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Manuel Leone • Product Engineer · L'Aquila, Italy

I'm Manuel, I build web products, from the database to the pixel.

I like understanding how things really work: flows, processes, automation. And form matters as much as substance.

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Simplicity is the ultimate
sophistication.

From the journal

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  1. Pencil

    I redesigned the Pencil dashboard in a printed-page style: serif headings, hairline cards, quieter charts. Every screen now has a one-click toggle between light and dark theme.

  2. Menu Mensa

    Menu Mensa now says clearly when the new school year’s menu hasn’t been published yet, instead of showing an empty week.

  3. Medici AQ

    I put Medici AQ online, a small site for tracking changes to the list of family doctors and pediatricians in the L'Aquila area. Every morning it downloads data from the Abruzzo health portal and compares it with the… Continue reading

Featured work

All projects
  • Screenshot of the The Mush! Company website
    2021–oggi

    The Mush! Company

    I'm an operating partner at The Mush! Company. I built the custom internal order back-office, with flavor tracking, statistics and a built-in QR reader, plus the order page we use live at events.

    Open project
  • Screenshot of the Tokebì website
    2022–oggi

    Tokebì

    The marketplace for trading building-bonus tax credits. I look after its design and development: it handles the case life cycle, KYC checks, payment plans, digital signatures and credit parsing.

    Open project
  • Screenshot of the Pencil website
    2024

    Pencil

    Private feedback for shops and venues. I designed and built the platform: receipt-verified collection, aggregated analysis and AI-generated suggestions, Google review import, anonymous QR rewards, weekly reports to businesses. No public reviews.

    Open project

About me

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I started out in graphic design, then fell in love with frontend work and web interfaces. Today I design and build fullstack management software.

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From database to interface

I work on the data, logic and screens, keeping functionality and design connected.

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Web standards first

Semantic HTML, accessibility, performance. The trendy library comes second.

03

Pragmatic

I choose tools that suit the project and write code that can be understood and changed later.