I’m Maxime.
I like building tools that make the complexity go away.

I've been tinkering with computers for as long as I can remember. It started with modding my grandpa's golf game as a kid, then graduated to building games and scripts in RPG Maker, running my own forum, and eventually learned web development when I was around 12. Most of what I know, I learned by building things I wanted to exist.

I went to engineering school and majored in finance. I spent years as a project finance analyst in renewable energy, working on wind and solar projects, and I kept writing code. Both for the job and on the side. Eventually I automated myself away: one button click to analyze entire projects, generate slides for the executive committee, all of it.

That felt like a sign. I couldn't picture myself clicking that one button for 40 years until retirement. I need to keep learning, keep building, keep trying. It's just how I'm wired.

These days I'm a full stack developer, usually working as a contractor and often leading small teams. I have a knack for building tools, especially ones I use. Over the years I've learned that the most important thing when building something is getting feedback early and often. And no feedback comes faster than your own.

When I'm not coding, I'm usually cooking, fixing something around the house, or reading stories to my two kids. They love it when I voice their favourite characters.