Roberto Tonino

In this website you'll find my blog. I am new to writing, but I want to get good at it. I love the idea of having a personal space on the web where I can write about topics that interest me. I personally consider books a superpower and, therefore, I consider writers superheros. The web allows anyone to write freely, even books, and therefore removes many barriers. One day, I want to be able to tell people that I wrote a whole book.

Being a curious person, I can't always resist the urge to dive into a new topic or activity as soon as I find out about it. I like to say that I have a new favourite thing to do every day. Result? I am an inconclusive person more than I like to admit. I found a solution to this problem, but any tips would be highly appreciated.

Disclaimer: unless explicitly mentioned, I don't use LLMs to write on this website. All the content is human-generated. If you have a personal space, consider doing the same.

My writing (RSS feed)

2026

• Book review: Hyperion

2025

• Problems with scaling
• Stages of adoption
• Run-time verification of web applications

2024

• Do less, but finish it
• Values

2023

• Moving in a new city and leaving the nest
• Focus on the system, not the tool

Some suggestions

Here's a list of people that I find interesting and inspiring:

• Cory Doctorow
• Mr RIP (in Italian, sorry). His old blog is in English, but he is no longer updating it.
• Derek Sivers
• DHH (and the people working for his company in general)
• Paul Graham
• U.S. Graphics