Iacopo Spalletti
Founder CTO at Nephila
Florence, Tuscany, Italy
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Iacopo Spalletti is a founder and CTO with 15+ years building Python/Django web and mobile applications and running a FLOSS-focused software company, Nephila, from Florence. A longtime django CMS core developer and prolific contributor to projects like django-filer, djangocms-text-ckeditor and django-localflavor, he blends backend engineering with full-stack fixes and CMS plugin work. He pairs hands-on application development with GNU/Linux system administration and production infrastructure management, ensuring projects are deployable and maintainable. Not obviously apparent from his title, he has deep experience authoring country-specific validation logic (Italian SSN) and smoothing compatibility across Django ecosystem libraries. Passionate about open source, he consistently focuses on stability, plugin interoperability and practical developer ergonomics.
15 years of coding experience
English, Italian
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Github Skills (38)
cms10
file-management10
dashboard10
admin10
back-end-development10
validations10
python10
django10
testing10
authentication10
user-authentication10
django-cms10
validation10
ckeditor10
forms10
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
django-cms/django-cms
Feb 2011 - May 2021
The easy-to-use and developer-friendly enterprise CMS powered by Django
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:13 reviews, 1975 commits, 784 PRs in 10 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Iacopo primarily focused on fixing compatibility issues and implementing improvements to the `django-cms` backend. Their work involved addressing problems related to the use of app configurations and the template system. Key contributions include refactoring code, fixing bugs in plugin management and, especially in the plugin tree handling. The contributions indicate a focus on the stability and functionality of the core CMS framework, particularly around its page structure, template processing, and plugin management.
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django-cms/djangocms-text-ckeditor
Jul 2013 - Sep 2016
Text Plugin for django CMS using CKEditor 4
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:5 reviews, 173 commits, 64 PRs in 3 years 2 months
Contributions summary:Iacopo contributed to the django CMS text editor plugin, focusing on both frontend and backend aspects. They fixed frontend JavaScript issues within the CKEditor plugin, such as the `parent_id` in POST requests and adding custom CKEditor configuration. The user also implemented backend improvements by updating the README to clarify version compatibility and adding the ability to extend the text plugin. They were also responsible for adding and fixing model properties.
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