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Desemax · Portfolio

Portfolio

Client projects, open source work, and technical demos. Real-world systems built across voice AI, energy, insurance, fintech, retail and e-commerce.

01 Case study

Real-time voice AI platform

AI assistant for pharmacies in Italy

An assistant answering phone calls, WhatsApp and web chat for sixteen pharmacies, each from its own catalogue, services and staff. Sole engineer: real-time voice pipeline, SIP telephony, Laravel admin and tool-call API, RAG, one instance per customer.

  • 16 production deployments
  • Real-time voice and telephony
  • Refuses rather than guesses
Bun · TypeScript · Laravel 12 · Next.js · pgvector
02 Client

Energy application-flow platform

for an energy-sector software company

Refactoring and national energy-data integration

Refactored critical UI and business-logic layers: 928 36 queries per page (22.3 s 2.7 s load). Rebuilt SOAP master-data imports into resilient batch jobs, and integrated Italy's national energy market data system (SII).

  • 928 36 queries per page
  • SOAP imports to batch jobs
  • SII national data integration
Laravel · Filament · Livewire · Oracle · SOAP
03 Client

Insurance engine APIs

for an insurance & wealth-management software house

Serverless microservices for insurance & wealth

Symfony microservices on AWS Lambda via Bref, exposing a proprietary insurance and wealth-management engine through APIs, at 97% test coverage.

  • Serverless on AWS Lambda
  • API exposure of a proprietary engine
  • 97% test coverage
Symfony 6 · AWS Lambda · Bref · Vue 3
04 Client

Risk management system

for a large industrial group

Legacy rehabilitation and a printing gateway

From a highly complex risk management system to a delicately integrated printing gateway. Legacy system rehabilitation and modern integration for a large industrial group.

  • Risk management system
  • Printing gateway integration
  • Legacy rehabilitation
Laravel · Vue · Legacy PHP · jQuery
05 Client

Caatalog

for The Book's Technologies SRLS

Management system for independent bookshops

A management system for independent bookshops with integrated e-commerce, inventory management, and payment processing powered by WooCommerce and Fastbook.

  • Bookshop management
  • E-commerce integration
  • Payment processing
Laravel · Vue · Fastbook · WooCommerce
The bookshop dashboard: stock, sales trend and calendar on one screen.
06 Client

Decathlon Rent

for Decathlon Italia SRL

Online booking system for Decathlon Italia

The online equipment booking system for the notable multinational sporting goods retailer. Built with Symfony and Angular following TDD and DDD principles, deployed on GCP.

  • TDD & DDD architecture
  • GCP deployment
  • Enterprise-scale booking
Symfony 5 · Angular 5+ · GCP · TDD · DDD
The live rental site for Decathlon Italia.
07 Client

MyAccount & Tools

for Contents SPA

Core service ecosystem for Contents SPA

The complete set of core tools and services powering the Contents ecosystem. A multi-service platform handling account management, dashboards, and integrated applications.

  • Multi-service ecosystem
  • Account management platform
  • Dashboard & analytics
Laravel · Vue · Vanilla PHP · Python
Checkout with a 14-day free trial built into the subscription flow.
08 Client

San Martino & TCCT

for 21iLAB

Management system with iOS & Android companion apps

Laravel Nova powered management system and supporting APIs consumed by complementary iOS and Android apps for San Martino family services.

  • Laravel Nova admin
  • REST APIs for mobile apps
  • iOS & Android integration
Laravel · Laravel Nova · Vue · Python
The app's sign-in, with privacy consent captured at login.
09 Client

Namaste

for yFork

Booking system for hosting structures

A booking system for small to medium hosting structures with supporting applications, integrating payment gateways and property management tools.

  • Booking engine
  • Payment gateway integration
  • Property management
Zend Framework 2 · jQuery · React
Guest pre-check-in, starting with the language choice.
10 OSS

Lighthouse Framework

Educational PHP MVC framework built from scratch

A modular PHP MVC framework designed for learning. PSR-7/11/15 compliant architecture with CI/CD integration and Codecov coverage tracking. Built to demonstrate best practices in PHP development.

  • PSR-7/11/15 compliant
  • Modular architecture
  • CI/CD integration
PHP · PSR Standards · CI/CD · Codecov
11 Demo

InsurAI

Insurance policy analyzer with AI

Insurance policy analyzer using OpenAI Structured Outputs. Demonstrates serverless architecture with Symfony 7 + AWS Lambda/Bref. Includes embeddable widget with live demo. 97% test coverage with 211 tests.

  • OpenAI Structured Outputs
  • Serverless architecture
  • 97% test coverage (211 tests)
Symfony 7 · AWS Lambda · Bref · OpenAI · PHPUnit
12 OSS

XtraktAI

Receipt processing API with OCR + GPT-4 Vision

Open source receipt processing API combining OCR with GPT-4 Vision for accurate data extraction. Built with Python/FastAPI and containerized with Docker.

  • OCR + GPT-4 Vision
  • FastAPI backend
  • Docker containerized
Python · FastAPI · GPT-4 Vision · Docker · pytest
13 OSS

Lambda Symfony Template

Production-grade serverless starter

A production-ready serverless starter for Symfony 7 + AWS Lambda. Optimized for <200ms cold starts with CloudWatch logging and battle-tested infrastructure. Ready to deploy for serious serverless PHP projects.

  • <200ms cold starts
  • CloudWatch logging
  • Production-ready
Symfony 7 · AWS Lambda · Bref · CloudWatch

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