Achille Lacoin
Fondateur
Paris, Ile-de-France
Summary
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Top SchoolAchille Lacoin is a founder and software engineer based in Paris with 10 years of hands-on experience spanning data engineering, full‑stack development, and developer tooling. He has shipped production data and ML-related systems at Dailymotion and contributed to developer-centric open source like Excalidraw (improving export/embedding and SVG handling) and Raycast (script commands and extensions), showing a knack for improving integrations and UX. Comfortable across TypeScript/React front ends, shell scripting, and data pipelines, he blends pragmatic engineering with product-minded thinking. His background includes academic R&D on eye physiology detection and practical projects in clustering and CI/Docker-powered web apps, reflecting both research depth and delivery focus. Now leading Smallweb, he pairs entrepreneurial drive with a track record of making developer-facing features more robust and interoperable.
10 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Diplôme d'ingénieur, Computer Science, Diplôme d'ingénieur, Computer Science at Institut national des Sciences appliquées de RouenPrépa PC, ENGINEERING, Prépa PC, ENGINEERING at Lycée Gustave Monod
English, German
Github Skills (24)
javascript10
scripting10
raycast10
typescript10
bash10
script10
api10
raycasting10
typescript-types10
sh10
typescripts10
shell10
react10
apim9
canvas9
Programming languages (15)
Github contributions (5)
raycast/extensions
Oct 2021 - Jan 2023
Everything you need to extend Raycast.
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:64 reviews, 31 commits, 41 PRs in 1 year 3 months
Contributions summary:Achille contributed to the development of the Raycast extensions, focusing on enhancing existing functionalities and adding new features. Their work included implementing a new action to open GitHub repositories in a web editor, demonstrating front-end development skills with TypeScript and React. The user also contributed to the Bitwarden extension by adding features such as searching and providing support for Apple Silicon Macs.
raycast
raycast/script-commands
Mar 2021 - Apr 2022
Script Commands let you tailor Raycast to your needs. Think of them as little productivity boosts throughout your day.
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:6 reviews, 21 commits, 12 PRs in 1 year 1 month
Contributions summary:Achille primarily contributed to the development of script commands for the Raycast application. They implemented shell scripts for various functionalities, including interacting with external tools like `tldr` and `ddgr`. The user also developed scripts that integrate with applications such as Tunnelblick and Kit, and refactored the script structure. Furthermore, the user demonstrated a strong understanding of scripting and integrating external tools within the context of a productivity application.
raycast
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