Davide Muttoni.
I'm a software engineer doing AI development at from a desk in Como, overlooking the lake. This is a collection of my notes, thoughts, and stories collected while exploring the world around the things I love.Currently working with AI & data in the fintech space.
Recent writing
- 06/09/2026Second Brains in the AI era: still worth it?
I've been working on my second brain(s) for years now. Brains, plural, because I had to create new ones, for example when I changed jobs...…
- 06/08/2026On Terence Tao's chat: the prompt engineering era is over
There is something so satisfying in reading Terence Tao's ChatGPT conversation, where he and the model together verify a counterexample to…
- 09/07/2026Microsoft, Copilot, and how to add friction
I was watching with deep sadness the thousands of layoffs that Microsoft has announced in the past days, and the backlash when they removed…
- 09/05/2026Why AI needs to dream: a guide to long-term memory
Agentic Memory is an area of the AI world where even benchmarks are vague. How do you really measure "memory"? Retention? Relevance? Recall…
On the shelf
257 books reviewed, and counting
About me
I worked as Senior Data Engineer at , then as Head of AI at , and I'm now doing GenAI development at . Along the way, I've helped ship some pretty ambitious products, and I usually write about what I learn in my posts section.
When I have time, I like contributing to the open-source community, including work on the Python Notion SDK. I also created a Microsoft Fabric course with DataCamp; I guess that makes me a teacher somehow.
It doesn't come naturally, but I like challenging myself by speaking at conferences, meetups, and meetings. And since my memory isn't great 😇, I keep a huge second brain in Obsidian to store everything I need. For the fuller story (or just to say hi) find me on LinkedIn.
— D.