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Ideas for improving your Instagram profile
Ideas for improving your Instagram profile

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Category: Social networking
Level: Beginner

Instagram has become a must-have social network, with 18-24 year olds spending an enormous amount of time on it and ... like all social networks its business model is to capture and resell attention. In this article, I propose a non-exhaustive list of ideas for improving your presence on this network. Put keywords in your account name and display name Instagram's search engine doesn't use the data in the "bio" to find a user, it only uses the data in the account name and display name, so...

Ludovic Frank - Freelance developer
Ludovic Frank
Mar 9, 2021
How do you back up your data?
How do you back up your data?

109 reads
Category: Computer security
Level: Confirmed beginner

Following the fire in a datacenter in France, I saw reactions on social networks such as "I've got my company in your servers", which gave me the idea of writing this article.Of course, it's not the owner of the data center who's to blame here, but accidents like this do happen, so you need to be prepared. By having a data backup strategy. Can you imagine? Losing your accounting data? I've already touched on this subject in my article "How to protect yourself from ransomware". The disaster r...

Ludovic Frank - Freelance developer
Ludovic Frank
Mar 23, 2021
MealPay, contactless payment (QR Code) for restaurateurs
MealPay, contactless payment (QR Code) for restaurateurs

109 reads
Category: Digitization
Level: Beginner

Hey, hello there ... it's been a long time ... well, a week! How have you been? Sunbathing, sunbathing? Yes, it's important to have a good time! Speaking of good times, have you been sitting on a terrace recently? No, because that's what we're going to talk about today. In fact, we're going to be talking about MealPay, a project that grew out of an adventure that began with my partner Josselin Dionisi. The QR Code as a contactless payment system In fact, the basic idea is simple: we're s...

Ludovic Frank - Freelance developer
Ludovic Frank
Jun 2, 2021
What is WEBP and why use it?
What is WEBP and why use it?

109 reads
Category: Web development
Level: Confirmed beginner

Hello there, This week we're going to be talking about image formats. In fact, this article follows on from my article on CSS, and we're going to be talking about optimizing sits, in this case images. First of all, we'll review the older image formats, find out how to optimize them and finally talk about WEBP. We'll even see how it's possible to have a site or application that uses this format automatically, as is the case on the site you're currently visiting. Other image formats We'...

Ludovic Frank - Freelance developer
Ludovic Frank
Oct 10, 2022
Arc, the browser for power-users?
Arc, the browser for power-users?

109 reads
Category: Tech tips
Level: Beginner

Hey there! 🙂 To read this article, you use a software, this software is so present in your life that now, for you it seems "part of the scenery". I'm talking, of course, about your browser 😛. Over the last ten years, we're not going to lie to ourselves, there's been one all-category champion who's been raking in all the market share, well, especially on the "desktop", I'm talking of course about Google Chrome. On mobile, this is less true, with Apple forcing the use of...

Ludovic Frank - Freelance developer
Ludovic Frank
Feb 20, 2023
What makes a good developer?
What makes a good developer?

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Category: Technology and business
Level: Beginner

Hello there, This week we're going to talk about what makes a good developer, but not in the way you might think. The idea for this article comes from the discussions I have with my customers and why they enjoy working with me. This article also comes from the fact that, last weekend, I was taking a look at the state of the infrastructure on which this site (and the customers) are hosted, and in two years a lot has happened.... Are you ready? Then let's get started. What this artic...

Ludovic Frank - Freelance developer
Ludovic Frank
Feb 6, 2023
Is it hard to learn to code?
Is it hard to learn to code?

108 reads
Category: Development
Level: Beginner

It's back to school time, and we're off to work on a new series of articles, starting with a closely related topic... ? Among the questions most often asked of a developer are : I've got a great idea! Are you up for doing the new Facebook? How much does a site cost? How hard is it to code? I'll let you make up your own mind about the first two... I'll just answer the third... ? Getting started and learning You see ads everywhere: "Become a developer in 3 months!" or "Lea...

Josselin Dionisi - Freelance developer
Josselin Dionisi
Sep 26, 2023
Which environment for MacOS development?
Which environment for MacOS development?

108 reads
Category: Tech tips

Today, we're going to talk about something that's of paramount importance to every developer: his machine! So I see you're coming, we're not going to debate which one is the best or which OS is superior to the others. 😛 Here, we'll simply give you some advice on the best tools on the Mac to get the most out of it. Homebrew, the genius in the Bottle Homebrew is the essential package manager for MacOS. It simplifies the installation, updating and management of software on your...

Josselin Dionisi - Freelance developer
Josselin Dionisi
Nov 6, 2023
Buying cheese with Bitcoin? It's possible
Buying cheese with Bitcoin? It's possible

107 reads
Category: Web development
Level: intermediate

Hello hello hello, Today, we're going to talk about my latest little adventure: enabling a 142-year-old company to accept cryptocurrencies. Setting the scene I've been working with Les Frères Marchand, for over a year now, at first we made a website together (it was Ludo Dev CMS's second instance), then we got the urge to create an online cheese shop together, which has been online since September 2021. On this cheese shop, everything is automated to simplify life for customers...

Ludovic Frank - Freelance developer
Ludovic Frank
Feb 9, 2022
What applications do I use on a daily basis?
What applications do I use on a daily basis?

107 reads
Category: Tech tips

Hello and good morning, This week I'm going to give you a short list of the applications I use on a daily basis, and more importantly ... why? First of all, I'm not talking about licenses here, and even less about commercial practices. Yes, I know that in this article I'm going to talk about companies that have commercial practices that not everyone agrees with, but I'm not going to deal with that, so try to keep that in mind when reading this article. How do I choose my tools? Actual...

Ludovic Frank - Freelance developer
Ludovic Frank
Jun 13, 2022