Elvio Vicosa
CTO at Jodel, the hyperlocal community that connects you instantly with the people around you.
Previously
- Shopify
- Amazon
- Startup CTO and Head of Engineering
- ThoughtWorks
- Founder of a software consultancy
Currently into
Digital
- A functional language on the Erlang VM, built for fault-tolerant systems that handle lots of things at once.
- Go: a small, fast language for servers, tooling and infrastructure.
- Building software together with AI agents that plan, write and check code.
- Cross-platform mobile development: one React Native codebase, shipped as native iOS and Android apps with Expo.
- The server decides what each screen shows, so apps can change without a store release.
- Live updates over persistent connections: chat, presence and feeds that refresh on their own.
- Keeping communities safe and organised by classifying what people post, with ML and LLMs.
- Spotting fraud, abuse and unusual behaviour before it turns into a problem.
Analog
- Easy, regular miles, logged run by run.
- Cruising under sail, and keeping the boat in shape for it.
- Diving on a single breath: no tank, just calm and practice.
- Light, stiff parts made from woven carbon cloth and epoxy.
- Laying up layers of fibre and resin, by hand or under vacuum, to build strong parts.
Say hello at [email protected] or on LinkedIn.