Apple Platforms Developer and Certified Trainer. Building macOS apps @withbeside 🫶 Previously @getonbeam
Québec, QC, CA
Joined April 2007
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Ludovic OLLAGNIER retweeted
A few thoughts on the human/agent interface.
andgodspeed.com/blog/over-th…
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The graphics fidelity of the Apple Vision Pro keeps surprising me. VisionOS27 introduces physical space lighting that allows me to blend virtual illumination with my real-world environment. In this demo I used the Logitech Muse to act as a virtual flashlight. ISS 3D model by NASA
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Swift Package Index has become an essential part of the Swift ecosystem, and joining Apple strengthens it as it continues its mission. Learn more: swift.org/blog/swift-package…
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We raised $6M led by Sequoia to build the future of travel.
Watch me plan a perfect trip to Mexico City in 3 minutes.
Flights, hotels and a full itinerary that matches my preferences. All bookable on the spot.
Available today, free to use.
Ludovic OLLAGNIER retweeted
Memory-safe. 13% faster on average. ⚡️ The TrueType hinting interpreter in macOS and iOS has been rewritten in Swift, replacing the original C implementation. Pixel-perfect accuracy was validated across 27 million glyphs. And the results: swift.org/blog/migrating-tru…
Ludovic OLLAGNIER retweeted
Meet Odessia.
She plans and books entire trips in one conversation.
Apparently, she's the goddess of travel.
Ludovic OLLAGNIER retweeted
gpt-image-2 is here, available today in the API and Codex.
The most capable image generation model yet, built for production-grade workflows with stronger text rendering, layout, editing, resolution, and multilingual rendering.
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"Using coding agents well is taking every inch of my 25 years of experience as a software engineer, and it is mentally exhausting.
I can fire up four agents in parallel and have them work on four different problems, and by 11am I am wiped out for the day.
There is a limit on human cognition. Even if you're not reviewing everything they're doing, how much you can hold in your head at one time. There's a sort of personal skill that we have to learn, which is finding our new limits. What is a responsible way for us to not burn out, and for us to use the time that we have?" @simonw
"Using coding agents well is taking every inch of my 25 years of experience as a software engineer."
Simon Willison (@simonw) is one of the most prolific independent software engineers and most trusted voices on how AI is changing the craft of building software. He co-created Django, coined the term "prompt injection," and popularized the terms "agentic engineering" and "AI slop."
In our in-depth conversation, we discuss:
🔸 Why November 2025 was an inflection point
🔸 The "dark factory" pattern
🔸 Why mid-career engineers (not juniors) are the most at risk right now
🔸 Three agentic engineering patterns he uses daily: red/green TDD, thin templates, hoarding
🔸 Why he writes 95% of his code from his phone while walking the dog
🔸 Why he thinks we're headed for an AI Challenger disaster
🔸 How a pelican riding a bicycle became the unofficial benchmark for AI model quality
Listen now 👇
youtu.be/wc8FBhQtdsA
Ludovic OLLAGNIER retweeted
Coming out of stealth after 18 months and raising $32M on the announcement?
That's exactly what @maximegermain and his team at @withbeside did.
Ludovic OLLAGNIER retweeted
For 100M+ Americans—contractors, realtors, landscapers, and other business owners—work happens by phone.
We’re excited to partner with @maximegermain and Beside as they announce $32M in funding and bring AI to these workers powering the real economy.
indexventures.com/perspectiv…
Ludovic OLLAGNIER retweeted
The real economy runs on calls & texts
...invisible to AI.
Today, @withbeside announces a raised $32M to rebuild the phone,
serving 20k+ businesses across the US.
Ludovic OLLAGNIER retweeted
Today, we’re launching Beside out of stealth with $32M from @IndexVentures & @eqtventures (+ many great investors/angels) to build the conversation layer for AI.
20k+ individuals and 600+ businesses now run their day through Beside: we answer the phone, text messages, take notes & update your tools.
We began by rebuilding the Phone & Messages app on iOS
We’re now launching with macOS & Android.
Read our story here: fortune.com/2025/11/11/besid…
Ludovic OLLAGNIER retweeted
still very very early to join us - multi million arr - 60%+ m/o/m and US top charts
speedrunning in stealth a legendary execution - dm me!
We’re hiring iOS engineers to join our 20 people team - we’re very well funded and growing very rapidly - now is the time!
Team is from Sunrise, Beam, Apple, Jour, Twitter & product design by @_bgian
remote or in-office NY / Paris
Ludovic OLLAGNIER retweeted
I've sold Sunrise to Microsoft for $100M 🌅
Today I'm introducing my new project: WorkflowAI 🚀
The open-source platform for building AI features.
Used by companies ($141M+ raised) with 1,000,000+ AI feature uses last week alone.
Building an AI feature in 1 minute. Read ⬇️
Ludovic OLLAGNIER retweeted
We’re hiring iOS engineers to join our 20 people team - we’re very well funded and growing very rapidly - now is the time!
Team is from Sunrise, Beam, Apple, Jour, Twitter & product design by @_bgian
remote or in-office NY / Paris
Ludovic OLLAGNIER retweeted
Fear not, I still have plenty of bizarre macOS behavioral workarounds even without macOS 12.
