My story

Someone told me one day that selling services is good, but selling a story is better. The web for me is a bit more than a sector; it’s a whole world that I have discovered and loved over the past few years, and here is my story.

From hobby to passion.

The beginnings: a kid passionate about computers

That’s me as a kid

I have always had something with computers. Even as a little kid, I was dismantling computer towers, tinkering with printers, and dissecting speakers; I absolutely wanted to understand how it worked… But it was only in high school that I had the click: the code.
The Galton board, which demonstrates polynomial distribution
The Galton board


Code is basically the way to communicate with the machine, using a specific language. The first one for me was Python, with a beautiful simulation of a Galton board during my Integration course in digital sciences.
 
At the time, it wasn’t revolutionary, but for me, it was the beginning of an adventure. A true revelation. I realized that with code, all I needed was a computer and time, and I could create.



 

The call of the web: a limitless playground

After high school, I headed to IUT of Montpellier to deepen this budding hobby. There, I discovered what would become my passion: the web.
 
The web can be represented as a web where everything is connected, but it’s not quite that. I see the web as a vast wasteland where you can build anything, and everyone can visit. Anything is possible, as long as you have the right building blocks and a good vision.

I took the time to explore the behind-the-scenes: how a machine works, how databases are structured, network concepts… In short, everything that may seem boring but is essential for creating, leading to some amateur projects that were promising at the time.
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Then one fine day, a speaker arrives and talks to us about HTML. I got so hooked that he ended up telling me:
 
"Not bad, you should sign up on freelance sites to sell what you already know how to do".
That was the click number 2. I started freelancing, found my first clients, and discovered the real stakes of the profession. I was still a young developer, my prices were ridiculous, but I learned everything: design, SEO, development, hosting, client communication... As a freelancer, you become a one-man band, and that’s a school in itself.
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The tool that would change everything

Then came a third decisive turning point: I discovered Symfony.

If you’re not in the field, I’ll need to explain a few terms:
 
  • PHP is the language that powers the majority of modern websites (+75% even today).
  • A framework is a kit that accelerates development by enforcing good practices.
  • Symfony is one of the most powerful PHP frameworks.

With Symfony, I could finally develop faster and cleaner. But one problem remained…

I was still wasting too much time. I was a perfectionist. Each project took me months for a site worth 800€. Raise my prices? Not possible. My clients loved me just for my affordable rates and the quality I offered.
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I needed a solution. But before imagining it, I had to put my activity on hold to find an internship. I then joined a Montpellier web agency.

A pause… but also a lack

There, I learned a lot: project management, new technologies, teamwork... I even had the opportunity to work for major French players, both public and private. To say that I have known and had time to understand all the tricks of “professional” tools. Although expensive, these solutions used simply brilliant open-source principles.

But the romance doesn’t last forever, as several things bother me: too little creative freedom, soulless projects, a mountain of responsibilities… for a salary that doesn’t evolve. And above all… I miss freelancing.

That’s when I decided to take on a challenge: to create the tool that would allow me to freelance differently. A tool that would incorporate all the good practices learned so far, and that I could modularize to develop while spending much less time writing code, and more time creating a perfect solution for my clients.
 

My biggest project (For now?)

I launched my project one evening in August 2022, aware of the difficulties I would face before making any profit.

Three years of sleepless nights

Evenings, weekends, lunch breaks, sleepless nights… for over three years, I built the application of my dreams alongside my salaried job. Not NoCode, but LessCode: the goal was not to create an interface where you can only quickly create a website, that already exists, but to create an interface that I could use to ensure the creation of equally professional sites, in less time. A kind of custom tool for my creations.

The tool then took shape and became truly functional. I started by creating some test sites, including my own. There’s still a long way to go, but it’s time; it can really be used. I decided to break my contract to return to freelancing full-time.
 

The result: a revolution for the web

Today, my project delivers on its promises, and the results are there: I can create a complete site of impeccable quality in 7 days instead of 6 months.

✨ Each client benefits from the experience accumulated on previous projects. I can finally offer what I have wanted forever: professional sites, created quickly, at an unbeatable price.

To learn more, feel free to check out the creation page, or contact me to discuss a project!  🚀