Rocco Musolino
Rome, Lazio, Italy
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Top SchoolRocco Musolino is a Full Stack developer with 11 years of experience, based in Rome, combining web and IoT expertise with a strong interest in Linux, hacking, and blockchain. He has built end-to-end systems for education platforms, bespoke CMSs, and IoT devices—adding protocol support and hardening Node.js services during his tenure at CloudPlugs. A high-achieving computer science graduate (110/110 e lode) with international study experience in Barcelona, he brings rigorous engineering discipline to both front-end and back-end work. Rocco is an active open-source contributor—his improvements to the popular MQTT.js client strengthened error handling and input validation, improving robustness for Node.js and browser MQTT usage. Known for pragmatic problem-solving, he often focuses on reliability and security edge cases that prevent real-world failures.
11 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Erasmus Computer Engineering, Erasmus Computer Engineering at Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaDiploma di Liceo Scientifico, Diploma di Liceo Scientifico at Liceo Scientifico Pietro MazzoneLaurea Magistrale Informatica, Laurea Magistrale Informatica at Sapienza Università di RomaLaurea Informatica, Laurea Informatica at Cybersecurity Labs
Italian, English, Spanish
Stackoverflow
638reputation
221kreached
16answers
17questions
Github Skills (15)
mqtt10
error-handling10
nodejs10
javascript10
mqttnet10
message-broker9
broker9
debugging9
stream6
live-streaming6
amazon-kinesis6
fs6
amazon-web-services6
python6
phantomjs6
Programming languages (35)
Github contributions (5)
mqttjs/MQTT.js
Nov 2015 - Jan 2017
The MQTT client for Node.js and the browser
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:9 commits, 4 PRs, 7 comments in 1 year 2 months
Contributions summary:Rocco focused on improving the robustness of the MQTT client's error handling and input validation. They added checks for port type in `bin/pub.js` and `bin/sub.js`, preventing potential errors. Furthermore, the user implemented better error handling for connection and subscription issues, specifically addressing "wrong credentials" and "no authorization" scenarios within the `pub` and `sub` binaries. The user's contributions directly improved the stability and user experience of the MQTT client library.
mqttnodejsjavascriptnodejs-librarymqtt-broker
roccomuso/roccomuso.github.io
Mar 2016 - Nov 2017
Contributions:6 commits, 4 pushes, 2 branches in 1 year 8 months
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