Paolo Fragomeni is a serial founder and seasoned technology leader with 13 years building distributed systems, compilers, and developer tooling across startups and venture-backed firms. Currently CTO at Stable State, he has previously led engineering and executive teams as Partner at 100 Acre Ventures, CEO of Socket Supply Co., and co‑founder/CTO of Nodejitsu. Paolo combines hands‑on compiler and full‑stack experience—demonstrated by significant contributions to the real‑time DerbyJS framework—with strategic product and diligence work at firms like Passport Capital. His background spans decentralized systems (Voltra), mobile security and engineering leadership (NowSecure), and academic engineering at MIT, giving him a rare mix of R&D depth and operational scaling ability. Known for shipping infrastructure that simplifies developer workflows, he often bridges low‑level systems design with pragmatic product outcomes. Based in New York, he brings entrepreneurial grit and a research mindset to solving hard distributed systems and tooling problems.
MVC framework making it easy to write realtime, collaborative applications that run in both Node.js and browsers
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Contributions:10 commits in 2 days
Contributions summary:Paolo contributed significantly to the DerbyJS framework, primarily focusing on its core functionalities and build processes. The commits demonstrate involvement in updating dependencies, refactoring code, and integrating new features such as CSS compilers and bundling features. The user also worked on server-side aspects, including route configuration and page creation, showcasing a full-stack development focus. Furthermore, the user contributed to the test suite, showing dedication to the overall quality of the framework.
Contributions:2 releases, 74 commits, 7 PRs in 5 years 7 months
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Paolo Fragomeni - Chief Technology Officer at Stable State