About

Hello, my name is Sonia and I’m a freelance software developer living in Italy.

This page is mostly about my personal interests and goals; if you are interested in my working experience you can check my résumé.

I started coding at 8 years old, building a little HTML game by applying the <map> tag on some hand made drawings.

At that time I also get interested in amateur astronomy, a passion that I pursued for several years. In 2005 I created a website to share my astrophotography experience. Over the years, I have modified its appearance several times, learning the basic concepts of web development. While I still enjoy watching the night sky, I’m no longer investing time and money on amateur astronomy. I closed that site in 2024, but I preserved some information and pictures in a dedicated page.

I’m currently focusing on privacy and digital freedom. I’m a GNU/Linux enthusiast, free software supporter and a happy PinePhone owner. I’m a member of Trieste Linux User Group and Mittelab Hackerspace.

I’m also interested in cybersecurity, especially related to web applications, and I discovered some vulnerabilities in open-source products. My favorite one is CVE-2023-41892, an unauthenticated Remote Code Execution on a popular CMS.

Some other things that I like are cats and electronic music (mainly high BPM techno hardcore).

If you want to contact me you can use the following address: sonia dot zorba at mailbox dot org (PGP key).

Some of my public profiles: GitHub, Codeberg, StackOverflow.