I’m Mariano Viola, building digital products at the crossroads of code, design and data

Latest posts

  1. November 19, 2025
    Future Tense

    Digital News Outlets Are Becoming Legacy Acts — and Why This Matters for the Future of Information

    Digital news outlets increasingly resemble legacy acts: authoritative, trusted, and culturally significant, yet structurally limited in how they evolve within an AI-mediated information landscape. Their challenge today is not overcoming their legacy but converting it into a foundation for new paradigms—verified information flows, trust-driven signals, and product-oriented models that can sustain relevance beyond the traditional news cycle.

    Digital News Outlets Are Becoming Legacy Acts — and Why This Matters for the Future of Information
  2. January 25, 2024
    Maker’s Log

    This is a Thematic Break

    From now on, this blog will have specific objectives, themes, and a particular format.

    This is a Thematic Break
  3. February 2, 2020
    Design & Data

    Touch and Shoot

    Exploring a manual mode for smartphone cameras, this post details the design principles of a device-agnostic app that uses intuitive touch gestures to control key exposure settings like aperture, shutter speed, ISO, and white balance. It reimagines the mobile photography experience by blending simplicity with creative control

    Touch and Shoot
  4. December 19, 2017
    Media & Technology

    Is ZEIT a Lighthouse in Our Web Development Dark Age?

    Exploring ZEIT’s (now Vercel) Next.js and Now, this post argues that they could be the much-needed blueprints for modern JavaScript development, offering simplicity and efficiency in a landscape overwhelmed by complexity

    Is ZEIT a Lighthouse in Our Web Development Dark Age?

Latest projects

  1. 2025
    News Website

    Il Fatto Quotidiano

    Redesigned Il Fatto Quotidiano’s main website post‑2019, improving UX, performance, and editorial workflows through short iteration cycles and cross-team collaboration.
    Il Fatto Quotidiano

    Desktop home page, part of the Il Fatto Quotidiano 2025 redesign.

    #News
    #SEO
    #Advertisement
  2. 2024
    Magazine Website

    Millennium

    Integrated Millennium magazine into Il Fatto Quotidiano’s website, expanding its digital reach and subscription value while enabling ad monetization.
    Millennium
    #Digital Publishing
    #Content Monetization
    #Design Implementation
  3. 2024
    Magazine Website

    FQ Magazine

    Integrated the lifestyle section FQ Magazine into Il Fatto Quotidiano’s main website, enhancing visual identity, performance, and maintainability through early design collaboration and technical refactoring.
    #Front-end Development
    #Design Implementation
  4. 2024
    E-Commerce

    Community de Il Fatto Quotidiano

    Contributed to the design and front-end development of Il Fatto Quotidiano’s Web3 Community platform, enabling blockchain-based engagement through FQ Tokens and strengthening subscriber loyalty.
    #web3
    #Audience Engagement
    #Front-end Development