French developer expatriated in Montreal, I always have several side projects ongoing, and I love sharing what I learn on this blog, in talks, on LinkedIn , or occasionnaly in books.
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- 📄 13 tips for better Pull Requests and Code Review (October 17, 2023)Would you like to become better at crafting pull requests and reviewing code? Here are the 13 tips from my latest book that you can use in your daily developer activity.
- 📄 The simplest example to understand Server Actions in Next.js (August 3, 2023)Server Actions are a new feature in Next.js. The first time I heard about them, they didn’t seem very intuitive to me. Now that I’m a bit more used to them, let me contribute to making them easier to understand.
- 📄 Intro to React Server Components and Actions with Next.js (July 3, 2023)React is living something these days. Although it was created as a client UI library, it can now be used to generate almost everything from the server. And we get a lot from this change, especially when coupled with Next.js. Let’s use Server Components and Actions to build something fun: a guestbook.
- 📄 How to give code review as a junior developer? (June 24, 2023)By focusing on learning, providing constructive feedback with a positive tone, and embracing the opportunity to contribute, junior developers can make valuable contributions to code quality and their own growth. Code reviews are essential for skill development and fostering collaboration within development teams.
Latest books
- 📘 Pull Requests and Code Review: Best Practices for Developers, from Junior to Team Lead (2023)Unlock the secrets to masterful pull requests and collaborative code reviews with practical insights from years of experience, all packed in one comprehensive guide!
- 📘 Serverless Web Applications with React and Next.js (2022)A short guide to using Next.js to create full-stack applications with React, enjoying serverless features to authenticate users and use databases.
- 📘 Create your Net Worth Tracker with Kotlin (2022)I wrote a book about Kotlin to document what I learned when I discovered the language.
- 📘 A Guide to React Hooks (2021)A book I made with the content of my interactive course useEffect.dev.
Current projects
- ⚙️ Between the Prompts (2025)A blog documenting my journey in AI coding tools
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After a long time of skepticism, I finally started using AI coding tools such as Cursor and Claude Code. I'm documenting my journey in this new blog, and sharing my learnings with the community.
- ⚙️ Spliit (2023)An alternative to Splitwise, no account needed
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Spliit is an alternative to Splitwise. Use it to share expenses with friends and family, without creating any account.
I first built this app in 2022 while I was learning Go, then I rewrote it with Next.js and made it open source. Many developers contribute by creating issues and pull-requests.
- ⚙️ CodeBit (2023)Generate animated code videos more easily than ever
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CodeBit is an online app to generate animated code videos. The kind of videos you can post on Twitter or LinkedIn to show a quick refactoring, how to use a library, or how to fix a bug.
I created this project with Maxime. We loved these videos but never found the right tool to create them without spending long hours tweaking transitions or syntax highlighting.
- ⚙️ GitHub Stars Video (2023)A video generator for your GitHub stars
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GitHub Stars Video is a fun app to generate an animation of the stars on a given GitHub repository. Perfect to brag on social media!
I built it to play with Remotion.