I'm Christian Visintin. I live in Udine, Italy. I'm a freelance software engineer. I'm also an open-source developer. On this blog I write about my dev misadventures and give unneeded opinions on many topics involving technology and development
Latest Posts
Is RustRover Worth It? My 3-Month Review
After 3 months of using RustRover, I share my thoughts on whether it's worth the investment for Rust developers.
TL;DR: Great Rust support, but frustrating editor UX and weak Git experience. Worth trying if you're already in the JetBrains ecosystem.Over the last year, I’ve heard many people talking about
Published on March 27, 2026 - 1 min read
From ic-dbms to wasm-dbms
Untangling a database engine from the Internet Computer
This is an article about how I restructured a monolithic IC canister framework into a runtime-agnostic WASM database engine.A few months ago I announced ic-dbms, a Rust framework for building database
Published on March 02, 2026 - 8 min read
This Blog was made with Gleam
Goodbye Gatsby, Hello Gleam! This blog is now powered by Gleam, Lustre, and Blogatto
If you are reading this, you are looking at a blog that runs zero React, zero GraphQL, and zero Node.js. This blog is now entirely powered by Gleam, Lustre, and a little static site generator I built
Published on February 25, 2026 - 7 min read
The role of the Software Engineer in the age of AI
A consideration of how AI is going to change the role of Software Engineers and the advent of the Software Engineer 2.0
IntroductionFor the last year or so, I’ve started using AI tools like ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot to help me with my software engineering tasks.For most of the time, these tools have been a great help.
Published on February 01, 2026 - 8 min read