Raffaele Bertani

From 0x7c00 to web applications.

Building software since 2020.

What I do

Cloud & infrastructure
Servers, networking, DNS and email.
DevOps
Automation, deployment, monitoring, development and production environments.
Backend
API services and third-party integrations.
Databases
Data modeling, performance and continuity.
Web development
Web applications and websites.
Mobile development
Cross-platform and native apps for iOS and Android.

Video game development studio, where I work as a DevOps engineer and full stack developer.

Mobile game for iOS and Android: hatch and raise your own macaw, then explore parks inspired by real ones around the world.

Verifying Apple's certificate chain and JWS signature
How to verify the certificate chain and signature of App Store Server Notifications, to guarantee the authenticity and integrity of in-app purchases.

App Store Server Notifications validation
Server-side verification of the certificate chain and signature of Apple purchase notifications, in Laravel.
- PHP
- Laravel
- OpenSSL
MySQL backups to Dropbox
Bash script for automated MySQL backups uploaded to Dropbox, configured through .env.
- Bash
- MySQL
Flutter mobile app template
Starter for cross-platform apps with an HTTP request queue, state management, localization and light and dark themes.
- Flutter
- Dart
Laravel deploy permissions
File permissions and ownership for a Laravel project served by Nginx, Apache or Lighttpd.
- Linux
- Laravel
Dual boot with Alexa
EFI application to power on a PC and pick the operating system with Alexa voice commands.
- C
- UEFI
Echo server in C
Multithreaded echo server and a client that measures latency between two machines. A learning project.
- C
- Networking

Operating Systems From 0 to 1 · Tu, Do Hoang
A great introduction to low-level programming, from the metal up to software.
TCP/IP Illustrated · W. Richard Stevens
The reference on low-level networking.
Linux Device Drivers · Corbet, Rubini, Kroah-Hartman
A deep dive into the Linux kernel.