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15 Years of Free Software Projects: A Review

Fifteen years ago, I wrote an article summing up my first year as a free software developer. I then wrote regular reviews over the nine years that followed. I covered all sorts of topics: the first steps, contributing, failures, and so on...

[fr] 15 ans de projets libres : bilan

Il y a 15 ans j'écrivais un article faisant le résumé de ma première année d'activité en tant que développeur de logiciel libre. J'ai ensuite fait des bilans réguliers durant les 9 ans qui ont suivi...

Thoughts about NFTs

Now that the NFT trend faded, it's a good time to reflect on this technology. The hype around this new concept was probably exaggerated. Nevertheless, it's still a decentralized technology that has the potential to bring new usages. ‌ So, I wandered in the NFT space

How blockchain and cryptos usages are evolving

If you follow me you know how I'm interested in decentralized technologies. Until now, I had some doubts about blockchain and crypto currencies. But recent events changed my mind. I wanted to cover this in a series of tweets but it ended in a 40 tweets thread, so

[fr] 10 ans de projets libres : bilan et satisfaction

Précédemment nous avions parcouru beaucoup de sujets. Cette fois, je vais surtout expliquer comment je tire de la satisfaction de tout ça.

Sales Tips For Developer

Selling is something very hard for most developers. We spend most of our time behind a computer and talk mainly with people from our field. Reaching unknown people with a different job and convince them to buy a product is not natural to us. In our day to day, knowing

[fr] 8 ans de projets libres : bilan et idées

Je reprends cette année mon rituel qui consiste à partager ce que j'ai appris en participant à un projet libre. J'ai sauté l'année dernière faute d'inspiration. Pour cette fois-ci, je voudrais discuter de comment

Full Remote

I performed a talk at Teck.rocks event. It was about how we built a remote engineering team from 1 to 15 at Cozy Cloud. Enjoy! Note: the slides are written in French.

Goodbye Cozy

Five years ago, we founded Cozy Cloud , a company with a mission. Our goal was to give people more control over their personal data and their web services. To achieve that we created a Free and Open Source Software project: an application platform dedicated to individuals and aimed to be

CTO Tips

Until last year, I was CTO of a young startup named Cozy Cloud. While the company and the engineering team was growing, my job changed. It was very new to me and I wanted to keep performing well. To anticipate my new situation, I decided to look for

Hiring Talented People

Hiring is one of the most critical part in building a business. If you hire people that doesn't match your expectation it could lead to problems and even disaster. Which is why most recruiters search long and hard for "talented" people - someone flexible enough to adapt

How to be more confident

Being confident may seem natural to most. But for a lot of people, feeling comfortable in doing something is a real challenge, especially in public or in a group activity. It can quickly turn into a downhill spiral of feeling not good at anything. This may seem unexpected but when

[fr] 6 ans de projets libres : bilan et retour d'expérience

Chaque année je présente ce que j'ai appris en participant à un projet libre. L'année dernière, j'ai clos un premier cycle sur mon retour d'expérience de 5 ans de pratique . Pour d&

Snorkeling beginner tips

Many people talk about snorkeling like it's natural. That's not the case. On the internet, you will find many tips to behave properly and chose your furniture well. Tips about using your mask are less visible or incomplete. So this article will only talk about this.

Indonesian Food

After leaving Canggu, I spent two days in Jakarta before flying back to France. My travel reached its end. So, to conclude, I would like to talk about something I haven't mentioned much but matters a lot when you travel through Indonesia: Indonesian food! Indonesian people