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Infinity Is Not Just a Number We Guess — It’s the Almost That Never Stops

What if infinity is not actually something that never ends? What if infinity can be guessed? Sometimes we almost—I mean almost—get very close to a result, and you

Only Farmers Know the Pain

I am currently living on a new site — a place where I have to start afresh at something I haven't done for a long time now. The beautiful thing about starting on

Our potato harvest experiment: no digging, just hay [EN/FR]

Hello Hive! Last July, with @altheana, we had harvested 40 kg of potatoes. Since then, we had covered with sheet metal the mini vegetable garden that we had used

Slow saturday in Corrèze [EN/FR]

Hello Hive ! This is the follow-up to my previous article. Which I hadn't published, even though it was ready. It's Saturday. Yesterday we drove several hours to

A weekend I didn't know I needed [EN/FR]

Hi Hive! It's Monday, and my last post was Friday morning. A few days without news, that's why. Friday, my father came to pick me up in Normandy. We loaded the bags

I built a Fuel Price app last night... with free Government Data [EN/FR]

Hello Hive! Friday. I can already feel the weekend coming, and honestly, I'm not complaining. It's been a full week. I made progress on a lot of things, and I'm

Client smiles and live coding: A good thursday [EN/FR]

Hello Hive! It's Thursday but I already feel like it's the weekend. The energy is there, and honestly, it feels good. The last few weeks have been a bit complicated,

The more AI takes my work, the more I want to be human [EN/FR]

Hello Hive! Already the middle of the week. Yesterday, for the first time, I went to have lunch with a client. I told myself that in the age of AI, a developer can

Less productive, not sure It's a bad thing [EN/FR]

Hello Hive! Yesterday, we were at @altheana's parents' place. From the morning, I could feel the day was going to require a certain balance. We knew it anyway, it

Repotting at 8:30am: The life of a plant dad [EN/FR]

Hello Hive! I can feel it's going to be a good day. I'm listening to "Pictures of You" by Drugdealer and Kate Bollinger as I write these lines. So chill.

Bathroom grout: the task I kept ignoring for 14 months [EN/FR]

Hello Hive! Saturday passed as fast as a good evening with friends. Yesterday morning, when @altheana and I got up, I was convinced we were going to start with a

Mice in the walls, woodworm in the wood, sun outside [EN/FR]

Hello Hive! It's the weekend, and most importantly, it's spring! This weekend, I'd like to do a lot of things. But as always, time will run short. No panic, I'll

When ambition outruns your legs [EN/FR]

Bonjour Hive! Today, at 3:45 PM UTC+1, we will officially enter spring. Bye bye winter. You have to know how to accept and appreciate every season, but I can only

Can you hack your own good mood? [EN/FR]

Hello Hive! The weekend is almost here. And like every week, I notice the same thing. Thursday is when I have the most energy. All day Thursday, Friday around 5pm,

Running to escape, walking to think, sanding to improve [EN/FR]

Hello Hive! The weather was beautiful yesterday. I think I say it every day, but I'm really glad that spring is coming. I can't wait. It won't change the face of

One project done beats 3 started [EN/FR]

Hello Hive! My head is full of projects. That’s good news, yet paradoxically, it’s exactly what’s blocking me. The one truth I keep relearning and forgetting just

Goodbye winter, hello spring [EN/FR]

Hello Hive! Here we go again for a new week. And not just any week: the last one of winter. In less than 5 days, spring will be here. The best season there is, that’s

Cheat meal weekends and DIY progress in our Normandy home [EN/FR]

Hello Hive! Sunday today. We're going to go for a little running session with @altheana. Since we've been trying to eat better during the week, the weekend has become

Staying home, fixing things, and watching the garden wake up [EN/FR]

Hello Hive! Saturday morning, and the schedule is packed. We were supposed to leave this weekend to visit @altheana’s family, but in the end we’re staying home.

Skills are shields against uncertainty [EN/FR]

Hello Hive! Continuous learning is crucial for your survival. This statement is true when you are young, and it remains true as you grow older. Even when you believe