Driving Innovation and accelerating growth through tech leadership.

I'm Sébastien, aka Plopix, I live in California, and I come from France. I am passionate technologist, architect, and problem-solver with a deep focus on scalability, performance, DevOps, and system architecture. I thrive on optimizing systems, refining processes, and pushing the boundaries of technology—whether through clean architecture, continuous deployment, or high-performance solutions.

This is my space to share my experience, projects, and thoughts on the ever-evolving tech landscape. Welcome!

Latest publications

  • Server-side Rendering, Static Site Generation, Client-side Rendering. CSR with Prerendering, Progressive Hydration, Partial Pre rendering, etc. The differences, trade-offs, and similarities between most common web rendering solutions and why you should care about them as a developer.

  • Explore the Crystallize's Subscription API, how it works, and its benefits and differences from some competitors.

  • Dive into the intricacies of authentication vs. authorization and learn how these security measures work in tandem to safeguard systems.

  • Remix and eCommerce go well hand in hand, and we have a free open-source boilerplate for retail storefronts to prove it.

Latest talks & livestreams

  • Join us for a deep dive into building a CLI using React and Bun! In this livestream, we'll guide you through the setup process, explore the code organization and flow.

  • Explore the new Crystallize CLI and see how it simplifies tenant management, mass operations, and boilerplate setup. We'll demo key features like boilerplate installation, content model dumping, image uploads, and tenant creation to enhance your development experience.

  • The Discovery API unlocks powerful semantic search, filtering, and faceting capabilities in Crystallize. In this livestream, we walk you through how to use browse, search, and autocomplete queries efficiently. Learn how to optimize data retrieval, implement faceted search, and structure results for better performance.

  • Join us for a deep dive into the Crystallize Subscription Commerce Accelerator, powered by Next.js. In this livestream, we'll guide you through the setup process in Crystallize, explore the code organization and flow, and showcase the complete customer journey. Learn how to manage subscription contracts, handle orders, and process payments seamlessly. Don't miss this hands-on demo designed to help you accelerate your subscription commerce chops.

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