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• Fitmeal — Food tracker via SMS
  Food tracker via SMS
• Crono — Programmatic time-based job scheduler
  Programmatic time-based job scheduler
• Screen (MIT License) — CSS for desktops, tablets, and phones
  CSS for desktops, tablets, and phones
• Unique Baby Names — U.S. baby names compiled into insightful PDF reports
  U.S. baby names compiled into insightful PDF reports
• CTRL+F — NLP (Natural Language Processing) API to find and replace named entities
  NLP (Natural Language Processing) API to find and replace named entities
• PlainChart (MIT License) — Text-based, no-dependencies, pip-installable charting utility
  Text-based, no-dependencies, pip-installable charting utility

1. May 2020 — The 3 D's Ruining your Team
2. Feb 2020 — How to Manage Product
3. Feb 2020 — Elevate and Delegate
4. Jan 2020 — 5 Startup Ideas
5. Oct 2019 — What is Product Management?
6. Apr 2019 — DIY Business Emails
7. Nov 2018 — Baby Names for Analytical Parents
8. Aug 2018 — The Secret API of Banks (#3 on Hacker News)
9. Dec 2016 — Comptes de Campagne (in French)
10. Jan 2016 — 5 Million Calories Later
11. Sep 2015 — No More Calorie Counting
12. Jul 2015 — Nutrition, Quantified Self, and Machine Learning
13. Jul 2012 — Ask “Do You Like X?”, Not “What Do You Like?”
14. Jul 2012 — The Strange Case of Ellis v. City of Grand Rapids
15. Jun 2012 — 3 Things I Believe

• The 2 most valuable aspects of software engineering are interfaces (UX, API, doc…) and testing (unit, A/B, usability…). Nothing else is as critical to the technical success of a product.
• QA (Quality Assurance) should be about providing tools to help engineers validate their work, not about testing software.

1. 2004–2007
   Master of Science in Engineering
   École polytechnique de l'université Grenoble-Alpes
   • Completed a 1-year exchange program at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada
   • Interned at a HCI (Human-Computer Interaction) research lab, focusing on the “plasticity of interfaces”

I am currently looking to join a founding team or lead a product organization. Contact me

1. Feb 2018–Mar 2020 — Nautilus Labs
2. Jan 2017–Dec 2017 — Phosphorus
3. Aug 2015–Jan 2017 — Fitmeal (founder)
4. Dec 2011–Jun 2015 — eBay
5. Jun 2010–Nov 2011 — Hunch (acquired by eBay)
6. Sep 2009–Jun 2010 — Syntenic
7. May 2007–Jul 2009 — Akoha

I practiced software engineering for 10 years before moving to product management in 2015. I worked at 4 technology startups and 1 multinational corporation. I make my own products and open-source projects. My goal is to run an independent software business. I care about strategy, usability, and culture.

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