all-in-one tool to manage IoT devices from the CLI. Domo can be very useful to create other scripts to automate the routines in the house.