Notes on technology, politics and society.https://martoranamarco.it/enhttps://martoranamarco.it/en/blog/10-reasons-to-try-the-free-arc-browser/https://martoranamarco.it/en/blog/10-reasons-to-try-the-free-arc-browser/The first in a series of recommendations: why I use Arc, the free browser that rethinks browsing, and what makes it different.Thu, 26 Sep 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://martoranamarco.it/en/blog/4-challenges-of-remote-electronic-voting/https://martoranamarco.it/en/blog/4-challenges-of-remote-electronic-voting/Voting electronically from home promises convenience and savings, but raises serious technical and democratic issues. Four challenges we should not underestimate.Mon, 23 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://martoranamarco.it/en/blog/5-reasons-every-devops-engineer-should-use-warp/https://martoranamarco.it/en/blog/5-reasons-every-devops-engineer-should-use-warp/Warp is a modern terminal with shared workflows, automation and built-in AI. Five practical reasons it can change how DevOps engineers work.Wed, 23 Oct 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://martoranamarco.it/en/blog/ai-in-public-administration-rules-and-method/https://martoranamarco.it/en/blog/ai-in-public-administration-rules-and-method/AI should free up human time in public administration, without requiring frontier models. The AI Act and Italian law handle the easy part; the method is still missing.Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://martoranamarco.it/en/blog/arrest-of-pavel-durov-telegram-ceo/https://martoranamarco.it/en/blog/arrest-of-pavel-durov-telegram-ceo/Pavel Durov’s arrest has divided opinion over free speech and platform responsibility. A reflection beyond taking sides.Wed, 28 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://martoranamarco.it/en/blog/artificial-intelligence-and-public-administration/https://martoranamarco.it/en/blog/artificial-intelligence-and-public-administration/The risks and benefits of AI in public administration: what it can do, where caution is needed and how it could improve public services.Mon, 23 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://martoranamarco.it/en/blog/artificial-intelligence-part-2/https://martoranamarco.it/en/blog/artificial-intelligence-part-2/A more balanced follow-up to the article on AI challenges: alongside the risks, the many positive uses of artificial intelligence deserve recognition.Wed, 15 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://martoranamarco.it/en/blog/aurora-postgresql-authentication-with-aws-iam/https://martoranamarco.it/en/blog/aurora-postgresql-authentication-with-aws-iam/Replace static database passwords with short-lived IAM tokens: how AWS IAM authentication works for Aurora PostgreSQL and RDS, and why it removes a whole class of security risks.Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://martoranamarco.it/en/blog/dns-the-joy-and-pain-of-the-internet/https://martoranamarco.it/en/blog/dns-the-joy-and-pain-of-the-internet/After AWS, Fastweb and Vodafone outages, an often invisible component takes centre stage: what DNS is, how it works and why its failure can stop half the internet.Thu, 23 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://martoranamarco.it/en/blog/from-external-feedback-to-release-two-dfd-features/https://martoranamarco.it/en/blog/from-external-feedback-to-release-two-dfd-features/An external UX review led to two production features built with DFD and an agent. Honest gates, evidence on one machine, late requirements and a specification that found a bug before coding.Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://martoranamarco.it/en/blog/from-legacy-php-to-verifiable-parity-dfd/https://martoranamarco.it/en/blog/from-legacy-php-to-verifiable-parity-dfd/A live PHP application, a Laravel replacement that must reach parity, and DFD led by Codex. Once again, the strongest signal came from a gate saying “done” when it was not.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://martoranamarco.it/en/blog/i-tried-lying-to-dfd-gates/https://martoranamarco.it/en/blog/i-tried-lying-to-dfd-gates/Two questions about DFD. How many fixes are needed after release? And if I lie to the process on purpose, do the gates notice? The CLI stops 4 lies out of 15. An agent re-reading the work without knowing what to look for finds almost all of them. That is also the weak spot: today that re-reading leaves no trace.Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://martoranamarco.it/en/blog/inclusive-language/https://martoranamarco.it/en/blog/inclusive-language/Why inclusive language is a practical need rather than empty rhetoric, and how to find wording that avoids causing pain without forcing the language.Sat, 25 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMThttps://martoranamarco.it/en/blog/ivrea-carnival-2026-victories-and-judging/https://martoranamarco.it/en/blog/ivrea-carnival-2026-victories-and-judging/Ivrea Carnival 2026 brings victories to celebrate and questions about judging: what we can learn beyond the results in the squares.Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://martoranamarco.it/en/blog/learning-in-the-ai-age-with-fabio-gatto/https://martoranamarco.it/en/blog/learning-in-the-ai-age-with-fabio-gatto/The first episode of M Talk, with occupational psychologist and AI Literacy Trainer Fabio Gatto, explores how AI is changing learning and teaching.Fri, 04 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMThttps://martoranamarco.it/en/blog/neuralink-elon-musk-brain-implant/https://martoranamarco.it/en/blog/neuralink-elon-musk-brain-implant/Neuralink’s first human brain implant brings medical promise and concerns about privacy and control. What makes the idea both fascinating and unsettling?Thu, 01 Feb 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://martoranamarco.it/en/blog/olympics-or-sanremo/https://martoranamarco.it/en/blog/olympics-or-sanremo/Two national rituals, engagement and manufactured controversies: what the way we follow the Olympics and Sanremo says about us.Fri, 02 Aug 2024 00:00:00 GMThttps://martoranamarco.it/en/blog/parents-mental-load-the-invisible-work/https://martoranamarco.it/en/blog/parents-mental-load-the-invisible-work/Parenting is about remembering everything as well as doing it. Mental load is invisible work that never switches off. Even sharing it creates more coordination.Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://martoranamarco.it/en/blog/shift-right-on-aws-canaries-by-revision-and-tenant/https://martoranamarco.it/en/blog/shift-right-on-aws-canaries-by-revision-and-tenant/Definition of Done criteria become release alarms. Revision canaries catch technical problems; tenant rollouts catch functional ones. Combining ECS and AppConfig.Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://martoranamarco.it/en/blog/testing-agents-mutation-testing-and-a-ci-that-could-not-fail/https://martoranamarco.it/en/blog/testing-agents-mutation-testing-and-a-ci-that-could-not-fail/Two separate agents wrote tests and code, then faced mutation testing. Separating them did not prove the argument. The strongest signal was a CI pipeline that could not fail. More intensive testing is needed.Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://martoranamarco.it/en/blog/the-cost-does-not-disappear-it-moves/https://martoranamarco.it/en/blog/the-cost-does-not-disappear-it-moves/With agents, development cost moves from producing code to specifying and verifying it. What changes in the pipeline, in professional roles and in becoming a senior developer?Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT