Preamble on vanity: Writing an 'About' page is an exercise I find difficult, as it flirts dangerously with vanity. However, to understand what you'll find on this site, it's necessary to understand the man behind the keyboard. I'm 33 years old, and this site reflects my positions: on computing, on intellectual freedom, and on the structures of our society.
As far back as I can remember, I never enjoyed school. Not because of social rejection - I was fairly well integrated - but from profound boredom. I found the teaching slow and the usefulness of subjects often questionable.
It was this boredom that pushed me, around age 14, to learn web development self-taught. At 15, I released my first browser game, FinalWar, based on the Naruto universe. During this period, I dropped out of school, preferring my code to classes. That's where I learned my first brutal legal lesson: intellectual property. I had to shut down the project for fear of royalties. A hard blow, but formative.
Retrospective note: In hindsight, my frequent interruptions and passage through a technical track destroyed my 'classic' academic ability. Even today, learning 'conventional' subjects is painful for me, while complex but logical concepts seem much more coherent and simple to assimilate.
During my last years of high school, I discovered conspiracy theories, notably about the Illuminati. I believed in them, sincerely. My logic was altruistic: if such a global conspiracy exists, it's serious, and it's my duty to warn people.
I tried to convince those around me. And it was precisely in trying to prove these theories that I discovered the deception. I realized that 'conspiracy' sources went in circles, citing each other without ever providing tangible proof. This experience was fundamental: it forged my skepticism and my method of source verification. A detour that transformed into an intellectual tool.
After a very successful office automation internship, I had the vanity to believe I could do anything. I went to the University of Liège in Physics. It was a shock. I arrived with a triple invisible handicap:
It took me two years to acquire a method, only to ultimately fail by a thread in the third year. A period marked by a feeling of injustice facing a system that doesn't forgive lack of capital (financial or cultural).
After a period of uncertainty, I returned to University, in Computer Science this time. I excelled there, not only thanks to my acquired knowledge, but also thanks to my temperament.
There's a character trait that defines me quite well: I'm a 'Hardcore Gamer'. Mainly on MOBAs or MMORPGs, I don't play to pass time, I play for performance. Aiming for the top 0.1% is a minimum standard for me. This perfectionism, this need to 'tryhard' and optimize every detail, I also apply to my code and my projects. That's what allowed me to regain the upper hand and succeed in my years, despite a chaotic path.
My return to development was marked by an ethical awareness. I developed two games (including Onimemory, based on my brother's drawings). Technically and ludically, it was a success: my tester friends loved it and couldn't put it down.
I had succeeded in implementing addictive mechanics for retention and monetization. This is what's called Dark Patterns: using design to exploit users' psychological weaknesses. When I realized I was manipulating people's dopamine instead of offering them a healthy experience, I stopped everything. For me, good Game Design must offer a sense of accomplishment and have an ending, not lock the player in an infinite loop of frustration. I plan to bring these projects back one day, but cleaned of all toxic aspects.
In 2021, I dove into creating a high-frequency trading system based on statistics (n-grams). The model revealed a fascinating and cruel economic reality. The system worked perfectly for large capitals (0.005% fees) with a 'hit rate' of 53%, sufficient to be profitable. But for small capitals (0.01% fees), this rate dropped to 48%, making the model losing. This tiny variation in fees condemned small portfolios.
This forged my political vision: the argument that says 'the rich pay less taxes because they take more risks' is false. The real risk is taken by those who invest their survival money, not by those who play with their surplus. Moreover, I consider pure finance as 'dead energy' that doesn't contribute to real production. Paradoxically, I love building these mathematical models for the intellectual challenge, while hating what they represent. It's one of my assumed contradictions.
Parallel to this winding academic journey (evening classes completed in record time, but slowed by administration), I always kept one foot in reality. I started by selling websites to local merchants and evolved towards honest IT consulting: directing people towards refurbished equipment adapted to their real needs, rather than selling them useless technology.
While this text is centered on my journey, none of these paths were traveled alone. I voluntarily choose not to name anyone here, out of respect for their privacy and because the list would be too long. From my years of study to my development projects, many friends who, sometimes without even knowing it, supported me, motivated me, or simply listened. Their impact was decisive and I thank them for it.
At the end of this journey and these experiences, I feel I've finally become the individual I was trying to be: someone who loves sharing knowledge without restrictions.
Computer science is for me much more than a profession: it's the science of information, a pivotal discipline that, far from confining me, feeds my thirst for knowledge in all other spheres, from physics to human sciences. I like to try to analyze the biases of all scientific or social spheres. That's why I like to discuss: not to convince, but to confirm or refute my own ideas.
This site exists to extend this approach. I share here my code, my research, and my reflections, trying to circumvent this academic system that forces knowledge to be fragmented.
Here, research is free, and code is open.
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