# Lapo Paolacci

> Mobile Engineer and CTO of Sviluppiamo Tutto, a software house in Florence, Italy, that he co-founded. Builds mobile apps, management software, AI solutions and web apps. Born in 1998. Apple fan, night owl, basketball center.

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## Work

- **Sviluppiamo Tutto** (https://sviluppiamotutto.it): software house based in the Florence area, co-founded by Lapo with two partners. Lapo is a developer and the CTO.
- What the company builds: mobile apps, custom management software (gestionali), AI solutions, PWAs and web apps, and websites when needed. 80+ projects delivered: 20+ apps, 15+ management systems, 10+ AI solutions, 30+ websites.
- A typical week for Lapo: talking with clients about changes, building new software and updates, preparing quotes together with the sales person.
- What he likes most: building things that help people in their everyday life and save them time.
- Takes on client projects through Sviluppiamo Tutto (paid work, not equity-only). Quotes and availability: contact him.

## Career

- Started right after high school at **Made in App**, doing mobile development only. That's where he learned to program at a high level.
- Then left and founded his own software company, Sviluppiamo Tutto.
- Invited by Apple to WWDC 2023 and WWDC 2024.

## How he started

- Started programming in C at 12, with a C programming book his dad had at home. His dad is a tinkerer who never programmed but passed on the passion for tinkering.
- First project: a calculator that could only add and subtract.
- Final high school exam project: a smart home concept with its own web app.
- In middle school he was into jailbreaking iPhones: he helped jailbreak the phones of about half his school. He was also a well-known app cracker, and his cracked apps ended up on third-party stores like Installous. A teenage phase, long over.
- When Siri came out exclusively on the iPhone 4S (2011), he couldn't afford the new iPhone yet, so he found a way to get Siri running on his iPhone 3GS.
- He also repaired iPhones for friends and family, lots of them, until one day a battery exploded while he was working on it. Since then he always recommends getting AppleCare.

## Skills

- Main stack today: Flutter, React + Vite, SwiftUI.
- Also: backend in Go and PHP, the .NET ecosystem.
- Works across mobile, web frontend and backend.
- Currently curious about: AI models.
- Setup: VS Code, MacBook Pro M5 Pro, always the latest iPhone Pro Max, Claude Code.

## Opinions

- UIKit has his heart, SwiftUI is faster.
- 99% of the time cross-platform is the right call, unless the app is extremely complex.
- AI is a huge help in coding.
- Projects he believes in excite him, to the point that he discounts them so he can work on them.

## Projects

All built by Lapo with Sviluppiamo Tutto.

### Featured apps

| id | Name | What it is | Platforms | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| innova-ai | Innova AI | Shifts, locations and staff requests in one system, for Secur & Secur Network | iOS and Android app + web management system | https://apps.apple.com/it/app/innova-ai/id6723899230, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.securandsecur.innova |
| trendly | Trendly | Fashion app where anyone can create and launch trends, challenge the community and earn rewards | iOS app + website | https://apps.apple.com/us/app/trendly-create-next-trends/id1551860010, https://trendly.app |
| iowin | IoWin | Rewards people who recycle plastic bottles: track your CO₂ impact and redeem offers | iOS and Android app + dashboard + website | https://apps.apple.com/it/app/iowin/id6760107260, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=It.iowin, https://iowin.it |
| recivu | Recivu | Startup that today recovers VAT from receipts; Sviluppiamo Tutto built its earlier MVP, which digitized receipts | App + dashboard (MVP) | https://www.recivu.it |
| ladinvm | LADINVM | Adopt a real olive tree in the Chianti hills, name it, get its olive oil and follow it on a map | iOS app + website | https://apps.apple.com/it/app/ladinvm-a-piece-of-tuscany/id6757539404, https://ladinum.com |
| cityrose | CityRose | Discover unique activities, events and hidden places in the city | iOS app + dashboard + bilingual website | https://apps.apple.com/it/app/cityrose/id6459618696, https://cityrose.app |
| physion | Physion | Physiotherapy journey: book the first assessment, follow your plan, manage appointments | iOS and Android app | https://apps.apple.com/it/app/physion/id6755485296, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.physion |
| morning-tech | Morning Tech | The most important tech news, summarized, every morning at 6 | iOS and Android app | https://apps.apple.com/it/app/morning-tech/id6740918370, https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=it.morningtech.app |

### Featured apps in detail

Innova AI:
- Lapo built the app, cross-platform in Flutter (one codebase for iOS and Android).
- Secur & Secur employees use it every day to clock in and out and to get their work shifts assigned.
- It also handles events: the app scans QR codes to let passes and tickets in.
- The web dashboard was built by the rest of the Sviluppiamo Tutto team, not by Lapo.

Trendly:
- Lapo built the app, native iOS in Swift.
- Daily Outfit: every day you post your outfit.
- Outfit challenges: in themed events you challenge another girl's outfit.
- Explore, follow and chat with other users.
- The backend was built by the rest of the Sviluppiamo Tutto team, not by Lapo.

IoWin:
- Lapo built the app in Flutter and the backend in Go, both entirely by himself.
- The dashboard was built by the rest of the Sviluppiamo Tutto team, not by Lapo.
- You recycle plastic bottles at reverse vending machines (ecocompattatori) and win rewards.
- Offers section: offers unlock when you reach a certain number of recycled bottles.
- Shows the bamboo forests planted thanks to new customers.

Recivu:
- A startup. Sviluppiamo Tutto built its MVP, when Recivu digitized receipts.
- Lapo built the cross-platform Flutter app, for iOS and Android: receipt summary, spending by category, receipt sharing, third-party login.
- The dashboard was built by the rest of the Sviluppiamo Tutto team, not by Lapo.
- Then the startup pivoted to recovering VAT from receipts. It raised a €500,000 pre-seed round (public) and hired in-house developers, so Sviluppiamo Tutto no longer works on it. Lapo is still in touch with the team.
- So: Lapo did not build today's VAT recovery product, only the earlier MVP.

LADINVM:
- Lapo built everything by himself: the app in Flutter (published on iOS only), an App Clip, also in Flutter, and the backend in Go.
- You buy olive tree packages to adopt trees in the Chianti, choosing your tree on the map.
- Gamification.

CityRose:
- Lapo built the app, native iOS in Swift.
- Info about a city: restaurants, attractions, gelato shops and more, with categories.
- Interactive map with CityRose scores.
- Customizable home.
- An AI agent that plans your day when you visit a city.
- Coupons from local businesses: the same app scans and activates them (also built by Lapo).
- The dashboard was built by the rest of the Sviluppiamo Tutto team, not by Lapo.

Physion:
- Online physiotherapy. Lapo built the app in Flutter, for iOS and Android.
- No web dashboard: the same app becomes the patient's or the physiotherapist's app depending on who logs in.
- Features: paying for rehabilitation programs, interactive exercise sheets, news, a diary, a questionnaire and chat.
- The backend, in Go, was built by the rest of the Sviluppiamo Tutto team, not by Lapo.

Morning Tech:
- Lapo built the app in Flutter, for iOS and Android. The Go backend was built by the rest of the Sviluppiamo Tutto team, not by Lapo.
- The newsletter already ran on Ghost. Sviluppiamo Tutto built the transformation: through Ghost's APIs, a Go backend turns what used to be a plain email into an article the app renders perfectly.
- The app has every issue of the news roundup, a built-in player for the audio roundups, and login for people who already pay for the newsletter.

### Other apps

| id | Name | What it is | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| passo-io | Passo Io | Carpooling for students, iOS and Android | https://passoio.app |
| sonio | Sonio | Anonymously discover people around you, iOS and Android | |
| progress-io | Progress-io | Keeps clients updated on project progress, phase by phase, for freelancers and companies | https://progress-io.com |
| workings | Workings | Digital wallet: link your card, top up and withdraw | |
| als | ALS Systems | Internal app to log work and hours on job orders, for a maker of filling and capping lines | |
| knitcom | Knitcom Scanner | Internal app for knitwear production: each department sees what it has to work on | |

### Management systems and web apps

| id | Name | What it is | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| hanami | Hanami NFC | Web platform to manage NFC cards and their data | |
| fotovoltaico | Simulatore Fotovoltaico | Solar panel estimate starting from the satellite view of your roof | https://simulatore-fotovoltaico.web.app |
| toc-toc | Calcolatore Toc-Toc | Net earnings calculator for short-term rentals | https://calcolatore-toc-toc.pages.dev |
| gds | GDS Servizi | Online booking for car and trailer rentals | https://www.gds-servizi.it |
| techdale | TechDale | Online magazine about technology and AI | https://techdale.it |
| basket-san-casciano | Basket San Casciano | Website of Lapo's own basketball club: news, results, training times, free trial sign-up | https://basketsancasciano.it |

Plus 30+ websites for companies and professionals.

## Off the clock

- Plays basketball in Serie D for Basket San Casciano, as a center.
- Formula 1, MotoGP, personal finance.
- Good company with a Guinness or a gin tonic.
- Automates everything he can at home.
- Works best at night, sleeps in the morning.
- Lives in Florence. Speaks Italian and English.

## Contact

- Contact form in the chat on https://lapopaolacci.it
- Email: mail@lapopaolacci.it
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lapo-paolacci-487a16174/
- GitHub: https://github.com/lapoPaolacci
- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/~lapopaolacci
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