Laurent Poulain

Laurent Poulain

Greater Boston
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Articles by Laurent

  • The evolution of "fake it 'till you make it"

    According to Ars Technica, Amazon quietly shut down its "Just Walk Out" grocery stores. More interestingly, the AI…

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  • AI decisions when you're Google

    With the buzz around OpenAI followed by the Gemini fiasco, Google CEO Sundar Pichai has been under pressure to turn…

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  • The future of AI: accept uncertainty

    Plenty has been written about AI, especially since the release of ChatGPT. My take is: accept uncertainty.

    8 Comments
  • Deep dive: impressive compiler optimizations

    Modern compilers can have some pretty advanced optimizations. Here's an example with a recursive function.

  • Technological revolutions in the rearview mirror

    Many new technologies are touted as "revolutions", coming with many grand predictions. But what actually happens is not…

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  • Le nouveau modèle économique du Web3

    L'un des mots à la mode ces temps-ci est "Web3". Mais en quoi cela consiste-t-il et comment diffère-t-il du Web 2.

    5 Comments
  • Web3's Different Business Model

    One of the new buzzwords these days is "Web3". But what does it do and how is it different from Web 2.

    3 Comments
  • What future for autonomous driving?

    Autonomous driving has been in the headlines for years. However it always seems "a few years away.

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  • The year of ARM

    If ARM is the top company for embedded devices and smartphone CPUs, it has struggled to compete in the…

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  • Intel s'est fait doubler? Comment est-ce arrivé?

    Avec Apple qui vient d'annoncer ses premiers Mac à base de processeur ARM, Intel se fait doubler par des processeurs…

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Volunteer Experience

  • Green Streets Initiative Graphic

    Developer

    Green Streets Initiative

    - 6 months

    Environment

    Helping maintain the website. Fixing bugs, writing automated tests, etc.

  • Developer

    SunGate

    - Present 9 years 5 months

    Economic Empowerment

    Helping the development of a Pay-As-You-Go system to sell affordable solar systems in South Sudan. The technical part involves Salesforce in the backend and a native Android App as a front end.

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Projects

  • CHAOS operating system

    A small operating system I am writing in C in order to better understand how operating systems work.

    See project
  • Enfr

    A non-profit website dedicated to help the French-speaking communities in Boston and San Diego Initially written in PHP, the site was rewritten in Django and Python.

    See project

Languages

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • French

    Native or bilingual proficiency

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