About

One developer, not an agency with departments in between.

My name is Alessandro Melia and I have been developing software since 2008: websites, management tools, programs for printers and RFID readers and, for the last year and a half, a video game.

I started in 2008, building websites for professionals and small businesses in my area. In the years that followed I moved on to developing applications in C# and .NET: programs that run RFID readers, barcode scanners and thermal printers, installed in libraries and supported directly at the customer’s site.

I also spent a long time in technical support, working on networks, servers, PCs and business software for offices and branches across Italy. From that work I kept one habit: when I design a program, I think first about the person who will use it every day.

Today I take on clients for websites and custom software in the Verona and Vicenza provinces and remotely. In my spare time I am developing Shardana, a co-op survival horror set in Nuragic Sardinia, which I have been working on for a year and a half.

One point of contact
You follow the project with me from start to finish, with no hand-offs.
Clear quotes
You know what you are paying for and why, before work begins.
Proportionate solutions
If the simpler solution is enough I will say so, even when it costs less.

Path

Eighteen years, in five lines.

2008 – 2012
First websites. Websites and e-commerce for professionals and small businesses, with hand-written CMSs in PHP and MySQL.
2015 – 2021
Systems and development. .NET applications talking to RFID readers, barcode scanners and thermal printers; Ubuntu servers, portals, on-site and remote customer support.
2021 – 2023
Field support. Support for branches and agencies across Italy: PCs, networks, business software, three hundred NAS units to keep healthy.
2023 – 2024
Technical office. Library automation installs, C# and MySQL applications for customers, documents for public tenders.
2025 – today
Shardana. A co-op survival horror in Godot, built solo, with a demo on Steam.

Shardana · GDScript

 1# Ogni notte qualcuno del villaggio cambia. 2func _apply_infection(chosen: String) -> void: 3    if infected_ids.has(chosen): 4        return 5    infected_ids.append(chosen) 6    villager_infected.emit(chosen) 7    # Una voce che gira, non un avviso di sistema 8    SubtitleBus.show_message( 9        "Qualcosa è cambiato stanotte.", 5.0)10 11func can_sleep() -> bool:12    return not is_day or is_dusk()

example · C# / .NET

 1// Etichetta 50 x 50 mm in comandi TPCL 2public string Build(Book book, Layout l) 3{ 4    var cmd = new StringBuilder(); 5    cmd.Append(Size(l.WidthMm, l.HeightMm)); 6    cmd.Append(Text(l.Shelfmark, book.Shelf)); 7    cmd.Append(Code128(l.Barcode, book.ItemId)); 8    cmd.Append(Issue(copies: 1)); 9    return cmd.ToString();10}

demo build · 10 Nov

 1$ godot --export-release "Windows Desktop" 2  shader baker ........ 396 passes 3  packed files ........ 12737 4  script errors ....... 0 5$ probe demo_completa 6  14 checkpoints ...... 0 errors 7$ godot --export-release "Linux" 8  shader baker ........ 340 passes 9✓ ready for Steam: Windows + Linux

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