Thibaut Decombe
Lead Developer at Hello Watt
Paris, Ile-de-France
Summary
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Top SchoolThibaut Decombe is a Lead Developer based in Paris with five years of hands-on experience building and optimizing back-end systems and full-stack web applications. A Centrale Lyon engineering student, he progressed from full-stack roles to technical leadership at Hello Watt, where he now leads development efforts. He is an active open-source contributor with practical improvements to Django tooling, Firebase Cloud Messaging integrations, and Ansible modules—work that focuses on performance, robustness, and modernizing code patterns. Comfortable bridging product and engineering, he also brings data-analysis experience from SaaS product management and prior analytics roles, giving him a pragmatic, metrics-driven approach to feature delivery. Notably, his open-source contributions include refactors that both speed up push notification delivery and modernize Django admin and URL handling, reflecting a focus on maintainable, high-impact change.
5 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Classe préparatoire PTSI/PT* , Classe préparatoire PTSI/PT* at Lycée La Martinière MonplaisirDiplôme d'ingénieur Ingénierie, Diplôme d'ingénieur Ingénierie at Centrale Lyon
Github Skills (27)
url-routing10
pytest10
admin10
python10
django10
ansible-collections10
testing10
apple-push-notifications10
push-notifications10
custom-ui10
homebrew10
customisation10
ansible10
ansible-galaxy10
admin-interface10
Programming languages (10)
Github contributions (5)
adamchainz/django-upgrade
Aug 2022 - Nov 2022
Automatically upgrade your Django projects.
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:21 reviews, 15 commits, 23 PRs in 2 months
Contributions summary:Thibaut primarily contributed to improving the Django project by refactoring and enhancing URL handling and admin interface functionality. They updated Django's URL patterns, converting calls to `re_path()` to the new `path()` syntax, and extended these changes to include `include()` calls. Additionally, they modernized the admin interface by rewriting `admin.site.register()` calls to use the `@admin.register()` decorator, supporting custom admin sites and handling multiple model registrations. These changes involved modifying code across multiple files and aligning with Django's best practices.
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ansible-collections/community.general
Oct 2024 - Feb 2025
Ansible Community General Collection
Role in this project:Back-end Developer
Back-end DeveloperContributions:4 reviews, 6 PRs, 15 comments in 4 months
Contributions summary:Thibaut primarily contributed to the Ansible community.general collection, specifically focusing on enhancing the `homebrew` module. Their work involved optimizing the module's performance, fixing bugs related to alias handling, and making the module more resilient to irregular edge cases. These improvements included refactoring to reduce redundant function calls, streamlining package management operations, and ensuring the module correctly handles different package naming conventions. Their contributions involved significant code changes, testing, and the addition of changelog fragments.
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