Luca Querella is a seasoned software entrepreneur and Co-Founder of Bending Spoons in Milan, with 11 years of experience building and shipping consumer mobile apps that have reached tens of millions of downloads and millions of monthly active users. He combines product-driven leadership with hands-on iOS engineering, contributing to the katana-swift open-source framework by refactoring core Node/Plastic rendering logic, improving components and addressing memory leaks. His background includes lead engineering roles across consumer and healthcare domains, and he holds an M.Sc. in Computer Software Engineering from IT University of Copenhagen and a B.Sc. with top honors from Università di Torino. Comfortable operating at both architecture and implementation levels, he’s known for tackling core performance and reliability problems while driving ambitious app growth.
11 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science, 110/110 et Laude, Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science, 110/110 et Laude at Università degli Studi di Torino
Master of Science (M.Sc.), Computer Software Engineering, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Computer Software Engineering at IT University of Copenhagen
Swift Apps in a Swoosh! A modern framework for creating iOS apps, inspired by Redux.
Role in this project:
Mobile Developer (iOS)
Contributions:117 commits, 4 PRs, 23 pushes in 1 year 6 months
Contributions summary:Luca made several commits focused on refactoring and modifying the `Katana-Swift` framework, particularly concerning the `Node` and `Plastic` classes which are central to the framework's architecture. Their work involved code changes related to updating the rendering logic, managing children within the node structure, and improving core nodes. They also contributed to enhancing the button component and addressing potential memory leaks. The commits suggest a focus on improving the core structure and functionality of the framework, as well as creating a basic demo to demonstrate its capabilities.
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