Valerio Massimiani
Developer turned founder.
I build software products, AI systems, and web-extraction infrastructure, and write about building them.
building
All projects
webclaw
2.4kTurn any website into clean markdown, JSON, or LLM-ready output. A Rust core with a CLI, REST API, and MCP server. Handles anti-bot, JS rendering, and structured data.
Stik
266One shortcut opens a post-it, you type, it closes. Markdown-first, local-first note capture for macOS. brew install --cask stik.
Akari
200K+ tickets securedTicketing infrastructure for 500+ brokers, with 200K+ tickets secured. Monitors, automation, and anti-bot at scale.
4 public repos
Browse open source
stack
Languages
- Rust
- TypeScript
- Go
- Swift
- Python
Extraction & anti-bot
- Web extraction
- Browser automation
- JA3 / JA4 impersonation
- HTTP/2 (Akamai) impersonation
- WAF & bot-detection bypass
AI & agents
- LLMs
- MCP servers
- Claude Code skills
- On-device ML
Backend & infra
- PostgreSQL
- Redis
- Docker
- Axum
- Linux servers
- Self-hosting
contributions
GitHubwriting
All posts- Sep 23, 20266 min
Start the Task You Keep Postponing
You sit down to do one important thing and end the morning doing ten small ones. Name what you're avoiding, write a first action you can see yourself doing, and protect one block for it.
- Jul 3, 20262 min
Finish the Main Quest Before You Start the Side Quests
At 26 I figured out life works like a video game: some side quests stay locked until you push the main quest forward. On changing priorities toward family, relationships, and health.
- Jun 27, 20263 min
Owning Hardware That Can Run Models Locally Matters More Than Ever
The US now restricts frontier models to a handful of approved companies. Buy the hardware to run open-weight models yourself, and keep your data and your independence.
Build notes
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