About me

I’ve always believed that if something is worth doing, it’s worth doing well.

Unfortunately, I’ve discovered that this belief has a rather inconvenient consequence: sometimes I become so focused on doing something properly that I never get around to doing it at all.

There are always more things to read, more details to investigate, and more ways to improve an idea before sharing it.

This blog is, in part, an experiment in doing things differently. A place where I can take ideas seriously without waiting until I’ve explored every possible angle before writing about them.

A little about me

I’m Giuseppe Bisicchia, a computer science researcher, educator, and someone who has a hard time leaving an interesting question unexplored.

My curiosity about technology started early, growing up in Sicily, where I spent much of my school years building robots, programming, competing in robotics competitions, and occasionally discovering that things don’t work quite as expected.

That curiosity eventually brought me to Pisa to study Computer Science, and from there into research. Today, I’m a postdoctoral researcher in Software Engineering at the University of Pisa, working on emerging technologies and complex computational systems, particularly Quantum Software Engineering.

Alongside research, I’ve been involved in science communication and public engagement, writing articles, giving talks, and organizing workshops and interactive experiences at science festivals and public events. I also collaborate with organizations on R&D challenges, helping them evaluate emerging technologies, rethink software architectures, and explore ideas through prototypes and experiments.

Teaching has also been a constant throughout this journey.

Learning, teaching, and explaining

I’ve spent years teaching programming, robotics, and computing to people of very different ages and backgrounds: from children encountering their first lines of code to university students exploring complex software systems, and teachers discovering new ways to bring technology into their classrooms.

I particularly enjoy hands-on learning. There’s something satisfying about watching an abstract idea become tangible through an experiment, a program, or a robot that finally does what it’s supposed to do.

And there’s another reason I love teaching: explaining something is one of the best ways I’ve found to understand it myself.

There’s a special kind of satisfaction in that moment when something finally clicks, whether I’m the one figuring it out or helping someone else get there.

Why this blog?

I have a problem: I’m interested in far too many things.

One day I might find myself exploring a question about distributed systems or quantum computing. Another day, I’m thinking about education, experimenting with a project, reading about personal finance, or following some completely unrelated idea that caught my attention.

When something interests me, I tend to dive in. I read, investigate, experiment, make connections, and inevitably start wanting to discuss it with someone.

The difficulty is that finding people who share all those interests isn’t particularly easy. And the deeper I go into a subject, the more I feel the need to organize my thoughts and explain what I’ve discovered.

That’s where this blog comes in.

There’s another reason for doing this: I want to push myself to turn what I’m learning, thinking, and building into something concrete.

Too often, I tell myself that one day I’ll find the time to sit down, organize everything properly, and turn an idea into a complete project or a thorough piece of writing. But somehow, that perfect moment never seems to arrive.

Writing here is my way of breaking that cycle. Instead of letting ideas accumulate indefinitely, I want to give them shape, share what I’ve learned, and keep moving forward.

There won’t be a fixed editorial programme, a particular subject I have to stick to, or a promise to publish on a schedule.

Just whatever happens to capture my curiosity.

And perhaps, by trying to explain it, I’ll understand it a little better too.

One rabbit hole at a time

If you find something interesting here, I hope it sparks a question, offers a different perspective, or sends you down a rabbit hole of your own.

After all, that’s usually how the most interesting discoveries begin.

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If you’re looking for the more formal version of me — my research, publications, teaching, projects, and professional experience — you can find it on my personal website.