Hi, I'm Laurent. Freelance Django web developer based in Toulon, France.

Since 2009, I've worked with government bodies, non-profits, research teams and small organisations to build digital tools you'll still be able to run, read and evolve five years from now. My work rests on a simple principle: the code should serve the project, not the other way around.

Three constants: collaboration before delivery, lightweight solutions before over-engineering, sound practice before showmanship. Python, Django, PostgreSQL — battle-tested, robust, mastered, no surprises.

I work mainly on useful projects where the human relationship matters as much as the delivery. Hands in the grease, eyes on the horizon.

• i. Understand before coding. Break down the jargon barriers, speak the same language as your team, frame the real need — not the one imagined from a brief.
• ii. Iterate pragmatically. Usable releases early, a direction we adjust together rather than a brief carved in stone.
• iii. Longevity. I love projects built to last, ones that will still be useful years from now — like those old tools handed down through generations and still doing their job.
• iv. Handover. Commented code, readable documentation, knowledge transfer to your team. The project has to stand without me.
• v. Generative AI, in moderation. Hard to avoid these days. I fold it into my work, aware of its strengths and its limits.