About

Hi! I'm Erik D'Ercole, 46 years old, a web developer (mainly backend) with over 20 years of experience. I live in Liguria, Italy — a region I deeply love.

I'm a partner and co-founder of Encodia, a web agency based in Arma di Taggia (Liguria, Italy), through which we provide consulting and development services: web sites, web applications, hosting, SEO/SEM, social media and ADS.

Some of the topics I'm passionate about and work on every day:

• PHP
• Laravel
• OOP · DDD · TDD
• Linux & server
• DevOps
• AWS & cloud

I like to keep up to date and tinker with technologies, languages and products — without chasing or using the latest trends at all costs.

In 2002 I earned a bachelor's degree in Computer Science with full marks and honors (110/110 cum laude) from the University of Turin. Still, I firmly believe that in the IT world academic degrees matter little compared to the skills acquired in the field: countless hours of dedication, self-learning and, above all, passion for the subject.

Among my passions, music comes first: I'm a former musician (piano, organ, electric guitar, clarinet), and Spotify is always playing on one device or another from dawn till dusk. In my free time I love reading — both novels and technical books — and traveling.

If you'd like to reach out, email me at erik.dercole@encodia.it or use the contact section.