Hi, I'm Martin

I've been coding and helping others to code for a while. Blog posts are just below, info about my experience is here. More about me on the about page.

I've been working as a freelance for a few years now. I tend to prefer missions in small companies or teams with a lot of autonomy. Nowadays I only work for companies with positive social impact - a subjective measure that generally means active in climate, health, education or similar sectors.

My collaborations can differ widely - from a couple of emails to help a first time founder with their technical challenges to leading a technical team for several years.

If you recognize yourself in the description above and want to work together, just send me an email.

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Recent Posts

  • | 2 min read
    #hire

    Give me a break with this 'quiet quitting' BS

    A weird expression has appeared those last months: "Quiet Quitting". From the internet, the definition of it is something like: The term “quiet quitting” refers to employees who put no more...

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  • | 2 min read
    #hire

    The lone freelance and his 50 colleagues

    Networking matters (again) A few months ago I blogged about how networking matters - this post could be named "Networking matters, again". My previous post on this topic was about how much a...

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  • | 2 min read
    #process

    Try don't talk

    Story Software development is full of uncertainties. Most teams I've been part of generally start development with little-known facts and a lot of unknown ones - both on the business and on the...

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    #process

    A simple autonomy test

    Story A middle manager at a company I was discussing with was explaining their intentions regarding their team. Among other objectives was to increase coaching done by senior people in the team and to...

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    #process

    About the previous guy

    A customer told me once: "That's the problem with you programmers - each time I ask one to take over the work, the first thing I hear is how the previous guy did it all wrong and everything need...

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  • | 4 min read
    #career

    The reluctant freelance

    It has been a year now that I've played the "prototypical" role of a freelance developer - doing various missions for several clients and generally enjoying myself doing so. The fun part is...

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  • | 4 min read
    #tech

    Don't build a F35

    The setup Someone inside BigCorp (which can be a private company but also a public one or a part of an institution, governement, etc - what matters is that it's big) Bob, a manager stumble into a...

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  • | 3 min read
    #tech

    Technology: Come to the boring side, we deliver value

    Technical advisor I've been in position to give advice to early stage, usually non technical founder a significant number of time since my move in the startup world. One of the most frequent question...

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  • | 10 min read
    #blog

    2021 Wrap Up - on the technical side

    A year of technical work I blogged last week about my 2021 Wrap Up - this is also a good opportunity to look at what I've learn in this first year of "back to technical work". A few months...

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  • | 7 min read
    #blog

    2021 Wrap Up

    Back to (technical) work Leaving management My main (work) update of the year was clearly my decision to leave my job as Bluesquare's CTO. Not only I had been there for more than 5 years, but this...

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