Arnaud Lier is an IT generalist with eight years of hands-on experience across web and software development and GNU/Linux systems administration, currently balancing roles at ric-rac, Lilypad and sourceXchange. He contributes to notable open-source projects—making backend fixes to the popular Pterodactyl game server panel and maintaining French translations for the Filament PHP framework—demonstrating both deep technical skill and attention to developer experience. Comfortable across PHP, React-adjacent ecosystems and containerized deployments, he repeatedly improves reliability and localization for French-speaking users. Based in Heiteren, France, Arnaud blends tinkering-led curiosity with practical production work, and often surfaces small but impactful fixes (like password length and controller-return improvements) that prevent subtle runtime issues.
8 years of coding experience
Diplôme national du brevet des collèges, Mention très bien, Diplôme national du brevet des collèges, Mention très bien at Collège Robert Schuman Volgelsheim
Information Technology, Information Technology at 42 Mulhouse
Baccalauréat sciences et technologies de l'industrie et du développement durable, ENGINEERING, Baccalauréat sciences et technologies de l'industrie et du développement durable, ENGINEERING at Lycée Blaise Pascal Colmar
Pterodactyl® is a free, open-source game server management panel built with PHP, React, and Go. Designed with security in mind, Pterodactyl runs all game servers in isolated Docker containers while exposing a beautiful and intuitive UI to end users.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Contributions:2 reviews, 7 commits, 18 PRs in 3 years 3 months
Contributions summary:Arnaud made several significant contributions to the Pterodactyl panel. They fixed a database password length issue during password resets, and added French language support. The user also made changes to database and server controllers, addressing errors and adding return statements for improved functionality. Furthermore, they modified configuration files related to the Wings auto-configuration process.
A collection of beautiful full-stack components for Laravel. The perfect starting point for your next app. Using Livewire, Alpine.js and Tailwind CSS.
Role in this project:
Localization / Internationalization Specialist
Contributions:1 review, 2 commits, 3 PRs in 15 days
Contributions summary:Arnaud's contributions primarily involve updating and maintaining French translations for the Filament PHP framework. They focused on translating various components, layouts, and tables, ensuring accurate and up-to-date language support. Their work also included correcting single quotes and generally improving the quality of the French translations. This demonstrates a focus on improving the framework's accessibility for French-speaking users.
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