Dijon
France · 2002 – 2004
Education ISAIP 2002 – 2004
International project manager in IT & networks
Computer engineering & networks degree with an international project-management focus.
Available
I build web apps & tools from idea to deployment.
Baptiste Bouillot, CTO and product engineer based in Nantes, France. 15+ years of experience across startups, agencies and personal projects. I design and develop web applications, business tools and SaaS — from brief to production.
Web apps SaaS Business tools Open-source
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Journey
From Dijon to Nantes, 20 years across Europe.
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Dijon
· 2002 – 2004ISAIP 2002 – 2004International project manager in IT & networks
Computer engineering & networks degree with an international project-management focus.
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Liverpool
· 2003Liverpool Hope University 2003Erasmus — one semester
Exchange semester at Liverpool Hope University.
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Barcelone
· 2004Universitat de Barcelona 2004Erasmus — one semester
Exchange semester in Barcelona.
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Strasbourg
· 2004 – 2005Université de Strasbourg 2004 – 2005MSc — Computer Engineering
Master's degree in computer engineering.
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Paris
· 2005 – 2011IRCAM 2005 – 2006Developer
Online resource site on contemporary music creation and a federated search engine over the media library (OAI-PMH, XML/SDX, 4D/Oracle/MySQL).
IRI — Centre Pompidou 2007 – 2008R&D Developer
Built “Lignes de temps”, a film annotation and analysis tool (ActionScript 3 / Flash), plus community publishing tools.
MagicRPM 2008 – 2011Web developer
Ran and built the online edition of the music magazine — the web extension of the print publication.
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Berlin
· 2012 – 2013Deezer 2012 – 2013Senior Software Engineering — R&D
Built Deezer's R&D unit in Berlin: audio fingerprinting (Echoprint / Echonest print server), secure C/C++ player, metadata enrichment. Partnerships with Echonest, Gracenote, Orange Labs, LIP6.
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Nantes
· 2016 → aujourd'huiMatière Noire 2016 – 2021CTO Innovation / Co-founder
Co-founder & CTO of a design & development studio — from 0 to 25 people, then exit.
Dernier Cri 2021 – 2024Chief Technology Officer
Technical direction of a tech & product agency.
Collectif Ultraviolette 2024 → aujourd'huiIndependent — Open-source & SaaS Builder
Building and shipping products: Pinpoint, Tinywind, Hive Desktop, Stackly, Paperboy, Pennywize…
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Selected work
The projects that best represent what I do today.
Open-source · 2026
Pinpoint
macOS menu-bar app that captures your screen, lets you drop numbered markers on what matters, and copies a ready-to-paste prompt for your AI agent.
SwiftSwiftUImacOSAI Agents
View case study → Game · 2026
Tinywind
A tiny HTML5 sailing game — hold the tiller with the wind, trim your sail, and cannon your targets in slow-motion.
GameHTML5 CanvasJavaScriptIndie
View case study → Experiment · 2026
Hive Desktop
AI agent orchestration app — a local ticket backlog dispatched to parallel sub-agents, each isolated in its own git worktree.
macOSAI AgentsOrchestrationDX
View case study → Experiment · 2026
Stackly
macOS app to organize Safari tabs into themed stacks — switch between projects in one click.
SwiftSwiftUImacOSSafari
View case study → Experiment · 2025
Dart Matter
iOS dart scoring app — fast interface, Cricket and X01 game modes.
SwiftSwiftUIiOSMobile
View case study → SaaS · 2024
Paperboy
Content curation and newsletter distribution platform for agencies and creators.
Laravel 12Livewire 3Tailwind CSSSQLite
View case study → SaaS · 2024
Tolery.io
AI-powered CAD file generation SaaS — describe your part, get a STEP file in 2 minutes.
Laravel 12Filament 4StripeThree.js
View case study → SaaS · 2025
Pennywize
AI financial copilot for freelancers — describe your situation, get a clear budget without any forms.
Laravel 12Livewire 3OpenAITailwind CSS
View case study → Open-source · 2023
Filament Jobs Monitor
Laravel package to monitor background jobs — works with all drivers, lightweight Horizon alternative.
LaravelFilamentOpen-sourcePackage
View case study → Legacy · 2012-2013
Deezer — R&D Unit
Creation and management of an R&D unit in Berlin — music recommendation, academic and industry partnerships.
R&DDataC/C++Partenariats
View case study → Company · 2016-2021
Matière Noire
Co-founder and CTO of a digital agency — from 0 to 25 employees, then company sale.
EntrepreneuriatLeadershipCTOAgency
View case study → Experiment · 2024
NotchHub
macOS utility that transforms the notch into a unified notification and system status hub.
SwiftSwiftUImacOSIndie
View case study → 02
Open-source
Packages I maintain and ship to the community.
Filament Job Monitor
245★
Jobs monitoring + UI for Filament.
GitHub →Zed for Laravel
92★
Editor integration & tooling.
GitHub →Pinpoint
14★
Screen capture + prompts for AI agents. SwiftUI, native macOS.
GitHub → 03
Music
30 years of practice. Same approach as code: iteration, rigor, energy.
Punk / Hardcore / Garage 2018–présent
Vigilante
Guitare
Nantes-based punk hardcore garage. Raw energy, aggressive riffs, explosive live shows. Currently active project.
Punk-rock français 2008–2014
Poésie Zéro
Guitare, composition
French punk-rock. 4 albums, committed lyrics, stage energy. A foundational project that taught me the rigor of collective work.
Pop-punk 2009–2011
Sheldon Cooper's Spot
Guitare
Melodic and energetic pop-punk. Catchy riffs, anthemic choruses. A fun, no-frills project.
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Let's build something useful.
If you want a builder who ships, iterates, and cares about craft.