25+ years building technology, infrastructure, platforms and companies
AI β’ Web Intelligence β’ Distributed Systems β’ Infrastructure β’ Cybersecurity β’ Fintech β’ Blockchain β’ APIs β’ Automation β’ MCP β’ RAG β’ Developer Tools
I have spent more than 25 years building technology.
I started from the technical side, working directly with hardware, networks, servers, infrastructure and software long before becoming an executive.
Over the years that foundation evolved into leadership roles including Head of IT, CTO, General Manager and CEO, while I continued staying close to architecture, infrastructure, engineering, security and product development.
My experience spans enterprise infrastructure, cybersecurity, cloud systems, fintech, payments, APIs, mobile platforms, blockchain, distributed systems, AI, automation and large scale digital products.
I have worked across Europe, the Middle East, Asia and international markets, building technology, teams, platforms and companies.
I still consider myself a technical person first.
I like understanding how systems work, identifying what is missing, designing the architecture and building until it works in production.
Technology has been my profession for more than 25 years. It is still my hobby too.
AI Agents Web Intelligence
Entity Resolution Autonomous Systems
MCP Servers RAG
SEO Intelligence AI Visibility
Competitive Intelligence Web Crawling
Data Extraction Distributed Systems
Decentralized Infrastructure
Storage Infrastructure Cybersecurity
Fintech APIs
Developer Platforms Automation
High Performance Infrastructure
Evidence first web and business intelligence from any public URL.
A higher level intelligence engine for crawling, entity resolution, social discovery, technology detection, SEO intelligence, monitoring, RAG, MCP and AI powered analysis.
Built for developers creating AI agents, competitive intelligence platforms, research systems, SEO tools, business intelligence products, website monitoring and autonomous workflows.
Core areas: AI Agents β’ MCP β’ RAG β’ SEO β’ Crawling β’ Entity Resolution β’ Competitive Intelligence β’ Technology Detection β’ Social Discovery β’ Monitoring
URL in. Structured data out.
Production oriented TypeScript URL enrichment for websites, products, startups, apps, profiles, creators and social URLs.
Extract Open Graph and SEO metadata, titles, descriptions, images, favicons, canonical URLs, public social links, available profile metrics, JSON LD and oEmbed data.
Designed with SSRF safe server side fetching and built using standard Web APIs with zero runtime dependencies.
The same class of technology is used in production inside BeHot.now and HORNO Space.
Core areas: TypeScript β’ URL Intelligence β’ Metadata β’ Open Graph β’ SEO β’ Social Discovery β’ Web Scraping β’ Security
I am the Founder, CEO and Technology Architect behind HORNO Network.
HORNO explores a different model for digital infrastructure where users can contribute resources to a globally distributed network.
My work includes distributed storage architecture, verification systems, node infrastructure, privacy focused storage, blockchain architecture, APIs, platform infrastructure, applications and intellectual property development.
π horno.net
π Live Network Status
π€ My HORNO Space
BeHot.now is The Attention Marketplace.
It is a discovery and growth ecosystem where startups, creators, products, apps, businesses, services, artists and ideas can compete for visibility.
The ecosystem combines live rankings, promotion, marketplace services, referral systems, earning opportunities, discovery, traffic generation and crowdfunding infrastructure.
π behot.now
My career has crossed several generations of technology.
Hardware
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Networking
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Servers
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Enterprise Infrastructure
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Cybersecurity
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Cloud
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Web Platforms
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Mobile
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Fintech
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Blockchain
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Distributed Infrastructure
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Artificial Intelligence
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Autonomous Systems
Understanding the entire stack matters.
Software does not exist without infrastructure. Infrastructure does not matter without a product. Products do not scale without operations. Technology does not create value unless people actually use it.
Recognized in the Legend category of the World CIO 200 UAE edition while serving as Head of IT at VAI Marketing Management.
My career has included responsibilities across IT leadership, infrastructure, technology strategy, cybersecurity, software platforms, operations, recruitment and digital transformation.
Find the problem
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Understand the system
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Identify what is missing
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Design the architecture
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Build
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Break it
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Fix it
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Run it in production
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Improve it again
I prefer solving real problems rather than building technology simply because a technology is fashionable.
A product is not finished when the code works. It is finished when people can use it reliably.
And even then, there is usually something else to improve.
A growing part of my work is dedicated to extracting reusable technology from real systems and making it available to other builders.
I am particularly interested in publishing tools around:
π§ AI and autonomous agents
π Web and URL intelligence
π Crawling and structured extraction
π€ MCP infrastructure
π Competitive intelligence
π SEO and AI visibility
βοΈ Automation
π§© Developer infrastructure
π Distributed systems
If something in my repositories helps your project:
β Star it
π΄ Fork it
π Open an issue
π‘ Suggest an idea
π€ Send a pull request
π Follow me for future releases
Builders β’ Developers β’ CTOs β’ Technical Founders β’ AI Engineers β’ Infrastructure Engineers β’ Open Source Contributors β’ Researchers β’ Investors Interested in Deep Technology β’ People Solving Difficult Problems
If you are building something interesting, I am always curious to see it.
I also wrote 9600 BPS, a book reflecting on technology, connectivity, life and the extraordinary transformation from the early internet era to smartphones, social networks and artificial intelligence.
π Read my book
Outside technology I am also known as DeeJay Pico.
Music has been part of my life alongside technology for many years.
Technology exercises the logical side of my brain. Music exercises the other one.
I am continuously experimenting, building and releasing technology.
Follow @vpicciuolo on GitHub to see what comes next.
β Open Source β’ π§ AI β’ π Infrastructure β’ π₯ Building