Founder of @DatoCMS, a fully bootstrapped, product-driven business.

Florence, Tuscany, Italy
Joined April 2007
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📣 Introducing DatoCMS Cache Tags! This is a big one for all y'all dealing wtih costly time-based invalidations or complete rebuilds just to fix a typo 🫥 We’re making it a breeze to simplify your caching strategy. Get started on datocms.com/blog/introducing…
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"Living these values also presents me with a unique opportunity to identify and rectify the imperfections in my own idealistic business environment. It's a chance to make adjustments and keep progressing on my personal path of knowledge and growth." squeaki.sh/p/why-i-still-run…
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It's official! I'm now a proud participant in the IndieWeb! 🎉 Webmentions, feed, automatic backfeed from Mastodon... the whole package! I only wished for clearer documentation. Connecting the pieces was a nightmare at first, but easy once understood. squeaki.sh/p/being-part-of-t…
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"It's hard to explain in words the feeling of navigating a social network without ads. To have a feed that ends at some point. Where you don't feel sucked in, or used. Where you feel in control. It's beautiful." squeaki.sh/p/the-future-of-s…
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Imagine a world where the terms “Instagram followers” or “Facebook friends” don’t exist. Instead, your followers on one platform are the same followers on all platforms. After all, aren’t they YOUR followers? squeaki.sh/p/from-protocols-…
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"Since 2015, the richest 1% has owned more wealth than the rest of the planet. We’ve come to the point that eight men now own the same amount of wealth as the poorest half of the world." New post: squeaki.sh/p/capitalism-and-…
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Very intense year 🧨
Many new features, strong growth, and an all-new partner program have been just some of the highlights we've shared together in '23! Check out what's in store for '24 as we carry on the tradition of reflecting on the previous year at DatoCMS 👇 datocms.com/blog/a-look-back…
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Building large, complex organizations is a choice, not an obligation. We are very serene and happy because we're deliberate about what we're ignoring. 😌 datocms.com/blog/how-can-you…
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Our CLI can now automatically generate a migration script from the differences between two environments. 😃🔛🤩 This is a huge improvement in developer experience that, compounded over the life of a project, can easily save days/weeks of work. 🚀
Stefano Verna retweeted
Polestar has pushed the bounderies of DatoCMS for almost 3 years now. We are very proud of having supported them up to their controversial Super Bowl commercial that has been a huge success. Kudos to you and let's reach higher peaks together @PolestarCars
No compromises. Because our planet demands real action. #PolestarCars #NoCompromises
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Another company we deeply ❤️ chose us to host their conference content!
🧱 Block by Block: a Notion conference. Join us on March 2nd for new features, surprise keynotes & live workshops! Save your spot: notion.com/event
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Writing this answered for me the question I posed earlier this week: why is there nobody building web3 projects that aren't about making money for them? And the answer is: because it's all money. You can't build a crypto thing that isn't about money. seldo.com/posts/crypto-the-g…
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Headcount is (very often) a vanity metric. Just like followers on social media or fundraising amount. nicolasbustamante.substack.c…
When people visit your startup, they should be surprised how few people you have. A visitor who walks around and is impressed by the magnitude of your operation is implicitly saying "Did it really take all these people to make that crappy product?"
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Also: "One of the critical metrics for SaaS startups is the annual recurring revenue (ARR) divided by full-time employees (FTE). For instance, the median ARR per FTE ratio for private SaaS startups in the $10-$20M revenue range is $138,889."
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Stefano Verna retweeted
Dear @vercel, If nothing else in 2022, here are two requests that would make Next.js even better for headless CMS: 👇
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what do you do when you're bored?
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We can't complain 😉
As 2021 comes to an end, it's time to continue our tradition and look back at all that we have achieved this year! datocms.com/blog/a-look-back…
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So proud of what we're enabling with the new Plugin SDK😊
With Plugins v2, native and custom blend together in a seamless, delightful experience. Also: pretty nice visual editorial calendar, right? We'll soon release it as an official plugin 😉 📒 datocms.com/docs/plugin-sdk
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