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Hugo Lassiège - English
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Consumption is now a political choice. Consider the alternatives available...
November 12, 2025 at 4:02 PM
What is Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) and should we implement it ?

hugo.writizzy.com/purchasing-p...
What is Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) ?
Thinking about Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) for SaaS: should prices be adjusted according to country? Analysis of marginal costs and VPN risk
hugo.writizzy.com
November 12, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Someone tried to hack me.

This blog post is about how I detected and remediate the problem but also a discussion about the "pain in the ass driven development" framework

hugo.writizzy.com/someone-trie...
Someone tried to hack me
Lessons learned after a malicious data deletion attempt on my new SaaS. We explore the 'Pain in the Ass Driven Development' philosophy for balancing security risks and costs in early-stage products.
hugo.writizzy.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:06 PM
How to separate your build from your run on Coolify: delegate to Github action
hugo.writizzy.com/how-to-build...
How to Build with GitHub Actions or GitLab CI and Deploy to Coolify
How to offload a resource-intensive build process using GitHub Actions or GitLab CI and deploy the resulting Docker image to Coolify.
hugo.writizzy.com
November 7, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Well, apparently, the last article attracted quite a few people (400 times more than the previous one).

It was referenced on Hacker News, but I didn't expect that much traffic ^^.
November 6, 2025 at 4:57 PM
So yesterday I used Fuse and its native integration in Nuxt UI to add a kind of search window.

It's super handy because it also allows you to navigate completely with the keyboard from screen to screen.

You should take a look at ui.nuxt.com/docs/compone...
Vue DashboardSearch Component - Nuxt UI
A ready to use CommandPalette to add to your dashboard.
ui.nuxt.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:44 AM
Staying opinionated as you grow

hugo.writizzy.com/being-opinio...
Being Opinionated
Building a product is making choices. The same applies to how you talk about it.
hugo.writizzy.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Personal thoughts :

"Can You Still Learn to Draw in the Age of AI?"

hugo.writizzy.com/can-you-stil...
Can You Still Learn to Draw in the Age of AI?
After years of learning to draw, I stopped when AI arrived. As a developer, I see the same wall facing junior devs today. Did we get the future backwards?
hugo.writizzy.com
November 3, 2025 at 7:38 AM
True.
Offices can be pleasant places. But most of the time, they are noisy and inhumane.

Stacking people like stools and promoting a more humane culture is nonsense.
October 30, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Building a product alone is hard.

Not exactly breaking news, I know. But I don't think everyone gets why it's actually hard.

hugo.writizzy.com/what-i-misse...
What I Missed Working Solo
Building a product alone is hard.
hugo.writizzy.com
October 27, 2025 at 6:08 PM
"Don't ignore competitors"

"The scariest competitors will always be companies that can build quickly"

blog.staysaasy.com/p/how-to-com...
How to Compete in SaaS
The traditional advice for tech companies is that you should ignore your competitors.
blog.staysaasy.com
October 25, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Well, I finally decided to migrate to Brevo. The API is clearer and seems to have fewer limitations.

The only downside is that the official SDKs (in Java) don't work, so I had to make my own client.
Does anyone know the Mailjet API?
How do I add a sender (domain or email) that has already been deleted? How do I reactivate it?
September 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Does anyone know the Mailjet API?
How do I add a sender (domain or email) that has already been deleted? How do I reactivate it?
September 15, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Today's little discovery: www.mail-tester.com to test whether emails are classified as spam or not.
Newsletters spam test by mail-tester.com
mail-tester.com is a free online service that allows you to test your emails for Spam, Malformed Content and Mail Server Configuration problems
www.mail-tester.com
September 10, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Very good post about product leader archetypes:
www.svpg.com/product-lead...

I love the part about the risk of process people...
Product Leadership Archetypes | Silicon Valley Product Group
A partnership dedicated to teaching best practices to product teams and product leaders
www.svpg.com
August 28, 2025 at 9:38 AM
New blog post : Coming Back After a Year of Expatriation

eventuallymaking.io/2025/08/back...
Coming Back After a Year of Expatriation
A year abroad, an empty calendar, and one question: what's next? After a year in Japan, how do you restart?
eventuallymaking.io
August 10, 2025 at 9:15 AM
I was contacted by AppSumo, it's directory of application and I don't know exactly how they works.
But I'm curious and I'll investigate that this week
August 3, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Back home after a long absence. It's time to reinstall the entire development environment for hakanai.io :)
Several features in progress...
Hakanai - The Blog Toolbox
Hakanai is a powerful toolbox for blogs of all sizes, from personal stories to enterprise content.
hakanai.io
August 3, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Good blog post about 1:1 meetings

"Why senior leaders should stop having so many one on ones"

hbr.org/2025/07/why-...
Why Senior Leaders Should Stop Having So Many One-on-Ones
In most large organizations, a typical CEO’s or senior executive’s calendar is clogged with 1:1 meetings. These are usually seen as necessary for alignment, decision-making, or relationship management...
hbr.org
July 29, 2025 at 11:27 AM
I got a 4.2 review of my app on scoutforge.

"this toolbox deserves your attention" :)

scoutforge.net/reviews/haka...
Hakanai Review: The Essential Blog Growth Toolbox for Modern Content Creators
Discover how Hakanai's modular analytics, SEO, and distribution tools help bloggers grow audiences. Review covers pricing, features, and performance.
scoutforge.net
June 24, 2025 at 12:46 AM
I like this article for 2 reasons:

- First, it reminds us that we have been talking about AI for much longer than just since 2020.

- Second, it reminds us of the use and value of probabilistic AI vs. deterministic AI, which can actually be combined quite well.

www.svpg.com/creating-int...
Creating Intelligent Products  | Silicon Valley Product Group
A partnership dedicated to teaching best practices to product teams and product leaders
www.svpg.com
June 11, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I just released an SEO checker within Hakanai.io

There is a free version available on this page :

hakanai.io/products/fre...

You can audit any public page you want. If you have any feedback about it, don't hesitate to ping me.
Hakanai - SEO insights
Hakanai - Free SEO insights for your blog posts
hakanai.io
June 2, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Just translated one of my most-read French blog posts to English.

My journey as CTO at @Malt: from solo developer to leading 50+ people.

Written in 2021 but the lessons on scaling product teams still hold true.

eventuallymaking.io/2021/05/03/c...
From startup to scale-up CTO
What if I told you about the journey as a CTO, in a company from 0 to 200 people, from startup to scale-up?
eventuallymaking.io
May 27, 2025 at 8:03 AM
I used to ignore SEO completely on my blog.

I thought "corporate" blogs produced bad content for users, even if it was good for SEO.

Now I realize you can create interesting content while being SEO-performant. And I try to become good at it

blog.hakanai.io/2025/05/bala...
Blog Content Strategy: Balancing Viral and SEO Content
How to mix ephemeral viral content with evergreen SEO content for sustainable blog growth
blog.hakanai.io
May 26, 2025 at 9:58 AM