DEV Community: Pierre Vannier

A clubhouse events search engine

Pierre Vannier — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 10:22:13 +0000

These last few days I decided to get back to coding (a bit) and eventually ended up with a #clubhouse search engine for events.

Here are the steps I followed.

First, I needed to access the "undocumented" and non public clubhouse API.
I give it a try with this repo:
https://github.com/stypr/clubhouse-py

Although written in python, I ported the few pieces (auth and access to event list) in typescript with axios.

I coded a daemon in nodeJS to fetch the events on a regular basis (with a throttle limit in order to not get banned from calling the API).
I then installed elasticsearch (actually hosted on elastic cloud) with Elastic builder (to be able to craft nice query) https://elastic-builder.js.org/.
This allow me to stored events on the cloud on elastic.

Deployment concerns, I had a lot of choices, I decided to give amazon elastic beanstalk a try (nothing to do with elastic search though). This is super easy to set up and deploy. (more information here: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticbeanstalk/latest/dg/create_deploy_nodejs.html)

And then, this is it. A simple express/node server deployed on Amazon Elastic beanstalk + elastic search.

Took me 3 full days (cause I'm a bit rusty).

Https://clubhouse.flint.sh

Podcast // Andrew Hedges - Engineering Manager at Zapier

Pierre Vannier — Thu, 04 Feb 2021 18:45:52 +0000

Today we meet Andrew Hedges, Founder of The Collab Lab, and currently Engineering Manager at Zapier.
After briefly reviewing his great career, we dive into his volunteer work at The Collab Lab and his passionate commitment to help early-career developers and promote diversity in tech.
He also shares with us valuable insights gained from his extensive experience of remote working and distributed teams. Take a listen for a genuine and refreshing take on subjects that matters!
More Here => https://podcast.ausha.co/refactor/andrew-hedges-founder-of-the-collab-lab-engineer-manager-at-zapier

Building a community of expert Engineers // Flint

Pierre Vannier — Mon, 22 Oct 2018 13:44:21 +0000

Hi Dev.To Community,

Just wanted to let you know I'm launching a new Tech Consulting company.

The idea is to focus on creating a unique and engaging Community of Tech people, around the World.
Humbly starting in Montpellier South of France and then growing to several dynamic Tech ecosystems (like London, Berlin, Amsterdam etc.) and also the USA.

As an ex software engineer, I tried -with the help and feedbacks from several junior and senior Tech/Software engineers- to list what engineers do really need in terms of :

belonging feeling
self-fulfillment
community and interactions with peers
constant learning
strong Values
etc.

Should you want to know more : Here's Flint website

Feedbacks warmly welcome, as well as Shares / Applause (no rotten 🍅 please 😀 ) / Recommendations / Noise / Fork 🤔

👊🏻
Pierre
Founder and CEO, Flint

why did I quit my 6 figure job to found my startup in Tech

Pierre Vannier — Thu, 04 Oct 2018 20:52:30 +0000

https://medium.com/@pierre_vannier/why-i-quit-my-6-figure-job-to-found-my-own-startup-94ed94cd11d

Passionate or not passionate, that is the question?

Pierre Vannier — Sat, 18 Aug 2018 16:34:49 +0000

Being 42, working in Tech but no more as a developer, I wonder whether, unlike many other jobs, being a developer involves some kind of Passion for "Tech matters".

I mean, with languages and technologies continuously evolving, one must endlessly keep a close eye on new technologies.
I wonder whether this obligation (I guess it is an obligation for you folks, right?) is a pain in the ass (that is: "Shit, I have to take a look at the new 2.3.X version of framework XYZ") or a real new endeavour ("Yeah, New python version is now completely multi-threaded, let's take a look at the changelog :-) ).
Or, maybe something in between and varying from one developer to another.
Tell me what you think. (I'd also like to have both women and men in tech's opinions)
Best

Ask for feedback: Tech consulting companies

Pierre Vannier — Sun, 12 Aug 2018 16:41:43 +0000

I'm making some research about consulting companies (Tech consulting).

This industry is known to have a very bad reputation for lots of reasons.
Among others:

The way they treat consultants
Low salaries
Type of projects consultants are working on (not interesting missions)
Not much/No training
Bad relationship with the manager (who is often a sales person with no tech background at all)

What would be, in your opinion, the perks/processes/code of conduct that a consulting firm should have in order to attract (and keep) good developers ?