Diego Caponera
Full-stack Software Engineer And Educator
Germany
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Top SchoolDiego Caponera is a full-stack software engineer and educator based in Germany with 14 years of experience building web applications and coaching developer talent. He blends hands-on engineering across modern JavaScript stacks and backend systems with a long history of teaching—having lectured at Tor Vergata University and led full-stack bootcamp cohorts. Diego has worked as a frontend and full-stack developer in agency and consulting roles, moving through Backbone, Angular, React, Node, Ruby, and various databases and build tools, and now runs his own freelance practice. As a lead coach he focuses on practical, industry-ready skills and mentorship, helping juniors become productive engineers quickly. His personal motto, "npm, or it didn't happen," hints at a pragmatic, package-driven approach to shipping software and frequent collaboration with the JavaScript ecosystem. With a background in mathematics and computer science, he brings analytical rigor to engineering problems and curriculum design.
14 years of coding experience
14 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor, Mathematics, Computer Science, Bachelor, Mathematics, Computer Science at Università di Roma Tor VergataLiceo Classico, Humanities/Humanistic Studies, Liceo Classico, Humanities/Humanistic Studies at Secondary school
Italian, Spanish, English, German
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (107)
brunch10
nunjucks10
audio-player10
markdown10
javascript10
jquery10
audio10
music10
ajax10
fretboard10
album-art10
nodejs10
artwork10
gulp-plugin10
generator10
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
moonwave99/waffel
Apr 2015 - Dec 2020
Yet another static generator, here to help you with more concrete use cases than just your personal blog.
Contributions:9 releases, 221 commits, 19 PRs in 5 years 9 months
casesconcreteuse-casesgulp-pluginnunjucks
moonwave99/playa
Dec 2019 - Nov 2020
The music player that thinks in albums
Contributions:2 releases, 673 commits, 4 PRs in 11 months
playermusicmusic-playeralbums
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