Hello! I'm Maxence.
Software engineer, endurance nerd & home chef.
I'm a software engineer in France. I build web apps for a living and occasionally write code to figure out how much flour goes in a pizza. This is where I share my projects, things I've learned, and a few recipes.
Featured posts
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Latest writing
Notes on web development, software architecture, and the occasional life lesson. Browse by topic:
- How Computers Learned to Talk Like Humans From the Turing Test to ChatGPT — how computers went from scripted chatbots like ELIZA to Markov chains, word embeddings, and Transformers, and how "guess the next word" became conversation.
- Lessons learned from building my first 3D Video Game Key lessons from building Avion, a 3D flight simulator — covering performance optimisation (frustum culling, LOD, hardware instancing), physics (gimbal lock, quaternions), and the tradeoffs between realism and fun.
- Anatomy of a Crypto Scam - Thomas Harris I investigated Thomas Harris, an AI-generated YouTuber who uses fake crypto tutorials to scam people.
- 10 Years of Blogging, what I learned Reflects on my experience and sharing some key lessons learned after 10y of blogging. Including the importance of writing a good title, not worrying about post popularity...
- How to integrate Giscus to your Astro Blog Learn how to integrate Giscus (GitHub-powered comments), into your Astro blog. How to deal with dark mode and styles customization.
Things I've made
All 13 projects-
Pedalyze
Fix your bike fit with a photo and get personalized recommendations to improve your cycling performance.
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YoutubeMate
An AI assistant that generates summaries of YouTube videos and saves you precious time!
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Avion
A 3D flight simulator in your browser. No install, no account, just pick a plane and fly.
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Max's Kitchen
A collection of my favorite recipes, open-sourced for everyone to enjoy.
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Runner Dashboard
A dashboard I use to calculate pace, estimate finish times, and plan nutrition during a race.
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Off the keyboard
Endurance
Training log
From canyons to marathons. My most recent efforts:
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1st 80km Bike
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Royan Half-Marathon
Almost DNF (33℃). 2h22m23 @ 6:46 min/km
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Paris Marathon
3h59m07 @ 5:40 min/km
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Running Lyon (1st Half-Marathon)
01:47:53 @ 5:07 min/km
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Paris Marathon
04:15:32 @ 6:03 min/km
Kitchen
Fresh from the kitchen
The dishes I cook again and again, from ramen to homemade pasta.
All 30 recipes
