marcgg#blog

While it is easy to complain about legacy code, it’s important to keep in mind that this old code deserves some respect.

A lot of iOS and Android applications have been created to track one's day, but none really matched what I wanted so I created my own.

Witness pure folly and learn how to create professional yet beautiful websites by only using FRAMES and other amazing tricks.

300ms delay, overscroll, text rendering, 1px borders, local storage, performances, i18n ...

Productivity is a hard thing to measure, but counting the number of emails sent is not the way to go.

Every week I see people arguing over languages, frameworks, hosting solutions, design patterns... and every week it's pointless.

Speaking both French and English can get a bit messy, but it can also be a lot of fun.

SteroidsJS promises a way to use Javascript to build PhoneGap-based applications with a native feel on both iPhone and Android.

Alors que j'ai déjà un Baccalauréat scientifique et que je ne compte pas me réorienter, j'ai décidé de passer un autre bac.

My take on pride and the feelings linked to nationality.

In this article I explain why I built a very basic app that lets you know who is clicking a link and I'm debating whether or not to keep on working on it.

I tried to give a few lectures about the web to a group of young entrepreneurs and students from a non technical background.

Keeping an up to date list of changes in your open source project is a must have.

When working with non-technical people, taking the time to teach them a bit about how your software works can be a good idea with joy for all.

I'm not a game developer at all, so in order to see the problems linked to creating a multiplayer game I decided to create a prototype with NodeJS, Websockets and HTML5.

After 3 years I decided to change job and join Drivy where I'll work on a product based on the concept of collaborative consumption.

I participated in a hackathon with 4 other persons where we built a project to give away objects and track their lives.

In this article I'll explain how to use UIWebViews using RubyMotion.

RubyMotion allows you to write native iOS applications using Ruby.

For years I've been having a health problem that got fixed in seconds.

As a developer I repeat the same movements over and over again.

A point of view and advices to people wanting to build on top of an existing platform such as Facebook or Twitter.

This is the one reason that got me to switch to vim after experimenting for years with a lot of different editors.

Having a side project has a lot of advantages and helps you to grow as a developer.

Sometimes you have no choice and need to outsource some of your workload.

How can one move away from an outdated consulting firm and join an interesting startup?