I’m a data & product engineer (whatever that means). I’ve wandered through journalism, retail, professional sport, music, and software—always searching for the invisible threads between them. Sharing what we’ve lived through helps others find their path while reshaping our own. I love mixing ideas from distant places to build something new. French by blood, human by heart. Writing about engineering, data and design at From An Engineer Sight. Writing about life at Liminal Duality. — Benoit

PHYSICAL

• STAUB Dutch oven/cocotte. Cooking is one of the most peaceful, human, and pleasant activities for me. This classic cocotte allows me to make any French classic, and waiting 3 hours to see that bourguignon come out dark, caramelized and ready for sharing within your family is the best emotion you can get from such a simple iron cocotte.
• Simple binder. As an avid reader of blog posts, I tried several things (Remarkable, iPad, Kindle, etc.). But in the end, printing sheets of paper and putting them in a simple transparent binder is the best I have found. Less screen, fewer notifications, and the feeling of true simple paper is inequitable.
• Hugo Boss Coat. It’s made from Italian fabric, it’s expensive, but as my mom says, “Quality stays, price vanishes” (a very bad motto when you go shopping...). Having a top-quality coat makes it easy to go outside when it’s cold. It’s also comforting when you go out at night—it’s almost like being in bed already. You don’t leave it on a random chair. You look for a coat rack nearby. You take care of it, as it takes care of you.

DIGITAL

• TheNewPrinter: my vibe-coded project to print blog posts on paper with a basic template to make them look like a quality newspaper.
• The intro video of Dynamicland project. I hope the future of computing interface is taking this direction.

INVISIBLE

“Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened”

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