I'm Mirko B.

Ciao! I'm a UI/UX designer and a proud Linux user from Italy, born in '94.

My journey into the world of computing began when the first PC arrived at home when I was very young. I was fascinated by this "magic" box, not just because it displayed images, but because I could interact with the content on the screen, unlike a TV. From that moment, I knew computers would become an integral part of my life.

I remember spending hours typing texts on the computer for my father. I quickly memorized the keyboard and dedicated a lot of time to formatting the text: colors, fonts (the few that were available).

One day, a family friend brought us a box containing a CD with Debian. My brother and I immediately tried to install it, which took quite some time because we had no idea what we were doing. That was my first experience with a Linux distribution and KDE. Shortly after, I installed Ubuntu 8.04 and started using it more frequently.

A few years later, I received my first personal PC with Windows XP, on which I created my first website.

Over the years, I have nurtured my passion for design and user experience. With each project, my attention to detail grew, to the point where I found existing frameworks too bulky and generic. The interfaces felt repetitive, all using the same frameworks and designs. So, I began to exclude them from my workflow and went back to working from scratch. This approach allowed me to break free from conventional designs and create something unique.

I have had the opportunity to shape the UX of various companies' products over the years. Since 2021, I have been dedicating myself to UI and UX for the products of fabricators.ltd, a company I co-founded with Pietro, a dear friend of mine.

I am a strong advocate of Open Source, and in my spare time, I work on personal projects and contribute to others.


Latest projects

See all my projects here.

Vanilla OS

Vanilla OS is an immutable Linux distribution with focus on simplicity.

Official website

Bottles

Easily run Windows software on Linux using WINE environments!

Official website

vnt

Vue Native Toolkit mimics the behavior of native GUI toolkits but with Vue.js.

See on GitHub

DaBaDee

DaBaDee is a simple deduplication tool/storage for files.

See on GitHub