Federico Di Gregorio
Owner at Debian Project
Turin, Piedmont, Italy
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Top SchoolFederico Di Gregorio is a physicist-turned-software engineer and entrepreneur with over 21 years of experience bridging research, embedded systems and web applications. Based in Turin, he founded and leads DNDG Srl after long-standing involvement in Debian and a decade of open-source consultancy and knowledge-transfer work. His contributions to high-profile projects—such as memory-leak fixes and advanced type handling in psycopg2 and device support for Zephyr RTOS—showcase deep expertise in databases, low-level systems and IoT. He also improved .NET MIME handling in MimeKit, reflecting a knack for pragmatic, cross-language problem solving. A committed educator, Federico has taught internet application development and continues to focus on system integration, tooling for semantic authoring and government networks. Colleagues know him for combining scientific rigor with a passion for teaching and free-software community stewardship.
21 years of coding experience
Graduate, Physics, Graduate, Physics at Università degli Studi di Torino
English, French
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (43)
parserator10
parser10
postgresql10
python10
sendmail10
send-email10
memory-management10
embedded-language10
microcontroller10
zephyr10
e-mail10
device-tree10
rtos10
database-design10
dotnet-core10
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
psycopg/psycopg2
Oct 2004 - Apr 2020
PostgreSQL database adapter for the Python programming language
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Database Engineer
Back-end Developer & Database EngineerContributions:467 commits, 13 PRs, 13 pushes in 15 years 9 months
Contributions summary:Federico contributed to the PostgreSQL database adapter for Python (`psycopg2`) by fixing memory leaks, and implementing features like the copy_expert and the get_transaction_status features. They worked extensively on improving the handling of various data types, including UUID arrays and time zone offsets, with a focus on correctness and efficiency. The contributions demonstrate a deep understanding of the PostgreSQL database internals and the Python database API.
database-adapterpython-programmingdriverpythonpostgresql-database
jstedfast/MimeKit
Sep 2013 - Apr 2014
A .NET MIME creation and parser library with support for S/MIME, PGP, DKIM, TNEF and Unix mbox spools.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:13 commits in 6 months
Contributions summary:Federico primarily focused on improving the `MimeKit` library. They implemented new features using LINQ-like fluid constructors to create `MimeMessage`, `TextPart`, `Multipart`, and `MimePart` objects. They also added tests for these constructors and fixed an issue regarding content object parameters. Additionally, the user contributed to code cleanup and made modifications to support PostgreSQL-based certificate database functionality.
unixextractionc-sharpdkimspools
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