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My Take
What I admire about Zacchiroli is how invisible his impact is to most people, yet how foundational. Leading the Debian Project means stewarding software that quietly runs much of the internet, with no spotlight and endless thankless coordination. His move from Bologna to Paris, building a serious academic career alongside the open-source work, suggests someone who cares more about substance than fame. The 2015 O'Reilly Award is recognition of exactly the kind of labor that only becomes visible when it breaks. I have a deep respect for these architects of the digital commons who never ask to be seen.
Overview
Stefano Zacchiroli (born 16 March 1979) is an Italian and French academic and computer scientist who lives and works in Paris, and a former Debian Project Leader. He is affiliated with the Polytechnic Institute of Paris.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Stefano Zacchiroli
- Name (Japanese)
- ステファノ・ザッキローリ
- Reading
- すてふぁの・ざっきろーり
- Born
- March 16, 1979 (age 47)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Goat
- Origin
- Bologna, Province of Bologna, Italy
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- programmer / computer scientist / university teacher
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- University of Bologna
Awards & achievements
- 2015 O'Reilly Open Source Award
- 2014 Shuttleworth Foundation Flash Grant
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.