Publications & Talks

A bibliography of books, patent filings, and conference presentations. References are formatted in accordance with APA guidelines (7th ed.).

Book

Riva, M. (2022). Real-World Next.js. Packt Publishing.

A comprehensive guide to building production-ready applications with Next.js, drawing on experience from building high-performance, multitenant Node.js application servers at Paramount.

Patents

US11829426B1Issued

Operating a distributed search index in a content delivery network

The system breaks a document search index into segments organized by document field and hash-based groupings of query terms, each containing a traversable index subtree, and publishes them on a content delivery network for distributed access.

US20250322019A1Issued

Operating in a content delivery network a distributed search index based on an automatically-selected set of documents properties

A system automatically selects which document properties to include in a search index by using an inference model or by prompting a large language model with document contents and their associated property names.

US20250225170A1Issued

Operating in a content delivery network a distributed search index for performing vector search

A search index shard contains an executable routine that takes a query's semantic meaning representation, compares it against stored semantic representations of documents, and returns the IDs of documents whose meanings are within a threshold level of similarity to the query.

Conference Presentations, Workshops & Interviews

Approximately one hundred appearances across 16 countries. Entries are listed in reverse chronological order.

2024(8 events)

Riva, M. (15 May 2024). Building AI Architectures (All you need to know) [Conference presentation]. Google Developer Group On Campus, Milan, Italy.
Riva, M. (27 Jun 2024). The days before writing a vector database [Conference presentation]. Codemotion, Milan, Italy.
Riva, M. (27 Jun 2024). The unexpected beauty of search algorithms [Conference presentation]. Coderful, Catania, Italy.
Riva, M. (04 Jul 2024). The faster, the cheaper [Conference presentation]. LambdaConf, Estes Park, Colorado, USA.
Riva, M. (18 Apr 2024). Michele Riva, founder of Orama [Interview]. Algora OSS interviews, Athens, Greece.
Riva, M. (16 Apr 2024). From ravioli maker to Silicon Valley startup [Interview]. Learnn Podcast, Milan, Italy.
Riva, M. (25 Jun 2024). Doing startup is everything but intuitive! [Interview]. Codemotion, Rome, Italy.
Riva, M. (04 Feb 2024). Exploring OramaSearch [Interview]. Luciano Mammino YouTube Channel, Dublin, Ireland.

2023(21 events)

Riva, M. (15 Nov 2023). Being a successful developer under 30 [Interview]. YouTube, Milan, Italy.
Riva, M. (25 Jun 2023). Doing startup is everything but intuitive! [Interview]. Codemotion, Rome, Italy.
Riva, M. (18 Sep 2023). Disrupting full-text search industry with JavaScript [Conference presentation]. JavaScript Global Summit, Washington, USA.
Riva, M. (15 Aug 2023). Soft skills, networking, and technical knowledge [Interview]. DevX Interviews, Rome, Italy.
Riva, M. (27 Jul 2023). Things I learned while writing high-performance JavaScript applications [Conference presentation]. WeAreDevelopers, Berlin, Germany.
Riva, M. (22 Jul 2023). JavaScript Full Text Search, Entrepreneurship, and AI [Interview]. Code Ryan Podcast, San Francisco, USA.
Riva, M. (25 May 2023). How we founded a startup in Silicon Valley [Conference presentation]. Offline, Milan, Italy.
Riva, M. (24 May 2023). Refactoring large JavaScript Codebases [Conference presentation]. DevSum, Stockholm, Sweden.
Riva, M. (11 May 2023). TC39 Panel [Panel discussion]. BeJs, Bruessel, Belgium.
Riva, M. (11 May 2023). Disrupting full-text search industry with JavaScript [Conference presentation]. BeJs, Bruessel, Belgium.
Riva, M. (09 May 2023). Making complexity easy [Conference presentation]. Codemotion Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
Riva, M. (19 Apr 2023). JavaScript-based full-text search with Orama [Workshop]. Node Congress, Berlin, Germany.
Riva, M. (13 Apr 2023). Disrupting full-text search industry with JavaScript [Conference presentation]. Node Congress, Berlin, Germany.
Riva, M. (12 Apr 2023). Disrupting full-text search industry with JavaScript [Conference presentation]. JSDay, Verona, Italy.
Riva, M. (10 Apr 2023). Refactoring large JavaScript Codebases - post-talk interview [Interview]. PodRocket, San Francisco, USA.
Riva, M. (23 Mar 2023). 5 ways you could have hacked Node.js [Conference presentation]. OpenSource Day, Florence, Italy.
Riva, M. (15 Mar 2023). Has the developer bubble burst? [Panel discussion]. WebDay 2023, Milan, Italy.
Riva, M. (15 Mar 2023). Refactoring large JavaScript codebases [Conference presentation]. WebDay 2023, Milan, Italy.
Riva, M. (27 Feb 2023). To open source and beyond! [Interview]. CaffeSviluppo, Milan, Italy.
Riva, M. (31 Jan 2023). Refactoring large JavaScript codebases [Conference presentation]. JSConf, Santiago, Chile.
Riva, M. (17 Jan 2023). Making complexity easy [Conference presentation]. Start 2023 by Learnn, Milan, Italy.

2022(54 events)

Riva, M. (05 Dec 2022). Open Source frontends, the power of JavaScript frameworks [Interview]. Continuous Delivery, Milan, Italy.
Riva, M. (02 Dec 2022). Maths or magic? End-to-end encryption explained like I'm five [Conference presentation]. Google DevFest, Bari, Italy.
Riva, M. (01 Dec 2022). Interview with Michele Riva [Interview]. The Effective Developer, Malmö, Sweden.
Riva, M. (29 Nov 2022). Building a full-text search engine from scratch in TypeScript [Meetup]. Firenze.dev, Florence, Italy.
Riva, M. (17 Nov 2022). Are all programming languages in English? [Conference presentation]. Halfstack, London, United Kingdom.
Riva, M. (16 Nov 2022). Lyra: Disrupting the full-text search industry with JavaScript [Conference presentation]. Conf42, London, United Kingdom.
Riva, M. (09 Nov 2022). I choose computer science [Interview]. Codesnak, Malmö, Sweden.
Riva, M. (09 Nov 2022). Are all programming languages in English? [Conference presentation]. Øredev, Malmö, Sweden.
Riva, M. (08 Nov 2022). Refactoring large JavaScript codebases [Conference presentation]. Øredev, Malmö, Sweden.
Riva, M. (03 Nov 2022). Explaining distributed systems like i'm five [Conference presentation]. LeadDev, Berlin, Germany.
Riva, M. (01 Nov 2022). Debugging Happiness [Interview]. GitBar, Milan, Italy.
Riva, M. (18 Oct 2022). From ravioli maker to international speaker, MVP, GDE [Conference presentation]. Codemotion, Milan, Italy.
Riva, M. (02 Oct 2022). Lyra: Disrupting full-text search industry with JavaScript [Conference presentation]. NodeConf EU, Kilkenny, Ireland.
Riva, M. (09 Oct 2022). Refactoring large JavaScript codebases [Conference presentation]. Techorama, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Riva, M. (29 Sep 2022). Master Of Ceremonies [Master of ceremonies]. GraphQL Conf, Berlin, Germany.
Riva, M. (28 Sep 2022). Building a full-text search engine from scratch in TypeScript [Conference presentation]. NDC Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Riva, M. (21 Sep 2022). Compiling and bundling JavaScript, the painless way [Conference presentation]. Web Developer Conf, Hamburg, Germany.
Riva, M. (09 Sep 2022). Explaining distributed systems like I’m five [Conference presentation]. VoxxedDays, Milan, Italy.
Riva, M. (31 Aug 2022). Are all programming languages in English? [Conference presentation]. DevConf, Łódź, Poland.
Riva, M. (18 Jul 2022). Are all programming languages in English? [Conference presentation]. StackConf, Berlin, Germany.
Riva, M. (11 Jul 2022). Compiling and bundling JavaScript [Interview]. 20MinJS, Madrid, Spain.
Riva, M. (22 Jun 2022). Solving imaginary scaling issues [Conference presentation]. SailsConf, Abuja, Nigeria.
Riva, M. (20 Jun 2022). Explaining distributed systems like I’m five [Conference presentation]. HashiConf Europe, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Riva, M. (20 Jun 2022). You don’t want to server-side render your Next.js app [Conference presentation]. React Summit, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Riva, M. (14 Jun 2022). Building a full-text search engine from scratch in TypeScript [Conference presentation]. WeAreDevelopers, Berlin, Germany.
Riva, M. (02 Jun 2022). Compiling and bundling JavaScript, the painless way [Conference presentation]. CODEStantine, Nis, Serbia.
Riva, M. (17 May 2022). Microfrontend discussion panel [Panel discussion]. Codemotion, Rome, Italy.
Riva, M. (15 May 2022). Are all programming languages in English? [Conference presentation]. Sci-fi DevCon, Paris, France.
Riva, M. (12 May 2022). Compiling and bundling JavaScript, the painless way [Conference presentation]. BeJS, Brussels, Belgium.
Riva, M. (10 May 2022). Microfrontends with WebPack and module federation [Conference presentation]. Codemotion DevCast, Rome, Italy.
Riva, M. (21 Apr 2022). Refactoring large JavaScript codebases [Conference presentation]. JSDay, Verona, Italy.
Riva, M. (23 Mar 2022). Are all programming languages in English? [Conference presentation]. Codemotion, Rome, Italy.
Riva, M. (09 Mar 2022). Understanding JavaScript compilation [Conference presentation]. WebDay, Milan, Italy.
Riva, M. (17 Feb 2022). Understanding JavaScript compilation [Conference presentation]. Node Congress, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Riva, M. (06 Feb 2022). Building a full-text search engine from scratch in TypeScript [Conference presentation]. GRUSP, Verona, Italy.
Riva, M. (19 Jan 2022). Solving Imaginary Scaling Issues [Conference presentation]. Google DevFest Norway, Oslo, Norway.
Riva, M. (15 Jan 2022). Solving Imaginary Scaling Issues [Conference presentation]. Google DevFest Pakistan, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Riva, M. (30 Mar 2022). Refactoring Large JavaScript Codebases [Meetup]. FEVR, Verona, Italy.
Riva, M. (30 Mar 2022). You Don't want to server-side render your Next.js app [Meetup]. Commit University, Florence, Italy.
Riva, M. (17 Jan 2022). You Don't want to server-side render your Next.js app [Meetup]. React.js Milan, Milan, Italy.
Riva, M. (20 Jun 2022). High-performance Next.js [Workshop]. React Summit, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Riva, M. (23 May 2022). Zero-effort, high-performance, secure GraphQL APIs with Hasura [Workshop]. Codemotion, Rome, Italy.
Riva, M. (06 Apr 2022). Untangling GraphQL [Workshop]. NearForm, Waterford, Ireland.
Riva, M. (21 Feb 2022). Managing authentication in Next.js [Workshop]. Node Congress, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Riva, M. (18 May 2022). Compiling and bundling JavaScript, the painless way [Interview]. PodRocket, New York, United States.
Riva, M. (18 May 2022). Ask me anything [Interview]. UGIdotNet, Milan, Italy.
Riva, M. (20 Apr 2022). Next.js, frameworks, and languages [Interview]. GitBar, Rome, Italy.
Riva, M. (22 Mar 2022). Ask me anything [Interview]. Codemotion, Rome, Italy.
Riva, M. (08 Mar 2022). Book Club, interview about Real-World Next.js book [Interview]. Codemotion, Rome, Italy.
Riva, M. (01 Mar 2022). Master Of Ceremonies [Master of ceremonies]. Codemotion DevCast, Milan, Italy.
Riva, M. (09 Feb 2022). Interview with Francesco Sciuti from Dev.my [Interview]. Twitch, Catania, Italy.
Riva, M. (06 Feb 2022). Interview about development vs. design [Interview]. Twitch, Milan, Italy.
Riva, M. (06 Feb 2022). Interview about Next.js and programming languages [Interview]. The Developer's Bakery, London, United Kingdom.
Riva, M. (15 Jan 2022). The many faces of a programmer [Interview]. Pointer Podcast, Milan, Italy.

2021(6 events)

Riva, M. (25 Oct 2021). Compiling and bundling JavaScript, the painless way [Conference presentation]. Codemotion DevCast, Milan, Italy.
Riva, M. (05 Jul 2021). Zero-effort, high performance, secure GraphQL APIs with Hasura [Conference presentation]. Open Source Day, Florence, Italy.
Riva, M. (06 Apr 2021). Multi-tenant Next.js at any scale [Conference presentation]. JSDay, Verona, Italy.
Riva, M. (07 Apr 2021). Functional-light JavaScript for production [Meetup]. Dev WorkSpace Meetup, Milan, Italy.
Riva, M. (21 Mar 2021). Multi-tenant Next.js at any scale [Conference presentation]. Codemotion, Milan, Italy.
Riva, M. (14 Mar 2021). Digital Careers Italia [Panel discussion]. Digital Careers Week, Milan, Italy.

2020(3 events)

Riva, M. (26 Dec 2020). Being a Senior Engineer at 25 years old [Interview]. TomorrowDevs, Milan, Italy.
Riva, M. (22 Sep 2020). Philosophy of Being Happy by Building Your Career [Conference presentation]. Digital Career Week, Milan, Italy.
Riva, M. (15 Jun 2020). The Elegance of Open Source Software [Conference presentation]. Digital Career Week, Milan, Italy.

2019(1 event)

Riva, M. (25 Oct 2019). Stack wars! Functional programming strikes back! [Conference presentation]. Codemotion, Milan, Italy.