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Feb 11, 2021

Living off the iPad as an Engineer

Since I transitioned from working all day on my personal MacBook Pro to receiving a work computer for a new engineering position, I decided to go for the only financially wise thing: selling my beloved 16" MacBook Pro to live off the 2018 iPad Pro I had around for iOS…

I Pad

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Living off the iPad as an Engineer
Living off the iPad as an Engineer
I Pad

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Published in Zero to Product!

·Aug 12, 2020

Creating a Wireless Charging Stand for the Essential Phone: Custom PCB and 3D Printing

The PH1, first iteration for a brand-new phone company at the time named Essential, was a first-of-its-kind. Featuring the first borderless display back in 2017 with his waterdrop notch, titanium sides, and a ceramic back, it was and still is a stunning piece of technology. Style aside, this phone had…

DIY

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Creating a Wireless Charging Stand for the Essential Phone: Custom PCB and 3D Printing
Creating a Wireless Charging Stand for the Essential Phone: Custom PCB and 3D Printing
DIY

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Published in Zero to Product!

·Jul 29, 2020

Building a Kettle Manager: Raspberry Pi, Machine Learning, and 3D Printing

I’ve got a cool kettle. Many people have got a cool kettle. It boils up water in no time. Yet if you do your tea properly, you know that fully boiled water at 100 °C is going will literally ruin the fragile green tea leaves. It’s been very common lately…

Product Design

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Building a Kettle Manager: Raspberry Pi, Machine Learning, and 3D Printing
Building a Kettle Manager: Raspberry Pi, Machine Learning, and 3D Printing
Product Design

16 min read


Published in Be Yourself

·Mar 16, 2020

Calm after Storm, the Emptiness of Completing

The last past three weeks have been a blur. With the self-imposed goal at finishing my Master’s thesis by this academic term, one and only one thing was on my mind: submitting it for the first style review, today. It’s the starting point of the next thing, yes, but this…

Personal Development

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Calm after Storm, the Emptiness of Completing
Calm after Storm, the Emptiness of Completing
Personal Development

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Published in The Writing Cooperative

·Feb 26, 2018

But Providing Value

Thoughts after 5 months of writing on Medium. — I’ve always liked words. Grammar, idioms, either in my native language or foreign. At school, I’d often spend hours refactoring every piece of writing I was assigned to. I didn’t really know why at the time. After having read thousands of Medium stories since I discovered the platform in 2015…

Medium

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But Providing Value
But Providing Value
Medium

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Published in The Startup

·Feb 5, 2018

8 Killer Habits That Made Last Month So Productive

Certainly the most productive month of my whole life. — Wow. What a month it’s been. I had planned high goals to achieve for me. But I managed to do even more. I’m almost done with a small Android app that I started to practice new skills, read two books, continued my quest for learning Mandarin Chinese, finished the new…

Productivity

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8 Killer Habits That Made Last Month So Productive
8 Killer Habits That Made Last Month So Productive
Productivity

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Published in The Startup

·Jan 1, 2018

Luck Isn’t a Thing

But rather a jealous misconception. — For the most part of my life, I have been racing in mountain bike competitions. Since I’m old enough to take part in the Elites races of my country, I’ve had to endure countless hours of training. During the season, it can easily reach 15 hours a week. And fun…

This Happened To Me

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Luck Isn’t a Thing
Luck Isn’t a Thing
This Happened To Me

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Published in The Post-Grad Survival Guide

·Dec 22, 2017

Watching TV Isn’t That Bad

In the holy place for lessons about self-improvement and success that is Medium, one can read everywhere that watching TV is one of the worst habits that someone can have, and that we should all drop it. Most Top Writers praise reading books instead. Books indeed enable continuous learning, reflexion…

Advice

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Watching TV Isn’t That Bad
Watching TV Isn’t That Bad
Advice

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Published in The Startup

·Dec 14, 2017

The Greatest Lesson Travel Taught Me About Entrepreneurship

The correct definition of a real entrepreneur. — With the incredible and barely followable pace that’s been going on in our society during the last decade, it is becoming clearer and clearer that most jobs are going to disappear. And the time schedule isn’t centuries, but rather a couple of decades, or even years. Following the path of…

Entrepreneurship

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The Greatest Lesson Travel Taught Me About Entrepreneurship
The Greatest Lesson Travel Taught Me About Entrepreneurship
Entrepreneurship

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Published in The Startup

·Dec 10, 2017

The Ultimate Trick to Stay Focused 24/7

A great way to kick yourself where it hurts, at every single new browser tab. — Focus. I really have to stay focused on this. Alright, let’s do this. Snap, I forgot to find a Christmas present for my sister. ** CTRL+T | amazon.com ** Exactly one hour later: — 911, what’s your emergency? — I lost my focus, once again, can you help me? This…

Productivity

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The Ultimate Trick to Stay Focused 24/7
The Ultimate Trick to Stay Focused 24/7
Productivity

5 min read

Pierre Jacquier

Pierre Jacquier

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Hardware Engineer at @Algolux. Computationally curious.

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