Domain name · · 2 min read
Choosing and buying a domain name without getting burned
A domain name is ten minutes and about ten euros a year. How to pick the name, the extension, the registrar, and dodge the classic first-year-price traps.
Blog
Unfiltered field notes: product design, quality, career change, and the developer craft day to day.
Deployment · · 3 min read
Putting your portfolio online for free with Vercel
How I deployed this Next.js portfolio on Vercel with no hosting bill, from the GitHub repo to automatic HTTPS. The real path, and the spots where it snags.
Career change · · 2 min read
From HVAC technician to code: my career change, unfiltered
From five years as an HVAC design engineer to development and business analysis: the real face of a career change, including the level to catch up and impostor syndrome.
Product · · 3 min read
The right person to ask, and other lessons from product design
On Isra Voyages, the most useful lesson in product design wasn't method. It was finding the right person to talk to, and the right channel to reach them.
Training · · 3 min read
A work-study Bachelor with Studi: my honest review
A Full Stack Web Developer Bachelor as an apprenticeship, validated with a defense on a project close to my heart. Capstone projects, AI in moderation, and what I liked less.
QA · · 3 min read
Testing APIs with Bruno: field notes
Two years of API test campaigns on a streaming platform: why we left Insomnia for Bruno, and what it changed for devs and QA alike.