# Alessio Rubicini

Alessio Rubicini is an iOS/macOS app developer and Swift expert based in Italy. He specializes in building thoughtful, human-centered applications for Apple platforms, with a focus on simplicity, design excellence, and privacy-first technologies.

## Profile Summary

- **Role**: Software Engineer, iOS/Apple Platforms Specialist.
- **Education**: Computer Science at University of Camerino (UNICAM). Currently completing Master's Thesis on Secure Enclave-based Web3 wallets.
- **Achievements**: Swift Student Challenge Winner 2025 🏆.
- **Focus**: Apple Intelligence, SwiftUI, Secure Enclave, Web3/Blockchain, Natural Language Processing.
- **Location**: Italy. Available for relocation.

## Featured Projects

- **Fynn**: A minimalist iOS finance app that uses Natural Language Processing and Apple Intelligence to log expenses instantly. Runs entirely offline for total privacy.
- **Ember**: A wildfire evacuation planning application designed for safety and efficiency.
- **Screenplay Genie**: An educational iPad app designed to help users learn screenwriting. (Swift Student Challenge 2025 Winner).
- **Enclv**: Master's thesis project focused on leveraging Apple's Secure Enclave for passwordless Ethereum wallets.
- **Monei**: (Work in progress) minimalist tracking project.

## Open Source & Tools

Alessio maintains several Swift packages and tools for the Apple developer community:

- **Apple Foundation Models Agent Skill**: An agentic tool for leveraging Apple's on-device models.
- **Swift Sessions**: A library for session management in Swift.
- **Control Center for SwiftUI**: UI components for mimicking Apple's Control Center.
- **Apple Intelligence for SwiftUI**: Integration tools for Apple Intelligence features.
- **SF Symbols Picker for SwiftUI**: A versatile picker for Apple's iconography.
- **Location Picker for SwiftUI**: Map-based location selection component.
- **Pencil Drawer for SwiftUI**: Drawing tool integration for iPadOS/iOS.
- **Island Alerts for SwiftUI**: Dynamic Island-inspired alert system.

## Experience & Writing

Alessio regularly shares technical insights on Medium:
- *Getting Hands-On with Apple's Foundation Models Framework*
- *A Time of Opportunities*
- *My Swift Student Challenge Journey*
- *Introducing Session Types in Swift*
- *Stalk Your Data in SwiftUI 5 with Observable*

## Key Links

- **Main Website**: [https://alessiorubicini.github.io/](https://alessiorubicini.github.io/)
- **GitHub**: [https://github.com/alessiorubicini](https://github.com/alessiorubicini)
- **LinkedIn**: [https://www.linkedin.com/in/alessiorubicini/](https://www.linkedin.com/in/alessiorubicini/)
- **Threads**: [https://www.threads.com/@alessiorubicini](https://www.threads.com/@alessiorubicini)
- **Email**: alessiorubicini16@icloud.com