About the author

Luca has been passionate about computer science since the Commodore 64 era, and today holds a master's degree (with honors) and a PhD from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. He has written several research papers, technical articles, and book chapters.

In 2011, he was named Adjunct Professor by the University of Nipissing. An avid Unix user, he is a strong advocate of open source, and in his free time he collaborates with a few projects. He met PostgreSQL back in release 7.3; he was a founder and former president of the Italian PostgreSQL Community (ITPUG), he talks regularly at technical conferences and events, and delivers professional training. In his teenage years, he was quite a proficient archer. He lives in Italy with his beautiful wife, son, and two (female) cats.