Author: Melanie Almeida

  • Listing French developer tools

    This afternoon, and thanks to a conversation with Florent Merian, he shared with me his GitHub directory which lists developer-first products. I was considering creating an Airtable database to list French boxes, but ultimately a GitHub directory sounded like a better idea. It’s faster to create and anyone can contribute. So, here is the link…

  • The PARI system by Anne-Laure Le Cunff (Ness Labs)

    Ness Labs is a content website created by Anne-Laure Le Cunff, ex-Google, ex-Burnout and entrepreneur who publishes articles on productivity and mental health. I have been a subscriber to the newsletter since the beginning of the project and a member of the community. Last November, Anne-Laure created a challenge called “Mindful Productivity Challenge”. I had…

  • What is Open-Source?

    It is difficult to talk about technology without mentioning patents, the race to innovate and industrial secrets. To succeed against your competitors, you have to innovate and protect your technological lead. And yet, within this great tech market of billions of dollars, one software trend remains against the tide: Open-Source software. The main characteristic of…