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Alfonso Graziano

Alfonso Graziano

Technical Lead

Alfonso builds agentic systems at Nearform, working with government and enterprise clients. His background is in JavaScript and distributed systems, spanning Node.js, React and AWS, earned across fintech and media platforms before he moved into AI engineering. He has written a book on AI-native software engineering and speaks across Europe on context engineering, spec-driven development, and what production AI actually takes.

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Articles by Alfonso

Cutting an AI agent's cost by 70%, without losing accuracy
Are specs the only way we can stay in control of AI?
Mappings don't carry meaning: Building a research agent that actually understands your data
Lessons from real-world failures using spec-driven development
A CTO’s guide to spec-driven development (SDD)
From AI prototype to production: how to build evals for reliable agents
Cursor vs. Copilot: What tool has the best planning mode?
Lessons from crafting a Node.js MCP server
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