Paolo
Nessim.
Hi, I'm Paolo. I vibe code to ship things — apps, chrome extensions, trading engines, and the occasional robot.
I'm drawn to projects where you can't tell yet whether they'll turn into a product, a tool I keep for myself, or just something that taught me what to try next.
PressRfor résumé·⌘ + Kfor everything
What I've been shipping lately — pulled from GitHub and Claude Code.
Things I built end-to-end. Live marks the ones people pay for.
- May '26LiveSnippromptPrompt snippets, anywhere you type↗
- May '26LiveSatgazeEvery satellite, in real time↗
- May '26LiveYouTube AIChat with any YouTube video↗
- Jan '25Pathfinding VisualizerA*, Dijkstra, BFS — animated
- May '26Claude Code VCRTime-machine for Claude Code sessions↗
- 2025 →Magic GambitA robot that plays chess↗
Research, robotics, and the client work that pays for it.
Research Intern at UMD CPSE
Building the vision pipeline for Magic Gambit v2, the lab's robotic chess system. Camera → board state → motion planning, all in real time.
CE Participant at NASA L'SPACE Mission Concept Academy
Designing a space mission with a multidisciplinary team — requirements through Preliminary Design Review. Engineering documents, technical reports, formal reviews.
HW/SW Engineer at UMD CPSE Summer Program
Built "ICantSee," a proof-of-concept assistive system using computer vision + haptic feedback for visually impaired users. Got invited back as a research intern.
Full-Stack Dev at Nessimworks
Production websites and web apps for small-business and nonprofit clients. Requirements, design, build, ship, support. React / Next.js / WordPress.
What's on the laptop. Built up over a few years — mostly stable. I switch slowly and only when something is clearly better.
editor Cursor — fork of VS Code, AI inlinefont Geist Mono · 13.5pttheme Vitesse Light / Vitesse Blackkeybinds VS Code defaults · `cmd-k` everywhereai Claude Sonnet for prose, Opus for hard code
Notes from building. Mostly engineering-flavored.
Things I revisit. People doing better work than me.
- designrauno.me
The taste benchmark. Every detail is intentional, nothing extra.
- engineeringlinear.app/method
How a serious software team thinks about quality, defaults, and craft.
- engineeringrachelbythebay
Linux + ops + war stories. The opposite of HN noise.
- engineeringanthropic.com/news
Where the models I use come from. Worth tracking the model card prose.
- writingpaulgraham.com
Old essays, still load-bearing. Re-read "Do Things That Don't Scale" yearly.
- weirdthingsmagazine.net
Daily slow-internet — architecture, ephemera, beautiful obscurities.
Gym, bikes, and a song I've worn out this month.
