Published in Fred Thoughts·May 28, 2019I’m Joining Myli as a CTO (and Other News from Yours Truly you Might Have Missed)Hi readers, long time no see! Almost 10 months if I’m counting well. As of today, I’m joining Myli, My Local Influence, as a CTO. Myli is a 7 people startup developing a suite of tools to improve reviews management and more on the Web located in Marseille, in the…Startup4 min readStartup4 min read
Published in Fred Thoughts·Aug 6, 2018An iPhone Setup for the Productivity FreaksIn case you missed it, I’m a big productivity freak. …Apple12 min readApple12 min read
Published in Fred Thoughts·Apr 8, 2018A Step by Step Guide to Securing your SSH Keys with the Ledger Nano SContrary to a popular belief, the Ledger Nano S is not only designed to secure crypto currencies. It can also be used to generate and store private SSH keys, which makes it the most secure way to protect them. Being both slightly paranoid, a Ledger employee and a heavy SSH…Ssh5 min readSsh5 min read
Published in Fred Thoughts·Apr 7, 2018Boost Your Productivity with Switching Your Screens to GreyscaleI’ve recently discovered an unlikely life hack to improve my productivity while working on my computer and my cellphone: switching my screens to greyscale. Our attention is constantly attracted by the shiny colours we get on the screen, whether we're working on a spreadsheet, coding with syntax highlighting on, or…Mac3 min readMac3 min read
Published in Fred Thoughts·Apr 4, 2018Defining your Leadership StyleJust before I joined Ledger, I met Pierre Landy, a lawyer passionate with leadership who later joined us as a General Counsel. Pierre told us about something he calls the clear contract, where he defines himself to his coworkers in 4 simple steps, before asking them to do the same…Leadership3 min readLeadership3 min read
Published in Fred Thoughts·Mar 12, 2018Hiring and Managing Happy EngineersLast week, I was giving a talk about hiring and managing happy engineers at the CTO Pizza event. It was a great occasion to share some leadership, recruitment and management tips, specially: My leadership style as a VP Engineering The technology assessment we do during the interviews to know more about a candidate strengths and weaknesses Some KPI like the team fatigue rate, to avoid burnoutStartup1 min readStartup1 min read
Published in Fred Thoughts·Dec 18, 2017What would Your Next Dream Job Look Like?Every time I interview a candidate for a role, I ask them the same question: What would your next dream job look like? They usually start giving the basic answers they think I'm expecting: a great team, amazing projects, great culture… before they summarize the job description. So I rephrase. …Careers1 min readCareers1 min read
Published in Fred Thoughts·Dec 8, 2017That Little Known KPI Every Ops Team Should TrackBeing an ops is tough. You handle lots of incidents, and have on-call where you might get awaken 3 or 4 times a night during the week. The same happens during the day, when you get interrupted during your work to manage yet another incident with a surplus of stress. …Startup2 min readStartup2 min read
Published in Fred Thoughts·Dec 5, 2017The Life Saving Habit of Having a Morning Routine for Jobless & Working from Home PeopleLast night, I had a conversation about morning routines with the amazing, awesome Margaret Quigley. Many people in tech have set up a morning routine, and there are many blog posts about it, so it's considered normal in our field. …Productivity2 min readProductivity2 min read
Published in Fred Thoughts·Nov 26, 2017Migrating a 130TB Cluster from Elasticsearch 2 to 5 in 20 Hours with 0 Downtime and a Rollback StrategyThis article and much more is now part of my FREE EBOOK Running Elasticsearch for Fun and Profit available on Github. Fork it, star it, open issues and send PRs! Do you remember Blackhole, the 36 billion documents Elasticsearch cluster we had to reindex a while ago? Blackhole is now…Elasticsearch10 min readElasticsearch10 min read
