I build the things software ships on.

Backend, Platform & AI Infrastructure Engineer

Deployment platforms and AI infrastructure. Currently Canopy Host and Cortex. This page is served by Forest, the Kubernetes execution substrate I wrote for them.

Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands hi@giovanni.pw Curriculum vitae

Selected work

Cortex

2025–present · built solo · in production

AI infrastructure built so an answer stays attached to its evidence, and can refuse to answer at all.

hybrid retrievalcitationsfail-closed verifierSSEOpenAI-compatibleQLoRA
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Canopy Host & Forest

2024–present · built solo · closed beta

Connect a repository, push, and the platform detects the framework, builds it, and serves it over HTTPS, with per-stage logs, a diff view, and one-click rollback.

forest-controllercanopy-build-runnerGroveEnvoy GatewayCloudNativePGACME
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Forest, 2019–2023

2019–2023 · co-built, three engineers · acquired

A developer hosting platform co-built from nothing with two other engineers and no outside money. Reached 1,000+ users and 10,000+ deployments before the product was acquired.

LXC / LXDzero-config deployrollbackpublic API
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Available for contract work

Hardening deploy pipelines, production incident response, and backend and infrastructure work for small teams running their own hosting or AI infrastructure. Day rate or retainer, not hourly bidding.

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