Matteo Piotto is a seasoned software engineer with 14 years of hands-on experience building web and backend solutions from Turin, Italy. Since 2011 he has been driving engineering work at weLaika, bringing practical expertise in PHP, build tooling and Linux filesystem handling. He contributes to open-source, notably improving the Wordless WordPress theme framework with core PHP fixes, asset/tag helper enhancements and mobile-detection updates—work that reflects a focus on maintainability and developer ergonomics. Matteo blends academic grounding from Politecnico di Torino and time at NTNU with a pragmatic approach to shipping reliable code in production. Colleagues value his steady long-term commitment to a single company paired with a curiosity for tooling and infrastructure improvements.
14 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Master's degree, Master's degree at Politecnico di Torino
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Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:34 commits, 7 PRs, 5 pushes in 6 years 4 months
Contributions summary:Matteo primarily contributed to the Wordless WordPress theme framework by modifying core PHP files, specifically focusing on file permissions and directory management on Linux systems. Their contributions also involved refactoring and enhancements to the tag helper, and the addition of asset tag helpers. The user further updated the mobile detect library and addressed code issues related to placeholder image services.
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