State of the Map 2026: nothing quite like the OpenStreetMap community
Reflections from State of the Map 2026 in Paris: sponsoring and speaking at the global OpenStreetMap conference, and why its community feels unlike any other.
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VivaTech 2026: Robots take the floor, sovereignty takes the stage
One day at VivaTech 2026 in Paris, for its tenth edition: Chinese humanoids that have clearly left the lab, AI that has quietly become plumbing, and sovereignty as the theme nobody had to explain.
AI gives me back the excitement of my early days as a developer
The emergence of LLMs and code generation tools takes me back to the mindset I had thirty years ago, when I was learning to build websites on an internet that was still finding its footing.
2026
- Obsidian Quick Note Task: my tiny macOS app to never lose an idea again
- The real code is the prompt
- Browsidian: my web editor for Obsidian
- From vibe coding to prompt coding: my analysis of a lightning-fast transition
- A newsletter to understand modern cartography
- CES 2026: A deep dive into technology innovations
2025
- Reading Orwell - What Animal Farm told me
- 1984 in 2025: Why this book is more relevant than ever
- Solutrans 2025: My takeaways
- Why I chose Hugo to regain control of my content
- The evolution of jobs with AI: tomorrow's profiles and how to prepare
- From Lean Tech Manifesto to specification-driven approaches: a natural evolution or a paradigm shift?
- Cycling Companion: how I created the tool I was missing for my bike rides
- GitHub Spec Kit: A specification-centered development philosophy
- Is this the end of software engineers as we know them?
- Between enslavement and emancipation: A dual reading of our relationship with technology according to Alain Damasio
- Discoveries and first observations on Obsidian
- Aventures en Guyane — Praise of a fatal adventure
- Is it the end of micro-blogging ?
- My discovery of the Lean Tech Manifesto: when agility meets lean
- My takeaways from my 2025 CES
- Not the end of the world - Hannah Ritchie - Book review
2024
- Vivatech 2024: A dive into AI overload and hidden tech gems
- 8 cool Open Street Map tools
- Stop using RACI
- My productivity system 2025
- And meanwhile, cryptocurrencies continue to rise.
- Try at home: Generating a profile picture with DALL-E
- Unveiling the ultimate Notion template for enhanced productivity
- From creativity to conformity: The dulling down of SEO over two decades
2023
- 4 things in India that France and other Western countries should draw inspiration from
- Big SEO update
- BagFinder.cc — Update 1.35
- How to add fun to your weekend adventures (and contribute to Open Street Map)
- From a personal need to an application
- I tried to develop a NodeJS application using only ChatGPT — I failed
- A quick recap of recent AI-related booming technologies & related questions
2022
- Polygon & NFTs are accelerators for blockchain adoption
- The easiest way to share your ETH address
- Want to waste your time during the weekend ? Give a try to AI-generated artwork 🎨
- AI is (probably) the only way to really scale up a testing strategy
- Step by step guide to host your blog on Web 3 (and technical explanation)
- The Merge is coming, a new opportunity for Ethereum expansion ?
- A simple blockchain / Ethereum glossary