https://maxence.maireaux.fr/en VP of Engineering by day, Indie Hacker by night. I write about engineering leadership, tooling, and building products. en https://maxence.maireaux.fr/en/blog/why-our-ai-agents-live-in-slack How we deployed a team of AI agents directly in Slack at Formance — with NixOS for reproducibility, Hermes Agents for orchestration, and Silicon Valley characters to bring them to life. Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://maxence.maireaux.fr/en/blog/why-our-ai-agents-live-in-slack https://maxence.maireaux.fr/en/blog/i-pit-two-ais-against-each-other-in-code-review How I stopped winging it with AI and built a real process where Claude Code and Codex challenge each other before I look at a single line. Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://maxence.maireaux.fr/en/blog/i-pit-two-ais-against-each-other-in-code-review https://maxence.maireaux.fr/en/blog/debugging-smartly-follow-the-chain Too many engineers jump straight into the code when something breaks. The right approach? Start from the outside — traces, logs, metrics — and work your way methodically toward the core of the system. Tue, 23 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://maxence.maireaux.fr/en/blog/debugging-smartly-follow-the-chain https://maxence.maireaux.fr/en/blog/when-infrastructure-fails-why-trolling-has-to-stop It's always the same: when a provider runs into trouble, customers of the competitors troll instead of sending support. It's time we talked about it. Mon, 20 Oct 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://maxence.maireaux.fr/en/blog/when-infrastructure-fails-why-trolling-has-to-stop https://maxence.maireaux.fr/en/blog/github-compliance-action Discover how to automate and maintain GitHub repository compliance with GitHub Compliance, an open-source CLI for standardizing configurations and strengthening security. Mon, 15 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://maxence.maireaux.fr/en/blog/github-compliance-action https://maxence.maireaux.fr/en/blog/why-adopt-nix-devshells-reproducible-environments The perfect development environment, finally reproducible. My experience with Nix and why this solution changes everything. Wed, 10 Sep 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://maxence.maireaux.fr/en/blog/why-adopt-nix-devshells-reproducible-environments https://maxence.maireaux.fr/en/blog/mutating-registry-webhook-kubernetes Introducing Mutating Registry Webhook, a Kubernetes webhook that automates Docker image URL rewriting to implement advanced caching and routing strategies. Tue, 01 Jul 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://maxence.maireaux.fr/en/blog/mutating-registry-webhook-kubernetes https://maxence.maireaux.fr/en/blog/sampling-s3-monitoring-nightmare Why sampling and S3 storage have become the worst enemies of effective monitoring, and how these practices compromise operational visibility. Sun, 15 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://maxence.maireaux.fr/en/blog/sampling-s3-monitoring-nightmare https://maxence.maireaux.fr/en/blog/ai-supercharges-my-developer-workflow A concrete look at how I use AI copilots to plan architecture faster, iterate on code, and ship with more confidence every day. Sat, 07 Jun 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://maxence.maireaux.fr/en/blog/ai-supercharges-my-developer-workflow https://maxence.maireaux.fr/en/blog/understanding-managing-ego-engineering-teams How hero culture hinders collaboration, quality, and innovation — and what practices to adopt to put the collective back at the center. Sat, 17 May 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://maxence.maireaux.fr/en/blog/understanding-managing-ego-engineering-teams https://maxence.maireaux.fr/en/blog/pull-request-velocity Discover how effective Pull Request management can significantly accelerate code delivery, improve quality, and strengthen engineering team motivation. This article presents concrete strategies to optimize your code review process. Sat, 12 Apr 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://maxence.maireaux.fr/en/blog/pull-request-velocity https://maxence.maireaux.fr/en/blog/my-second-brain-how-ai-transformed-my-daily-organization Discover how I built an intelligent personal knowledge management system using Notion AI, automation tools, and smart workflows to capture, organize, and retrieve information effortlessly. Wed, 31 Jul 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://maxence.maireaux.fr/en/blog/my-second-brain-how-ai-transformed-my-daily-organization