Selling Snipcart: Part Three
Red tape, champagne, and a mixed bag of tears.…
Selling Snipcart: Part Two
I don’t want to sugarcoat this piece into a fairy tale. Of course there were frictions. Georges, for one, did not want to sell the business.…
Selling Snipcart: Part One
The last 7 months have been f*cking crazy. I worked, learned, argued, dreamt, and stressed more than I usually do. Why? We sold Snipcart.…
You talk too much
It's a weird feeling. Like having nothing and everything to say at the same time. It's been with me for weeks now. No clear words, just... pressure. Building up. I used to release it regularly in my twenties. I'd blog my heart out. Felt good, for the most part. Now…
How does the internet work?
Ah, Internet. Feels like we're swimming in it these days. No wonder we take it for granted. But like power, when it goes down, we get glimpses of medieval times where you couldn't get millions of answers to any question in milliseconds. Scary stuff. I often have moments of metacognition…
The bootstrap Jamstack
Hey, I’m Franck. 👋 I run a developer-first e-commerce solution, and I try my best to grow a healthy bootstrapped company. It’s called Snipcart, and we’re based in beautiful Québec. Our product is part of the Jamstack ecosystem. If you don’t know what that is, no worries.…
On contrast
con·trast, noun, /ˈkänˌtrast/ the state of being strikingly different from something else in juxtaposition or close association.Adult life sucks us in, for better or worse. We start careers, families, homes—then time shrinks. Where you saw friends & relatives twice a week, you now see them once a…
A developer's guide to headless e-commerce
Let’s talk about modern e-commerce. Many call it Jamstack or headless commerce. They’re umbrella terms—helpful yet confusing. I try my best not to indulge in cynicism, so I won’t label them buzzwords. This post will unpack these concepts. It will also contrast traditional approaches with modern…
So you want to be a strategist
I’ve heard marketing youngbloods utter these words A LOT: I want to work in an agency—with multiple clients. Feels so refreshing to meet new people and discover new industries!I want to create strategies to help many businesses succeed in the modern marketing landscape.I want to charge…
Hellblade
“This is the best game I’ve ever played!” —me, finishing Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice. Now, it wasn’t the first time I had uttered these words. Other titles got the same post-credits praise: The Last of UsGod of WarMetal Gear Solid 4 & 5The Last of Us gutted the…