Paolo Caleffi
Co-fondatore E CEO
Albinea, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
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Top SchoolPaolo Caleffi is a founder and CEO with 11 years of hands-on software engineering experience, leading Dreamonkey from full‑stack and Android development into an executive role. He combines product leadership with deep technical chops, having implemented backend refinements for Laravel APIs and contributed TypeScript typings to the popular Quasar Vue framework. Paolo’s background in computer engineering from Politecnico di Torino and Modena informs his pragmatic approach to R&D and platform design. He excels at bridging frontend developer ergonomics with robust backend transformation logic, improving maintainability and edge-case handling. Based in Emilia‑Romagna, he brings startup grit and a rare mix of CEO-level strategy and ongoing code-level contributions. Notably, his open-source work shows a focus on developer experience—clean typings and reliable API serialization—rather than just feature hacks.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
Diploma, Perito informatico, Diploma, Perito informatico at IIS Blaise PascalThree-year degree, Computer engineering, Three-year degree, Computer engineering at Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio EmiliaMaster's degree, Computer engineering, software, Master's degree, Computer engineering, software at Politecnico di Torino
French, English
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Github Skills (24)
javascript10
laravel-mix10
testing10
typescript10
laravel10
fractal10
php10
api10
vue10
typescript-types10
typescripts10
vue-jsx10
transformer9
html8
lumen8
Programming languages (14)
Github contributions (5)
quasarframework/quasar
Jun 2019 - Jan 2023
Quasar Framework - Build high-performance VueJS user interfaces in record time
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:124 reviews, 153 commits, 188 PRs in 3 years 7 months
Contributions summary:Paolo's commits primarily focused on enhancing the TypeScript typings within the Quasar Framework. Their contributions included adding and improving type definitions for various utilities, components, and features such as date handling, scrolling, colors, and DOM manipulation. They also added and managed the framework's language and icon set typings. Furthermore, they ensured the consistency and accuracy of the framework's TypeScript support, resolving type-related issues.
pwavueiosquasarserver-side-rendering
flugg/laravel-responder
Dec 2017 - Jan 2018
A Laravel Fractal package for building API responses, giving you the power of Fractal with Laravel's elegancy.
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:18 commits, 9 PRs, 77 comments in 1 month
Contributions summary:Paolo primarily contributed to the backend aspects of the Laravel-based API responder package. Their work includes adding decorators for features like pretty-printing JSON and escaping HTML entities, enhancing code maintainability by refactoring code, and addressing edge cases in transformation logic. They also modified existing components and tests to improve the package's functionality, including adjustments to serialization and relation handling.
apilaravel-sphptransformerlumen
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