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29 Mar

30 Dec 2025

Luciano Mammino 24 min read

Luciano Mammino's 2025 year in review: releasing the fourth edition of Node.js Design Patterns, progressing on Crafting Lambda Functions in Rust, approaching 5 years at FourTheorem, public speaking, AWS Bites podcast, open source contributions, and some major personal milestones.

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9 Feb 2025

Luciano Mammino 20 min read

In his 2024 year-in-review, Luciano Mammino covers his work in Rust, serverless AWS projects, his contributions to open source projects like Middy, public speaking engagements, the AWS Bites podcast, and personal milestones.

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21 Dec 2024

21 May 2024

Rob 1 min read

I do not enjoy exercise, but I'm at that age where I can see far enough into my future that I would like to remain mobile and healthy well into my later years. So I exercise. I'm not into sports and I find it relatively boring, but this is what is working for me. In the average week I do…

lifeme

16 Apr 2024

Rob 1 min read

I've been following the work of Matt Gemmell for years. His techno-thriller Kestrel series a great fun to read and I recommend that you read them if that's your thing. He also writes short stories, one every week. These are excellent. They are free and as they are short, they don't take long to read at all. A wonderful break…

around the weblife

27 Dec 2023

Luciano Mammino 25 min read

In 2023, Luciano Mammino attended his first re:Invent, grew open source projects like Middy, continued podcasting on AWS Bites, and strengthened connections through public speaking and live coding. He also contributed to sustainability through LifeFoliage's Landscape Hunt game.

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26 Mar 2023

Luciano Mammino 27 min read

This article explores the multifaceted definition of a senior software engineer. It covers the technical skills like going a level deeper and having a broad understanding, as well as soft skills like communication, autonomy, business acumen, and leadership. It provides tips on how to grow, such as pair programming and content creation. The path to seniority requires dedication, perseverance and…

lifecareer

20 Dec 2022

Luciano Mammino 17 min read

In 2022 Luciano Mammino was awarded AWS Serverless Hero, confirmed as Microsoft MVP, became Codemotion Ambassador, spoke at 25 events, produced 45 AWS Bites podcast episodes, streamed live coding 36 times, surpassed 8M downloads for Middy and much more. His plans for 2023 include growing his AWS and Serverless expertise, learning Rust and Solid.js.

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2 Feb 2022

Luciano Mammino 22 min read

In 2021 I joined fourTheorem, became a Microsoft MVP, spoke at many conferences, learned Rust, contributed to open source and much more. I reflect on my professional achievements over the past year.

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2 Jan 2021

Luciano Mammino 26 min read

Luciano Mammino reflects on his 2020, including publishing Node.js Design Patterns Third Edition book, giving 13 conference talks, joining Fabfitfun as Principal Engineer, releasing Middy 1.0, launching Linkerflix MVP, and setting goals for improving as a software engineer, cloud architect, and indie maker in 2021.

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25 Jan 2020

Luciano Mammino 8 min read

Luciano Mammino reflects on his 2019 tech career achievements including conference talks, career moves, open source contributions, and blog posts. He also sets realistic goals for 2020 like finding a new job, releasing Middy 1.0, and getting an advanced AWS certification.

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20 Jan 2019

Luciano Mammino 11 min read

A personal 2018 year in review including achievements like migrating my blog to a serverless setup, 8 conference talks, career growth at Vectra, open source contributions, and reflections on side projects. Outlines goals for 2019 like writing more, releasing middy 1.0, and getting advanced AWS certifications.

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3 Jan 2018

Luciano Mammino 11 min read

In 2017, Luciano Mammino gave 17 conference talks, contributed to open source projects like Fastify and Middy, and learned new technologies like Terraform and Ansible. He looks forward to presenting more in 2018 and learning technologies like Rust, Elastic Search, and Kubernetes.

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24 Dec 2016

Luciano Mammino 7 min read

A personal review of 2016 highlights career growth through a new job, open source contributions, conference talks, and co-authoring a Node.js book. The post also covers learning new technologies like Elixir and AWS, while noting failures like lack of focus on a side project.

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16 Jan 2014

Luciano Mammino 1 min read

A web developer fascinated by the web since childhood discusses the motivation behind starting a blog - to share thoughts on web development trends and experiments in a personal space.

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