Now · Domenico Luciani

This is a “now” page — a snapshot of what I’m doing at the moment.
Inspired by the nownownow.com movement.

08 Apr 2026

Travels ✈️
- I went to Istanbul and Cappadocia 🇹🇷. I spent 4 days in Istanbul and 4 days in Cappadocia, and it was a wonderful experience. I ate lots of delicious kebabs and drank an embarrassing amount of Turkish tea. 🍵 I rode Turkish horses, saw beautiful landscapes, and made a Turkish lamp with my own hands. 🪔 What I didn’t like was that it rained for 2 days straight without interruption, and I didn’t get the chance to ride in a hot-air balloon. I really wanted to try that experience, especially since I wasn’t lucky enough to do it in Luxor, but never mind, who knows, maybe one day if the weather allows it.
- I had a short layover in Sofia, Bulgaria 🇧🇬, but I wasn’t really impressed by the city, probably because I didn’t spend much time there. The people I met were a bit rude and the weather wasn’t great either. Maybe I’ll come back at a better time. 🌸
- May 1st is almost here, and since it’s a public holiday, I’m thinking about doing another trip, probably to Menorca or Mallorca, but I still have to think about it.
Personal Life 🪴
- I’m back at the gym. All this travelling didn’t really help my routine or my shape, so I need to lift more, eat better and less, and do more cardio. 🏃🏻
- I want to learn Japanese. I have a friend who owns a language school where they teach it, and they’re good and affordable, so I decided to take this chance and learn a bit of one of my favourite languages. 🇯🇵
Work 🧑🏻‍💻
- At work, I joined a “creatorship” academy, where we’re taught how to grow our personal brand and make posts that actually get people to follow and comment. The platform we have to use is LinkedIn. The goal is to publish at least 20 posts per month. I’m about to publish my 19th post, and I’m quite happy with the results so far. More people are reaching out, commenting on my posts, and interacting with me in useful ways. I guess posting valuable content helps. If I make it into the first 300 people in my company to gain some traction, I might get into the official program with some extra benefits, but to be frank I don’t care that much about it.
- Apparently, lots of changes will be happening this month: teams being split and people getting promotions, but everything is still blurry. It should be clearer next week, when my team lead is back from his well-deserved holiday.
19 Mar 2026

Travels ✈️
- From Málaga, I travelled to Palermo, Sicily 🇮🇹.
  I spent a whole week there; the last time I went back home was almost a year ago 🤯. There aren’t any direct flights from Málaga, so going back isn’t really something I think about very often. I missed my hometown’s peculiarities, I missed its street food, and I was happy to see again some old friends I left there. Despite being proud of my roots, it’s sad to say, but it’s unlikely that I will ever move back to Sicily. It is what it is.
- I already booked and planned my next trip: Turkey 🇹🇷.
  I will be visiting Istanbul, and then I’ll go to Cappadocia 🎈. I’m really looking forward to it. I’ve always wanted to visit this country and see its beautiful mosques and the mountains of Cappadocia for myself.
Personal Life 🪴
- I started running at least 5 km every week. I joined a young, friendly community here in Málaga that meets every Saturday. I really like it, and it makes running even better.
Work 🧑🏻‍💻
- For the past few weeks, I’ve been working on improving my company’s processes. It’s been a super fun activity, since I really care about following best practices and standardizing processes.
  I’ve led many initiatives that changed how we develop software at Deel: improving our internal knowledge base, reinforcing best practices, and standardizing ways of working.
  I still have a lot to do, but I’m really happy with what I’ve achieved so far. 💪
04 Feb 2026

Travels ✈️
- From Málaga, I travelled to Iceland 🇮🇸.
  I spent a whole week there, doing a road trip by car in the southwest of the island.
  To be honest, I didn’t feel that cold. It was windy and, of course, temperatures were below zero sometimes, but it didn’t feel as cold as Berlin the month before. 😳
  I had the chance to see the northern lights on multiple occasions during my trip, and I almost cried because of their incredible beauty.
  It was like a river in the sky 🌌: sometimes it was really intense and you could see a bright green light with the naked eye; other times it looked like a dark cloud, visible only with a long exposure on my camera.
- My next trips will definitely be to warmer countries (spring is coming 🤩💐). This year I’m thinking of visiting the Philippines or Vietnam (Asia is my comfort continent 💅🏻).
- I’m also thinking about visiting Istanbul. I’ve always been curious about the city from a historical point of view (and I like kebabs 🥙), so it’s definitely on my bucket list for this year.
Personal Life 🪴
- I’ve been growing my hair out and trying to style it better, but I still need to find the right barber/hairstylist. I’m aiming for a style similar to the Italian model Mariano Di Vaio, but I need to wait until it’s long enough to pull it off.
- I started running at least 5 km every week. I joined a young, friendly community here in Málaga that meets every Saturday. I really like it, and it makes running even better.
Work 🧑🏻‍💻
- For the past few weeks, I’ve been working on improving my company’s processes. It’s been a super fun activity, since I really care about following best practices and standardizing processes.
  I’ve led many initiatives that changed how we develop software at Deel: improving our internal knowledge base, reinforcing best practices, and standardizing ways of working.
  I still have a lot to do, but I’m really happy with what I’ve achieved so far. 💪
03 Jan 2026

Travels ✈️
- From Málaga, I travelled to Germany 🇩🇪. I spent a whole week there visiting Berlin, I had to wear multiple layers of thermal clothes in order to be okaysh 🥶, so yes it was way colder than Copenhagen ☃️, but beside the cold it was quite nice, I liked Berlin and its Christmas vibes. 🎄
- In a week I will be visiting Iceland 🇮🇸 for the first time ever, hunting the northern lights 🌌. I’m sure it’s going to be a lifetime experience, I always dreamed about them and I hope the weather would help me out on achieving this goal. For sure, it’s going to be my last cold place for the year, I’m more a beach guy, sorry not sorry. 🏖️
Personal Life 🪴
- New Year new resolutions, I’ve been thinking about them and there are some that are quite a challenge so let’s see how it goes.
  - Buy an apartment here in Málaga
  - Keep travelling, I’d like to explore a bit more of Asia, like Vietnam or Philipines.
  - Keep training and improve my weight, my goal is to reduce my fat in my trunk and keep growing muscles. I will stop eating this much and training more.
  - Create a community, instead of looking for something I like, I would try to start something mine, I have the necessary skills and tools, I just need to put some real effort on it, and go out from my comfort zone.
  - Learn how to play ukulele, I bought one two years ago and I never learned how to play it.
  - Visit some friends, I have close friends scattered around the world, I’d like to visit them this year.
  - Come back home in Sicily visiting my mom more often, I don’t go back to Palermo that much, logistically it’s a nightmare but it can be worse, I have the freedom to travel and work from there, so no more finding excuses because of the flights being expensive and the trip being very long.
  - Find more friends who match my new lifestyle.
  - Keep writing on this blog
Gaming 🕹️

Last year I played a lot to release the stress, all games I finished:
- God of war Ragnarok 1 and 2 🪓
- The last of us part 1 and 2 🦠
- Days Gone 🏍️
- Stray 🐈‍
- Ratchet and Clank rift apart 🤖
- Sword of the sea 🏄🏻‍♂️
- Lies of P 🤥
- Kena: Birdge of the Spirits 💎
- Detroit 🏙️
  Games in progress:
- Wo Long: Fallen Destiny 🐉
- Howgarts Legacy 🧙🏻
- Ghost of Tsushima 🏯
Work 🧑🏻‍💻
- It was a very fun and interesting year at Deel, I learned a lot, specifically on these 3 topics:
  - Infra
  - Observability
  - Team processes
- The feedback I have got during these first 7 months was stellar, and I couldn’t be more happy about it. My effort is well recognised and it’s seen as a reference within my team.
- I have lots of ideas about how to make Deel better, how to solve some pain points and how to deliver more value to our customers. I’m looking forward to see it happening.
- I really like the product, I’ve always been a huge fan of remote work and our product definitely reflect what I want to see in the future: more freedom for everyone.
14 Dec 2025

Travels ✈️
- From Málaga, I travelled to Denmark 🇩🇰. I spent 4 days there visiting Copenhagen and enjoying the beautiful Christmas markets.
  
  I also took a day trip to Malmö, Sweden, thanks to the beautiful bridge that connects these two countries.
- In a few weeks, I will go to Berlin, Germany, spending almost one week there. I’m wondering if it will be colder than Copenhagen, not sure I’m ready for that. 🥶
- Just because I really don’t like cold places, early next year I will go to Iceland with some friends to hunt the famous northern lights. I’m looking forward to it, but I guess it will be my last trip to a cold place for a while. ☃️
Personal Life 🪴
- Today is my best friend’s birthday. If you ever read this, Stefano, happy birthday, buddy! 🎂
03 Nov 2025

Travels ✈️
- From Málaga travelled to Cork, visiting the cliffs of Moher, then to Dublin 🇮🇪
- Visited Bosque de Cobre, a beatiful forest near Marbella/Estepona famous for its Autumn vibes during this period of the year. 🍂
- I’m exploring now where to go in December, we have one long weekend I can use and of course the Christmas holidays. 🎄
Personal Life 🪴
- I want to get back at writing some articles, I already started with one which I will publish very soon, it’s about a specific team ceremony. ⏮️
- I’m thinking about buying an house here in Málaga, next year I will commit on doing it, I guess it’s finally time for me to have a place I can call “home”. 🏠
04 Oct 2025

Work 🧑🏻‍💻
- I’m working at Deel, as a Senior Software engineer. I’ve been working there for 5 months now.
- I’m doing fun and challenging stuff, learning a lot going often outside of my comfort zone, leading already some interesting initiatives.
- Tech stack: Node.js on AWS.
Personal Life 🪴
- I’m 33 years old. 🧓🏻
- I live in Málaga with my Spanish girlfriend. 🇪🇸
- I try to focus on an healthy lifestyle, at least during the week. 🏋🏻‍♂️
- I’m very happy about the result of this blog, I want to keep growing it and make it more personal.
Travels ✈️
- This year I visited: Egypt, Indonesia and Greece for the first time. 🇪🇬 🇮🇩 🇬🇷
- In a week I will going back to Ireland, visiting it for a few days, I will land in Cork, and then go back to Málaga from Dublin. It’s gonna be a quick but intense trip. 🇮🇪
- During my Christmas holidays I’d like to go to a location where I can feel the christmas spirit, let’s see if I find interesting deals. 🎄