I am a Product Gardener, a Cat Herder, and a Photographer

I am Paolo Belcastro, I have been working in tech for over 30 years, building software and leading distributed teams for most of that time. My current roles are Artistic Director for the Domains Maison at Automattic, and Managing Partner of The WEELO Factory, in Vienna, Austria.

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Jul 9, 2026

From NYC to SF (and soon to your screen)

A week ago today I had the pleasure to attend the screening of Code for the People in NYC, and participate to a discussion after the projection. Today it’s the turn of San Francisco! Come back tomorrow for the full movie… In the meantime, you can read about the NYC conversation on Variety.
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2026

Jun 22

Code for the People
May 27

The Next Trillion Users
May 12

A physical button for Claude’s permission prompts
Apr 27

Who have I become?
Mar 13

From my Window
Mar 13

Statistical Significance, or the Karaoke Problem
Mar 7

It’s a Strange Game and More
Feb 25

Greetings from a limbo
Feb 15

A new blog, and a new experiment
Feb 8

Morning Batch