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I’m currently living and working on the un-ceded lands of Tiohtià:ke / Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

I’ve been actively working as a Web developer (programmer) for the past 10 years. I started my career making things for browsers. I was initially focusing on HTML and CSS, with some light interactivity. As time went on, I found myself working closer and closer to the servers. Following the needs of the projects and the teams I was a part of, I picked up PHP, Python and a handful of other programming languages. I started working with databases and SQL. I discovered the fun of tinkering with Linux server administration.

Previously, I studied Information Science at the University of Montreal. Back then, I was deeply inspired by the work of the Internet Archive. I wanted to be a digital archivist. Somewhere along the way, I was lucky to get an internship outside of my university department. I was hired to help adapt some existing course material to be published on the Web, for online learners. I joined a small team of developers and content specialists, where I had the opportunity to learn the ropes. This was such a good experience that I decided to refocus professionally.

I had been programming for some time before that. Like many others my age in the ’90s, I have memories of tinkering with BASIC on the family PC. Around 1995, we upgraded from DOS to Windows and got access to the Internet. That’s when I discovered the Web and HTML. It truly changed me. In many ways, I have learned to think with the Web.

I also discovered Linux towards the end of high school. I remember overhearing a few teachers casually talking about “a new Linux machine”. The word Linux just stuck in my head. Maybe it sounded mysterious and cool, to a bored suburban kid. A few years later, with access to my own computer and quite a bit of free time, I took the plunge and never looked back. To this day, I’m still a full-time Linux user and I’m passionate about free and open-source software (FOSS).

Outside of work and programming, I enjoy reading, listening to podcasts and journaling in paper notebooks. I’m also an amateur musician. I play guitar and a few keyboard-based instruments. I’ve been noodling and recording myself for many years now, but I’ve never really published anything. It’s my little secret. Something I can do to blow off steam at the end of the week, without really thinking about making it palatable for others. Who knows, someday maybe...

Last updated: 2024-09-04