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Biomorphic Patterns This month, I put down my computer and keyboard for brush pens, rulers and compasses. I’d been wanting to dive into biomorphic patterns for months, but reading books on the subject wasn’t motivating me enough. Luckily, Domestika recently released a course by Esra Alhamal. The course is basic but visual, and that’s what’s encouraging: even with few skills, you can make something pretty. Every time I start a new art form, I forget the essential: you have to COPY first, master the movements, then INVENT. I often start projects created from scratch when I don’t have the skills for it, instead of just copying a ready-made design, making…

When I complained about the lack of tokens, a colleague of JB (thanks N.!!!) suggested I use Cursor alongside Claude Code/Codex to make up for the shortage. I found a referral link online and only paid $12 for the first month to test it (instead of $20, Pro account). The advantage of Cursor is that it has a limit monthly (no 5-hour or weekly limits like the others). For my needs, I find it great, it lets you vibe-code continuously without being interrupted by the token limit. It’s so efficient that with Cursor, I run out of projects and had to take long AI breaks 😀 You can also use…

Never coded a bot before, but want to automate messages on Telegram? Claude Code, Codex, or other AI coding assistants can handle most of the technical work for you, as long as you guide them properly. In just a few steps, you go from an idea to a bot that actually works. Here’s how to do it. Open Telegram and chat with @BotFather, the official bot that creates bots. Type /newbot, pick a name and a username (which must end in “bot”). BotFather gives you a token : a long string of characters that acts as a secret key to control your bot. Keep it safe and never share it…

I mainly use AI for my translation projects. There are many Chinese videos on YouTube, TikTok or Facebook that don’t offer automatic subtitles or automatic translation. Since I want to understand them, I created a project capable of automating much of the process: transcribe the video, translate the subtitles and, if needed, go as far as automatic dubbing into French. From this same base, it’s also possible to automatically create clippings, that is, short excerpts from the video. In this article, I’ll use the example of translating Chinese → French. But the principle can be adapted to virtually any language. I strongly encourage you to use Claude Code or Codex…

Here is a post written by a Vietnamese philosopher I deeply respect. I’ve been struggling to write a review of the Tao Te Ching for a long time and have written a few timid comments here, luckily his post perfectly sums up what I think about the Tao Te Ching. Personally, I read the Tao Te Ching from the Pléiade Collection published by Gallimard (Fnac link, Amazon link), but I think there are certainly other editions that are cheaper. Reading the Tao Te Ching will open the doors to the I Ching. Tao Te Ching: The Summit of Human Wisdom, by Dang Than If you want to avoid all the…

Reaching Excellence (Amazon, Fnac) is a book I read very regularly (I’ve talked about it before). Whenever I want to boost myself to work on a project or acquire a skill, I read a few excerpts and it reminds me that I need to go further, to motivate myself fully, and that 10,000 hours of practice await me. From the outset, Robert Greene presents mastery as the result of a long process of learning, practice, creativity, and self-knowledge. Mastery is neither a mysterious gift nor a privilege reserved for geniuses. It results from an accessible process: choosing a field aligned with your inclinations, studying it extensively, practicing with discipline, experimenting,…