I’m a Libre Software Craftsman.
My name is Kevin Ottens and I live in France. In general, I love to learn new things regularly which can be technical or about soft skills. Because of that depending who you talk to, you can get a very different picture:
But really even in the different facets above, I always feel like there’s more to learn and more progress to be made. In fact I’m just a mere explorer.
If you want more exhaustive and professional information, you can also download my formal resume.
Let’s go for my web review for the week 2026-09.
Tags: tech, usb, repair
Since these ports are becoming more and more pervasive, it’s nice to see a replaceable and repairable option on the market.
https://hackaday.com/2026/02/26/easily-replaceable-usb-c-port-spawned-by-eu-laws/
Tags: politics, ethics, culture
The previous piece about the disagreement with Cory Doctorow was a good one even though I didn’t put it in my review. This one is more important though! It’s a necessary reminder that we can’t put allies on a pedestal and then scream at them making mistakes or having different opinions. We can’t afford this kind of purity culture… Especially right now.
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