index.html

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<div id="title">
  <h1 id="greeting__phrase">Hello!</h1>
  <p id="greeting__language-container">
    <small id="greeting__language"></small>
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<div class="contents">
  <p>
    Hello, my name is Pierre, <span id="location">I currently live in {{
      site.data.personal_info.current_location }}<span id="weather"></span> from
      where I help businesses build better software.</span>
  </p>
  <p>
    Over the last {{ "now" | date: "%Y" | minus: 2012 }} years, I've
    successfully worked with companies in North America and Switzerland on
    things like:
  </p>
  <ul>
    <li>Tackling technical debt and legacy code</li>
    <li>Process optimization and automation</li>
    <li>CI/CD (pipelines, preview deployments, etc.)</li>
    <li>Automated testing</li>
    <li>Custom web app development (backend and frontend)</li>
    <li>Developer mentoring and training</li>
    <li>Decreasing page load times</li>
    <li>Lowering code's carbon footprint</li>
  </ul>
  {% include consulting/new_clients.html available=false availability='Q1 2022'
  %} {% include coffee/meet.html available=false %}
  <p>
    I regularly contribute to open source software, and maintain the
    <a href="https://github.com/maid/maid">Maid Ruby gem</a> (along with its
    original author <a href="http://www.benjaminoakes.com">Ben Oakes</a>). To
    see some of my code, have a look at my
    <a href="{% link showcase/index.html %}">featured open source software contributions</a>.
  </p>
  {% include blog/frontpage.html %}
  <p>
    In my spare time, I enjoy repairing bicycles and other things, building
    e-bikes, traveling the world, scuba diving, mushroom foraging, and vegan
    food.
  </p>
  <p>
    <a href="{% link say_hi/index.html %}">Send me a message</a> to get in
    touch, I speak French and English fluently.
  </p>
  <p>
    You can find me online on {% include link_list/list.html
    entries=site.data.online_profiles %}.
  </p>
</div>
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