my name is nicolas and i've been a software developer for 9 years now. i currently work as a senior frontend and mobile developer on web tools and mobile apps. i care about building and shipping optimized, well-crafted, tested and scalable software solutions that are thought as useful products for end users.

despite being passionate about tech and software development, i think it is important to approach technology with a critical mindset and a sense of responsibility, to avoid falling into a comfortable neutrality; more than an industry and an economic field, i tend to consider technology as a political choice that must be constantly questioned regarding its impacts on human beings, societies, and ecosystems. technology is above all a social subject.

that said, i believe technology that escape market logic can be a powerful tool for popular education and can serve as catalyst for meaningful social change, particularly when its use is decentralized and vernacular.

aside from my work and my interest in tech, i try to keep a healthy balance between my online and offline life and i try to manage my time online so that my use of the internet is always enriching rather than time-consuming. the "doomscrolling" aspect of the internet is not inevitable and is dictated by structures, ideologies and power dynamics, not by the nature of the internet itself — as evidenced by the many emerging internet subcultures of the 2010s and 2020s, driven by a vernacular and sometimes unconventional use of mainstream social media.

our attention span is coveted and growing ever shorter; our lifespan is limited. let's be mindful of the people around us and let's be uncompromising about what gives our lives their singularity and meaning.