Déric Marchand

Before I ever opened a terminal, I spent years immersed in stories. I studied screenwriting and earned a master's in French literature. I was drawn to structure, to the craft of shaping ideas into something that resonates. The plan was to teach — to share that passion for language and narrative with others.

Then the pandemic arrived, and like so many others, I found myself at a crossroads. With the world on pause, I had the space to ask what I really wanted to do with my life. I started tinkering with code out of curiosity, and what began as a way to pass the time quickly became something deeper. I realized that building software and crafting stories aren't as different as they seem. Both demand clarity of thought, an eye for structure, and a willingness to tear everything apart and start over when the logic doesn't quite hold.

I went all in. I taught myself, built things, broke things, and kept going. What I discovered is that programming scratches the same creative itch that writing always did, but with the added thrill of seeing your ideas come to life in real time. Every bug is a plot hole to untangle. Every architecture decision is an act break. The reasoning it takes to solve a hard problem gives me the same rush I used to get from cracking a difficult scene.

Today I work as a full stack developer, and I can honestly say I've found my path. I'm passionate about clean code, thoughtful systems, and the quiet satisfaction of a solution that just clicks. This blog is where I share what I'm learning along the way — the technical deep dives, the lessons from shipping real software, and occasionally, the unexpected ways my background in literature and storytelling still shapes how I think about code.