Indie hacker,
Software engineer, founder, building in public.

I’m Nicolas, an indie hacker 👨‍💻 building software in public from Strasbourg, France. I share my journey—the wins, struggles, and lessons learned—covering dev, design, fitness, health, learning, tinkering, business, and personal growth 💪

🚀 Latest project shipped

🎯 Goal Bingo – Gamifying Productivity

2025-02-28

A bingo game for goal setting. Built with Next.js, Tailwind CSS, and TypeScript.

📰 Latest articles

Building a Chatbot for my Portfolio in one evening 🤖

May 12, 2025

I built a chatbot for my portfolio to help me answer questions about my projects, articles and more.

Building a Chrome Extension to add themes to ChatGPT 🎨

May 11, 2025

How I created a Chrome extension that adds theme options to ChatGPT, from initial setup to final submission on the Chrome Web Store.

Gamified Goals – Achieve Your Dreams Faster 🎯

February 28, 2025

How turning your goals into a game can transform your productivity and help you achieve more with less stress.

How to Handle Scope Creep and Keep Your Projects on Track 🚀

February 5, 2025

Struggling with scope creep? Learn how to control feature expansion, stay focused on your MVP, and ship your project on time with these practical strategies.

Work

Company
Nicolas Laforêt
Role
Indie hacker
Date
2024 Present
Company
Euro-Information
Role
Software Engineer
Date
2022 Present
Company
Euro-Information
Role
Software Engineer, co-op student
Date
2020 2022
Company
Nicolas Laforêt
Role
Freelance Developer
Date
2018 2020

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