I am Gabriel Pichot

Freelance web developer based in Paris, France

I specialize in building modern web applications with React, Next.js, TypeScript, and Node.js. My passion is creating solutions that work, both today and tomorrow.

I share my knowledge through training sessions, workshops, and speaking engagements.

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Simplify TanStack React Query State Handling with Pattern Matching

Apr 19, 2025

How pattern matching can help elegantly handle different states (loading, error, success, empty) of TanStack React Query, making your components cleaner and more type-safe.

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Visualizing React re-renders for educational purposes

Apr 12, 2025

Learn how to build a custom debug component that visually highlights when React components re-render. This powerful technique helps identify performance bottlenecks and understand React's rendering behavior.

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Memoizing components in React: a case for useMemo

Apr 11, 2025

React.memo is often used to optimize component rendering, but useMemo offers more control and transparency. This article explains why useMemo could be a solution too to memoize components in React applications until the React Compiler take care of it for us.

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Speaking & Teaching

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Building and deploying a model in the browser to do gesture recognition

The more we advance, the more computers can do things we once thought impossible. This presentation demonstrates building privacy-first gesture recognition directly in the browser by combining MediaPipe with lightweight TensorFlow models. See the journey from training data to a React application that recognizes hand movements - all client-side with no data leaving the device.

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Zero to 100 Million: going beyond Node.js Runtime Limits

Node.js is a powerful tool for building scalable applications, but it has its limits. In this talk, we will explore how to overcome Node.js runtime limits. Using the Fibonacci function, we will start with naive recursive implementations, and then demonstrates progressive improvements through dynamic programming, BigInts, matrix exponentiation, and asynchronous processing. We will learn practical strategies to optimize JavaScript for intensive calculations while maintaining application responsiveness, including worker threads and Rust integration through N-API.

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Featured Workshops

React Fundamentals
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This three-day workshop teaches JavaScript developers how to build dynamic applications with React.js. Participants learn core concepts including component architecture, hooks, virtual DOM, JSX, state management, routing, and API integration using TypeScript. The training progresses from React fundamentals to advanced ecosystem tools, providing hands-on experience through real-world project development.

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React Advanced
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The intensive 3-day Advanced React Development training equips experienced developers with the skills to build complex, performant applications using React v18 and TypeScript. Participants master advanced patterns, performance optimization techniques, professional testing strategies, and modern state management with React Query. Available remotely or on-site, this hands-on program delivers immediate value through practical application of industry best practices.

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