Maxime Perniola

Build journal

I build things, and I write down how.

Eighteen years designing software, the last few spent estimating projects rather than building them. Since February, I have been building again, myself.

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15entries published since January
7projects online and usable
100 msmaximum latency on the buzzer
18 yearsof software engineering

The journal

Build notes.

Taken while I build, published in case they are useful to someone else.

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#012

The rule applied too well

In Scopa Fortuna, the mandatory capture was right for normal cards. Extended to upgraded cards without anyone deciding it, it forbade moves the game promised.

Scopa Fortuna 6 min #041

WhatToPlay, or knowing what to launch tonight

A PS Plus subscription unlocks more than six hundred games, listed alphabetically. I built the site that ranks them by rating, every day, in 44 countries. What it does, how it works, and what it taught me.

PS Plus Catalogue 8 min #016

Ten years away from code, and what it gave me to come back

Developer, then manager, product owner, CTO, presales. Less code with every role. Why those ten years are exactly what it takes to build with AI tools, with WhatToPlay and the club website as examples.

Craft 8 min

Projects

Everything is online, everything is usable.

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Taekwondo Meylan

Full rebuild of a sports club website: migration from WordPress, online registration and payment, calendar, blog, content editable by volunteers with no technical skills.

Astro · contenu en YAML · HelloAsso Online Open ↗ (opens in a new window)

WhatToPlay

The Premium catalogue sorted by rating, cross-checked every night against four public databases across ten countries, with leaving-soon alerts and a documented methodology.

Collecte automatisée · quotidienne Updated nightly Open ↗ (opens in a new window)