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Tim Carry @pixelastic.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

While waiting for Claude Code, I alt-tab between the terminal and a PDF book The book is called "The Book of the Dead", from Pathfinder 2e It's about raising undead to toil endlessly for you. I have never felt more like an evil necromancer commanding a braindead army in my life 💀

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Tim Carry @pixelastic.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

Tonight is gonna be Farendir Al-Katheer and Lujine Min-Mudaris wedding. And of course the PCs are invited and everything will be fine... Pathfinder Society scenario, played with Nimble rules.

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Tim Carry @pixelastic.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

J'ai commencé à lire Stormlight Archive. Ça fait deux jours, j'arrive pas à m'arrêter.

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Tim Carry @pixelastic.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

I updated from Vitest 2.x to 4.x and now I'm having failing tests. This is not because Vitest is bad, it's because it **too good**. Some tests now run in less than 1ms, which creates some weird race conditions when I was using Date.now() to "uniquely" identify things.

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Tim Carry @pixelastic.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

Week end craft. Je teste la construction de décors à base de vieille boîte, de papier à poncer et de gros sable.

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Tim Carry @pixelastic.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

J'ai le bouquin de STPo depuis Noël, et c'est seulement maintenant que je l'ai posé sur mon étagère et que je le vois de loin que je remarque ce qu'il représente. Well done.

Couverture du livre Atsemtex, de STPo, représentant un immeuble de bureaux de luxe, en forme de poing levant le majeur, au milieu d'une ville en flammes.

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Tim Carry @pixelastic.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Ça me trigger à chaque fois que je vais donner des vêtements mais tu mets pas une capacité maximum avec un range de 40 à 50 litres. Dans ce cas-là tu mets juste 50 L MAXIMUM... C'était ma minute OCD, merci de votre compréhension

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Tim Carry @pixelastic.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Tonight's game is about to start in 3... 2... 1...!

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Tim Carry @pixelastic.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Tellement d'intelligence et de punchlines dans cet épisode. S'il y a un épisode à écouter des Couilles sur la Table, c'est celui là. www.binge.audio/podcast/les-...

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Le réseau de podcast nouvelle génération

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Tim Carry @pixelastic.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

One cannot get too many dungeon tiles. And those ones are gonna me magnetized!

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Tim Carry @pixelastic.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Faire ses courses et être obligé d'écouter "Le meilleur des années 80" en fond sonore... "Joujou à la casse", par Alain Chamfort. Le feminicide en musique.

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Tim Carry @pixelastic.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Merci mais non merci Google Slide, ta suggestion n'est pas pertinente. #sexisme

Une capture écran du correcteur orthographique de Google Slide qui suggère de "corriger" le mot développeur par développeuse.

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Tim Carry @pixelastic.bsky.social · 07/12/2025

Pictures of yesterday's game, players facing a possessed adventurer in the basement of a museum, spawning a horde of otherworldly minions. Heroes prevailed, but lost one of them. Zayne, the animated golem Monk (played by a player) got overwhelmed by the minion horde and couldn't prevail

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Tim Carry @pixelastic.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Pour rappel, si vous voulez en savoir plus sur les secrets de fabrication de brefsearch.com et geeker avec moi sur le sujet, rendez-vous ce soir sur le stream de DevPropulsor à 19h

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Bref Search

Bref. J'ai cherché dans les épisodes

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Tim Carry @pixelastic.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

Si vous avez raté mon talk sur brefsearch.com au @devfestlyon.bsky.social vous pouvez retrouver la captation de la version du #devfest Nantes. m.youtube.com/watch?v=tVoh...

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Tim Carry @pixelastic.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Table ready. Books ready. Cake ready. GM screen ready. Now I just need to wait for my players to arrive. Tonight is gonna be a Pathfinder Society one-shot, played with Nimble rules.

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Tim Carry @pixelastic.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

J'ai le plaisir d'être invité au prochain livestream de Modeste (DevPropulsor), le 4 décembre à 19h ! Je parlerai de brefsearch.com - comment j'ai indexé Bref pour retrouver n'importe quelle scène instantanément. Venez avec vos questions, je répondrai à tout en direct 💬 luma.com/73998jev

Affiche du livestream de DevPropulsor du 4 décembre 2024 à 19h.
Titre : "C'était dans quel épisode déjà ? Bref, j'ai indexé une série culte". Intervenant : Tim Carry, Developer Advocate chez Algolia.
Hashtags : ai, sass, performance, frontend.
QR code d'inscription en bas à droite.
En collaboration avec GDG Afrique Francophone.

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Tim Carry @pixelastic.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Working on some calendars to show the upcoming meetups we're gonna host. Last month was busy (3 meetups) and next month will be as well.

October 2025 calendar showing tech events including a Ruby + AI meetup on the 7th, a Scaling API workflows event on the 8th, and a Ladies of Code event on the 23rd

November 2025 calendar displaying tech events including a C++ meetup on the 3rd, L'Apéro de l'IA #9 on the 18th, and a Design Ops meetup on the 20th

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Tim Carry @pixelastic.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Was at the #utopiales festival last week (sf & fantasy con, in Nantes) There were workshops for kids as well. Here are some pictures of the cardboard tower my daughter and I created. We both had a lot of fun. cc @clemlatz.dev

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Tim Carry @pixelastic.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Spent the day in React-land (not my usual habitat) The nomenclature is confusing. "Hooks" aren't hooks. "useCallback" isn't about callbacks. I wish they'd coined new terms instead of reusing existing ones with different meanings.

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Tim Carry @pixelastic.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Just binged Andor S1 & S2 (yeah, I'm late) Acting and VFX are stellar. But the storytelling? The art of building tension through each episode and season? This show is a masterpiece. Every single episode: "Wait, that was an hour already? One more...". And I don't even like Star Wars 🤷

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Tim Carry @pixelastic.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

If you missed my talk at #DevFestNantes, I'll also be at @devfestlyon.bsky.social on November 28th. The talk is about how I built brefsearch.com to search through every scene of "Bref" to find the exact scene you're looking for (in 🇫🇷). Starring CLI tools, APIs, front-end, and a bit of AI magic ✨

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Tim Carry @pixelastic.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Started a game of NoteQuest (solo dungeon exploring) with my 7yo daughter. It's supposed to be played only with pen and paper but when one has nice terrain and minis, one finds any excuse to use them.

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Tim Carry @pixelastic.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

I split the code of brefsearch.com into two repositories: - github.com/algolia/brefsearch contains the code of the one-page front-end, reading data from Algolia - github.com/algolia/brefsearch-data contains the data and the code to generate it

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Bref Search

Bref. J'ai cherché dans les épisodes

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Tim Carry @pixelastic.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Just realized I have been paying ~70€/year from my registrar for a mailbox I wasn't even using (all mails where intercepted at the DNS MX level already).

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Tim Carry @pixelastic.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

"Special character", "Machine-readable". How am I supposed to know how a machine reads my passport? I can tell you what my name is, and how it is written on my passport, but I'm not a machine and I have no idea how one will read it... It's 2025. Machines can read a "é" without exploding.

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Tim Carry @pixelastic.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

#DevFestNantes reminded me how much I love sharing on stage 🎤 So I'm already working on the abstract of another talk Before I submit to CFPs, I'd love your honest feedback on the abstract. What resonates? What's missing?

Subject, Story, Slides, Speaker: les 4S d'un talk réussi

Combien de fois avez-vous quitté un talk en ayant l'impression d'avoir perdu votre temps ?
Titre accrocheur, mais contenu hors sujet, débit monotone, ou simple énumération de faits sans fil conducteur…

Après avoir donné des dizaines de présentations et accompagné plus de 100 personnes de tous niveaux, j'ai identifié un pattern : les talks réussis reposent sur 4 piliers fondamentaux:
Subject : Choisir un sujet qui vous intéresse et résonne avec votre audience
Story : Transformer des concepts techniques en histoire captivante
Speaker : Gérer votre stress et prendre du plaisir à être sur scène
Slides : Créer des supports visuels qui aident votre message sans le noyer

Chaque pilier sera illustré par des exemples concrets et des erreurs courantes à éviter. Que vous soyez débutant·e ou confirmé·e, vous repartirez avec une checklist actionnable pour préparer votre prochain talk et monter sur scène avec confiance.

Subject, Story, Slides, Speaker: the 4S of Public Speaking

How often did you leave a talk feeling like you wasted your time? Catchy title, but off-topic content, monotonous delivery, or just a dry list of facts with no storyline…
After giving dozens of presentations and coaching over 100 people at all levels, I've identified a pattern: successful talks rely on 4 fundamental pillars:
Subject: Choose a topic that interests you and resonates with your audience
Story: Transform technical concepts into a captivating narrative
Speaker: Manage your stress and enjoy being on stage
Slides: Create visual aids that support your message without drowning it
Each pillar will be illustrated with concrete examples and common mistakes to avoid. Whether you're just starting out or already comfortable on stage, you'll leave with an actionable checklist to prepare your next talk and step up with confidence.

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Tim Carry @pixelastic.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

And the last one is projects.pixelastic.com/landscapes/, a search into all the beautiful pictures posted on r/earthporn. Data dump available here: github.com/pixelastic/l...

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Tim Carry @pixelastic.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

The third one I never finished: a search into all the incredible items from @griffonssaddlebag.bsky.social The art and flavor are absolutely fantastic. I wanted to make them easier to search and discover, but I guess it's destined to remain unfinished now. gamemaster.pixelastic.com/items/

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Tim Carry @pixelastic.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Second one to become officially "frozen" is gamemaster.pixelastic.com/maps/, a searchable list of 27k+ maps posted on r/dndmaps. Again, I can't keep it up to date because of restrictions on Reddit APIs, so it is now frozen in place. Data dump available here: github.com/pixelastic/m...

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Tim Carry @pixelastic.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

I am officially deprecating a few websites I built 3 years ago. They were all depending on me getting data from the Reddit API (and its little sister: pushshift) but as this has now been closed, it's time I officially end them. The first one is gamemaster.pixelastic.com/terrainbuild...

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Terrainbuilding

Search for terrain crafting inspiration

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Tim Carry @pixelastic.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Merci à toutes les personnes qui sont venus à mon talk hier au #devfestnantes, et qui m'ont fait plein de retours positifs. Ça fait très plaisir ! Vous m'avez donné plein d'idées améliorer le site (compteur de vues automatique, crowdsourcing des sous-titres, etc).

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Tim Carry @pixelastic.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Jeudi prochain, j'aurai la chance de présenter un de mes side projects au #DevFestNantes, à 17h50, en salle Jules Verne. > "Capitaine, capitaine, vous n'êtes pas le capitaine !" On y parlera série télé, CLI, YouTube, search et un (tout petit) peu AI.

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Tim Carry @pixelastic.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Recently I've started playing #BaldursGate3 again, and I documented it at bg3.pixelastic.com. This will give you a glance at how I play videogames. My ADHD and creative mind means I hunt exploits, glitches and other edge cases for fun. No mods, latest patch.

I stacked crates so high I hit an invisible wall.

I managed to smuggle Sussur Bloom flowers out of the Underdark, radiating an aura of anti-magic around.

I could bring Sovereign Glut, and his Bulette companion to the Overworld

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Tim Carry @pixelastic.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

@adrienjoly.com Hey, j'ai enfin pu écouter le SAV de la tech; en fait c'était ma version de l'app Spotify Android qui était trop vieille et le podcast passait pas. Mise à jour et c'est ok. En plus j'ai écouté un épisode où tu parlais de moi :) Well done, j'en écouterai d'autres

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Tim Carry @pixelastic.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

App of the day: subliminal github.com/Diaoul/subli... CLI command to automatically download subtitles for those .mp4 files you have that are definitely not copyrighted material that just so happen to sit on your hard drive. $ subliminal download -l fr ./Something - S01E14.mp4

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GitHub - Diaoul/subliminal: Subtitles, faster than your thoughts

Subtitles, faster than your thoughts. Contribute to Diaoul/subliminal development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Tim Carry @pixelastic.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

🎵 Hey, Claude, don't make it bad Take a bad code and make it better Remember to let AI into your app Then you can start to make it better 🎶

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Tim Carry @pixelastic.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

Found the original plastic toy that inspired the D&D Rust Monster

Photography of a plastic toy, supposed to be a dinosaur

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Tim Carry @pixelastic.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Day two of secret project. I realize I bought a Micro HDMI adapter, but it's a Mini HDMI adapter I need.

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Tim Carry @pixelastic.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Lucas has been one of the most incredible person to work with.

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Tim Carry @pixelastic.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

"Comment distinguer ce qu'on veut de ce qu'on ne veut pas, quand on nous apprends depuis toujours que les désirs des plus puissants que nous doivent primer ? " open.spotify.com/episode/52U9...

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Après Mazan I Réparer la société (4/4)

Les Couilles sur la table · Episode

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Tim Carry @pixelastic.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

"How many seconds of time are there in eternity?"

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Tim Carry @pixelastic.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Hey les Nantais ! 👋 Envie de donner votre premier talk mais vous ne savez pas par où commencer ? #NantesJS organise un meetup spécial mercredi pour vous aider ! J'y serai pour vous aider et vous présenter ma méthode des "4S" (Subject, Story, Slides, Speaker) www.eventbrite.fr/e/billets-le...

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Tim Carry @pixelastic.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

Yeah \o/ See you all at DevFest Nantes 2025

Screenshot of an email from DevFest Nantes stating that my talk proposal has been accepted

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Tim Carry @pixelastic.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Step 1 of secret project activated. Hmm, no step 1 was actually ordering the parts. Or was it researching for hours what those parts are? Or was it thinking about the project? Anyway, progress is being made!

A Raspberry pie, its keyboard, mouse, and various parts, still in their packaging, just received from the mail

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Tim Carry @pixelastic.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Giving away some terrain pieces I no longer need.

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Tim Carry @pixelastic.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

@adrienjoly.com j'ai essayé d'écouter le SAV de la Tech sur Spotify, mais j'ai pas l'impression que ça marche, les épisodes ne se lancent pas (et j'ai pas de message d'erreur plus précis)

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