# Costantino Pistagna

Founder and developer of Sofapps

Costantino Pistagna is a software architect and consultant. One of the first teachers of Apple's iOS Developer Academy in Europe, he has been building for the Apple world since the first iPhone was born in 2009. When he is not writing apps, he loves making sushi and travelling with his wonderful family.

## Apps

- [Voltidia](https://www.sofapps.it/voltidia/): The battery, the charging and the costs of your Renault group electric car.
- [MLX Benchmarks](https://www.sofapps.it/mlxbenchmarks/): How fast language models run on your iPhone, iPad and Mac, measured the same way on every device.
- [Prezzi Carburante](https://www.sofapps.it/prezzicarburante/): Fuel prices at the stations near you, from the Italian ministry’s open data.
- [Grade](https://www.sofapps.it/grade/): Ride real roads on your smart trainer. Bring a GPX or a FIT, or record the road yourself.

## Articles

### On the Sofapps blog

- 2025-09-02 [Liquid Glass vs Material 3: The End of Convergence in Mobile Design](https://www.sofapps.it/blog/liquid-glass-vs-material-3/)
- 2025-06-23 [WWDC25: Hello, Liquid Glass](https://www.sofapps.it/blog/wwdc25-liquid-glass/)
- 2022-09-08 [Dynamic Island: Neverland and the new iPhone 14 Pro](https://www.sofapps.it/blog/dynamic-island-iphone-14-pro/)
- 2021-05-04 [App Tracking Transparency using Combine](https://www.sofapps.it/blog/app-tracking-transparency-combine/)
- 2021-03-24 [SwiftUI within UIKit: Connecting two worlds](https://www.sofapps.it/blog/swiftui-within-uikit/)
- 2020-11-20 [Apple Silicon: Back to the future](https://www.sofapps.it/blog/apple-silicon-back-to-the-future/)
- 2020-01-10 [SwiftUI Programming: ObjectBinding and BindableObject](https://www.sofapps.it/blog/swiftui-programming-objectbinding/)
- 2020-01-09 [SwiftUI Programming: An Introduction to States](https://www.sofapps.it/blog/swiftui-programming-states/)
- 2020-01-08 [SwiftUI Programming: Building more complex views](https://www.sofapps.it/blog/swiftui-programming-complex-views/)
- 2020-01-07 [SwiftUI Programming: Classes and Structs in SwiftUI](https://www.sofapps.it/blog/swiftui-programming-classes-structs/)

### On Il Morso, in Italian

- 2026-11-13 [Chi sapeva? L'ascesa e la caduta di Mr. Chip.](https://www.ilmorso.it/articoli/Chi-sapeva/)
- 2026-04-21 [La successione](https://www.ilmorso.it/articoli/La-successione/)
- 2026-04-14 [Il modello e la materia](https://www.ilmorso.it/articoli/Il-modello-e-la-materia/)
- 2026-04-09 [Il passaggio](https://www.ilmorso.it/articoli/Il-passaggio/)
- 2026-04-08 [La fortezza e lo spyware](https://www.ilmorso.it/articoli/La-fortezza-e-lo-spyware/)
- 2026-04-01 [Cinquant'anni: dal garage alla poltrona vuota](https://www.ilmorso.it/articoli/Cinquantanni-dal-garage-alla-poltrona-vuota/)
- 2026-03-26 [L'intelligenza degli altri](https://www.ilmorso.it/articoli/L-intelligenza-degli-altri/)
- 2026-03-19 [Il software che arranca](https://www.ilmorso.it/articoli/Il-software-che-arranca/)
- 2026-03-12 [Anatomia di un compromesso](https://www.ilmorso.it/articoli/Anatomia-di-un-compromesso/)

## Podcast

- [Il Morso](https://www.ilmorso.it/): News and stories from the Apple world, in Italian.
- [Una storia dal futuro](https://www.sofapps.it/unastoriadalfuturo/): A journey through artificial intelligence, told with stories rather than formulas. In Italian.

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