A bit more about me.

I'm Lorenzo. I grew up in Ticino — the Italian-speaking corner of Switzerland, the part that gets proper summers and proper espresso. It's the kind of place where everyone knows which valley you're from, and the valleys are small enough that leaving feels big. I left for Lausanne, but I keep coming back.

A few years ago I bought a rustico — a centuries-old stone hut — in the Blenio Valley, at a place called Baturei. I've been renovating it slowly, year by year. New roof, big larch doors cut into the south wall, a wood stove. The stone walls are original — they've been there for over a century and should be there for another one. Right now I'm building terraces and getting a vegetable patch going. A greenhouse is next, once I work out whether it can survive a Ticino winter.

When I'm not up at the cabin I'm usually on a bike. Road in the morning, mountain in the afternoon when the trails are dry. I rode the Galibier and the Izoard solo out of Briançon last September and I'm still thinking about it. I also climb, dive when I get the chance, and ride a big BMW GS around the Alps for the sheer joy of it.

I travel as much as I can justify. Last summer was Corsica in a white Dacia, the summer before that was Tuscany with dirt roads and very long dinners. I like places that feel slightly out of time — old stone, warm light, no rush. Sci-fi over Marvel: Dune, Arrival, Ex Machina, and I'm perpetually somewhere in the middle of Anathem.

For a living, I write software. I work at Frontiers and run a small company called Alpine Code on the side. I've been writing code since I was a kid and haven't really stopped, but it's not the most interesting thing about me.