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7 more tips to be a happier coder and a challenge

Whether you’re self-employed or working for the stingy nasty boss, you probably feel sometimes bored and, well… useless. You are a coder, you feel the real power we all share and are proud of, that ability to create things starting from a dream, but man! How vain you feel sometimes!

Let me share with you my humble conclusions on how to be a happy coder and challenge you on something. Just read on :)Read More »


why, when and how to redesign your website (Part 1: The six-eyed beast)

So, hey! Here we go again! I’ve been busy during the last 3 days working on the new site’s design. I was pressed to have it done so I can do my usual coding stuff. There’s still some details to tweak, but the main idea is here. I hope you folks enjoy it, and I’d really like to have some feedback to improve it.

Well, let’s talk about design, and redesign a little bit. I’m in the mood for it :)Read More »


Seven Reasons Every Programmer Should Use Vim

Over the last few days, I heard so many people talking about how it’s so “has been” to use vim or another text editor for there’s a lot of IDEs out there. Let me clear this once for all : I I’m not insulting people who use IDEs, I’m not against IDEs. They’re not my choice, I have used several, tried a lot, and still stick to my editor of choice: VIM ! French people say: “Il n’y a que les imbéciles qui ne changent pas d’avis”, which means: “Only stupid people don’t change their mind”, but still… I’ve choosed my tools and from my experience, I just can’t find better.

Don’t believe me? Let me show you some very nice things one can use in vim easily and have a great coding experience:Read More »