# Luca Rossi Luca Rossi is an Italian software engineer, writer, and founder, best known as the creator of [Refactoring](https://refactoring.fm/) — a newsletter about engineering teams, leadership, and shipping software well, read by 170,000+ engineers and managers. He writes weekly about engineering practices, team development, AI in software workflows, and what makes high-performing teams. In 2026 he launched [[Tolaria]], a free and open-source desktop app for managing markdown knowledge bases, extending his work from writing about engineering into building tools for knowledge workers. ## Work - **[Refactoring](https://refactoring.fm/)** — newsletter on engineering teams, leadership, and shipping - **[[Tolaria]]** — open-source markdown knowledge base app (launched April 2026) - **[[Portent]]** — open spec for work/personal knowledge bases (types, relationships, lifecycle) ## Topics - Engineering management and team performance - Software development practices and methodologies - AI-assisted coding workflows and vibe-coding - Personal knowledge management for engineers ## References - https://refactoring.fm/ - https://x.com/lucaronin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucaronin/ - https://github.com/lucaronin ## Related - [[Tolaria]] - [[Portent]] - [[Markdown]] - [[Personal Knowledge Management (PKM)]] - [[Tools for Thought (TfTs)]] ## Quotes <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #type/quote AND [[Luca Rossi]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC --> ## Books <!-- QueryToSerialize: LIST FROM #books AND [[Luca Rossi]] WHERE public_note = true SORT file.name ASC -->