Blog
Notes and field lessons from a freelance web & mobile developer in Lyon.
Django & React Native i18n: Translate User-Generated Content
How we internationalized a Django + React Native app: gettext, i18next, and translating user-generated content with the Google Translate API and Celery.
Guillaume Ojardias
No, AI Doesn't Make You a Developer
Two people, two jobs with nothing to do with code, one shared idea: "why pay a developer when AI can do it?" One wanted a custom tool to run their business; the other, to rebuild their company's website. Both went it alone, carried along by the promises of AI. Spoiler: it didn't end well. Two stories of failure — and what they reveal.
Guillaume Ojardias
Dotcraft: Building an Open-Source QR Code Generator in a Few Hours with Claude Code
How I built Dotcraft, an open-source, privacy-first styled QR code editor, in a few hours with Claude Code — and why it stores everything in the browser.
Guillaume Ojardias
How I Built My Personal Blog: Next.js, Astro, Notion, and Vercel
A detailed look at the technical choices behind my personal blog: a Next.js + Astro stack with Notion as a bilingual headless CMS, an automated deployment pipeline via Vercel, and image handling with Vercel Blob.
Guillaume Ojardias
Tamagui vs React Native Paper: why I switched UI frameworks on Fusily
A look back at the UI framework choice on Fusily: from Tamagui to React Native Paper, and why I eventually split mobile and web.
Guillaume Ojardias
From Backend Developer to Full-Stack: How Expo (Almost) Turned Me Into a React Native Developer
A first-hand account of building Fusily, a mobile recipe app, as a backend developer — and how React Native + Expo made mobile development accessible.
Guillaume Ojardias
My journey — Who I am
An honest introduction to my story — from developer to entrepreneur, and why I built Fusily.
Guillaume Ojardias