# KRDN.IO > I take photos of birds, wildlife, and documentaries. Follow me ! Public Ghost content for AI and LLM tooling. Use `/llms-full.txt` for consolidated page and post context. Append `.md` to any post or page URL to get the content in Markdown (for example, `/example-post.md`). ## Pages - [Hello! My name is André, and I am the technical director of a group of startups, as well as a photojournalist and animal lover](https://www.krdn.io/about.md) - I live in Paris, France, which sounds luxurious until you realize that I spend most of my time either hunched over a terminal debugging someone else's nightmare or running down muddy trails as if I'm being chased by demons. Spoiler alert: the demons are in my head I work and help with the technical… - [Account](https://www.krdn.io/account.md) - [Archive](https://www.krdn.io/archive.md) - [Authors](https://www.krdn.io/authors.md) - [Blog](https://www.krdn.io/blog.md) - Hello again, here I write about myself, my work, photography, and other things that are worth mentioning on the pages of this website - [Сontact](https://www.krdn.io/contact.md) - Want to have coffee in Paris? Discuss server configuration issues? Or just chat about life? Write to me, I'm always happy to meet new people - - [FAQ](https://www.krdn.io/faq.md) - [France](https://www.krdn.io/france.md) - A page with useful information that may come in handy in one way or another while living in France Everything written and listed on this page is based solely on my personal experience, and in one way or another, I have used all of these things Banks and banking services for businesses; I have corpo… - [Membership](https://www.krdn.io/membership.md) - [Portfolio](https://www.krdn.io/portfolio.md) - Animals Landscapes Portraits Journalistic - [Press](https://www.krdn.io/press.md) - A collection of publications where I am a co-author in one way or another - Photography Me as a photographer Open innovation : La Pixellerie accompagne Radio France dans la conception d’un outil de sensibilisation IA – HyperradioRetour sur la collaboration Sandbox Radio France avec La Pixellerie et… - [Reboot](https://www.krdn.io/signin.md) - Oh, you’re back - nice. Sign in and pick up where you left off (no small talk, no bullshit) - [Initiate](https://www.krdn.io/signup.md) - New here? Sign up - this is the part where future-you says “finally.” Create an account and join the chaos; it’s surprisingly well-engineered - [Subscribe](https://www.krdn.io/subscribe.md) - [What To Read?](https://www.krdn.io/tags.md) ## Posts - [Photos: The fifth angel sounded his trumpet …](https://www.krdn.io/photos-the-fifth-angel-sounded-his-trumpet.md) - The fifth angel sounded his trumpet, and I saw a star that had fallen from the sky to the earth. The star was given the key to the shaft of the Abyss. When he opened the Abyss, smoke rose from it like the smoke from a gigantic furnace. The sun and sky were darkened by the smoke from the Abyss ... - [Weekly Bullshit Roundup #17](https://www.krdn.io/weekly-bullshit-roundup-17.md) - The posts started coming out closer to Monday because I decided that the weekend should be a weekend - a time when you can just lie around and do nothing (though, contrary to that, I actually got quite a lot done over the weekend) France is currently experiencing its third heat wave, with temperatu… - [Weekly Bullshit Roundup #16](https://www.krdn.io/weekly-bullshit-roundup-16.md) - I like this scene. I like how the field is divided into two parts in it It’s kind of like where I am right now, living between two countries. I’m wrapping up my adventure in Germany and heading back home to France. The ENDOless adventure in Germany has come to an end for this stage of my life. They… - [Photos: Degmarn, It's Time to Say Goodbye](https://www.krdn.io/photos-degmarn-its-time-to-say-goodbye.md) - Today I almost started believing in the supernatural. I’ve lived in this city for almost three months (not counting the time I was on sick leave in France), and whenever I had the chance, I’d go for walks in the local forest with my camera. And it seems that today, when it’s time to pack my bags an… - [Thoughts aloud: The Rain](https://www.krdn.io/thoughts-aloud-the-rain.md) - We've finally reached the point where it's started to rain! It's nice when it's only +32 outside, there's a pleasant breeze, and the blazing sun is gone, while something is thundering on the horizon again - [Weekly Bullshit Roundup #15](https://www.krdn.io/weekly-bullshit-roundup-15.md) - It seems to me that there's no point in writing anything about this week other than, “This fucking heat has really gotten to me.” Basically, nothing is happening except for lying around and sitting at home under the fan All I can do is keep an eye on the weather forecasts, hoping for a cool-down, b… - [Photos: Heatwave](https://www.krdn.io/photos-heatwave.md) - To those who survived Are you kidding? The weather over the past 10 days has been hot, to say the least. On average, it was between 39 and 42 outside - if you believe the thermometer - but in the sun, I think it was all the way up to 50 or even higher The sun-baked wheat in the field gives off an i… - [Thoughts aloud: Photojournalism](https://www.krdn.io/thoughts-aloud-photojournalism.md) - [Photos: Campus Founders Demo Day](https://www.krdn.io/photos-campus-founders-demo-day.md) - People are always at the heart of any event. Their stories, their emotions - all of that is always centered around them. Even when you’re building your own startup, your first thought isn’t about yourself, but about the people you’re building it for Today was probably one of the finishing stages of… - [Weekly Bullshit Roundup #14](https://www.krdn.io/weekly-bullshit-roundup-14.md) - This week's publication was delayed because yours Truly drove all night from Paris to Degmarn All in all, there are exactly two pieces of news: first, the doctors have finally let me go for a walk, and second, I’m back in Germany. On the one hand, this is good news; on the other hand, there’s also… - [Thoughts aloud: La canicule](https://www.krdn.io/thoughts-aloud-la-canicule.md) - There's a special word for the total bullshit that's going on in the streets of Paris right now - “La Canicule” A heat wave - as people commonly call it - where it's nearly 40 degrees outside, and you don't just not want to leave the house unless you absolutely have to; you basically don't feel lik… - [Photos: The Apple Thief](https://www.krdn.io/photos-the-apple-thief.md) - Just look at that ugly mug - it stole the neighbor’s apple and is sitting there smug as can be. And then we wonder why cider wasn’t delivered to Paris - well, here’s why: it’s all been stolen That's not my apple - someone dropped it there for me! Bonus Photos: Sparrows and Their Life in the Garden… - [Weekly Bullshit Roundup #13](https://www.krdn.io/weekly-bullshit-roundup-13.md) - Just think about that, 13 episodes - 13 weeks of stories that unfold every week It’s cool, of course, but at some point I couldn’t even think of what to write because the week has been extremely routine in many ways, and the main focus is still on recovery and all that, but I do have something to s… - [News #4](https://www.krdn.io/news-4.md) - A quick update on the site: email notifications have been disabled for all sections except “News” and “Weekly Bullshit”, because even though the frequency isn't very high, some of the emails were ending up in spam - which isn't great. We’ll see what we can come up with in the future. Also, in your… - [Field Notes: The Apartment Battle #2](https://www.krdn.io/field-notes-the-apartment-battle-2.md) - The agency sent a letter demanding an additional payment of €800 on top of the €3,000 security deposit, mentioning in passing that they had recalculated some other items. Curtains, some minor repairs, and so on. And bills for trash removal and other bills spanning 3 (!) years. And all of this witho… - [Weekly Bullshit Roundup #12](https://www.krdn.io/weekly-bullshit-roundup-12.md) - Somehow the week just flew by; overall, I can’t say I was doing much of anything besides recovering. The whole week was like a classic version of Groundhog Day: I woke up, the nurse came in, changed my bandages, and then it was work, eat, sleep On the bright side, the doctors say the healing is goi… - [Thoughts aloud: So what do you call it?](https://www.krdn.io/thoughts-aloud-so-what-do-you-call-it.md) - [Field Notes: The Apartment Battle](https://www.krdn.io/thoughts-aloud-the-apartment-battle.md) - I never would have thought that after spending four almost magical years in an apartment in Paris’s 16th arrondissement, we’d end up in a legal battle with the landlord. Here’s the story: we returned the keys a little over two months ago, on March 23, and the agency sent us a move-out report that d… - [Weekly Bullshit Roundup #11](https://www.krdn.io/weekly-bullshit-roundup-11.md) - It’s time for my weekly column. I skipped it last week, but it was pretty clear that the week went to shit, just like all my plans and a whole lot of other stuff. But let’s take it one step at a time Let’s start with the hospitalization, since it didn’t take very long at all to go from having a nic… - [Happy birthday to me !](https://www.krdn.io/happy-birthday-to-me.md) - I’m celebrating my 39th birthday looking just as ragged as this sparrow A lot of interesting things have been happening lately, but now it’s time for the main event I’ve gotten older. Maybe even smarter, but I’m not willing to make any public statements before consulting the evidence Thirty-nine is… - [News #3](https://www.krdn.io/news-3.md) - The first day after the surgery is going pretty well overall, even though it's completely fucked up outside and the thermometer is showing brain-melting heat Thank you to everyone who wrote in and offered to help, and thank you to everyone who helped I really didn't expect to spend the weekend unde… - [News #2](https://www.krdn.io/news-2.md) - Hi, readers :) The most important thing to note in this update is that I’m doing great (as much as possible after surgery) and feeling good I ran into some issues that required urgent medical attention, but once again, everything turned out fine The only thing is, I can’t write long posts right now… - [Photos: It's Wednesday, my dudes !](https://www.krdn.io/photos-its-wednesday-my-dudes.md) - Hold the toad ! - [Weekly Bullshit Roundup #10](https://www.krdn.io/weekly-bullshit-roundup-10.md) - This is the tenth post - a kind of anniversary post, in a way I'm back in Paris, getting ready for the HIIT Week organized by the French Ministry of Health, which kicks off on Monday. The entire week will be dedicated to lectures on how to work (and how things work) in the fields of healthcare and… - [Thoughts aloud: PRE-FUCKTION](https://www.krdn.io/thoughts-aloud-pre-fucktion.md) - PRE-FUCKTION : (n.) The calm before everything goes to shit and you already know you're not going to care The "Word of the Day" section - or maybe even "Quote of the Day". I couldn't pass it up, since it captures the mood pretty well - [Photos: Common Buzzard](https://www.krdn.io/photos-common-buzzard.md) - There’s a surprisingly interesting fact about wildlife photography. No matter how long you prepare for a shot, how hard you search for it, or what you endure - like I did today, running through an open field to escape a sudden hailstorm - more often than not, the very reason you picked up your came… - [Weekly Bullshit Roundup #9](https://www.krdn.io/weekly-bullshit-roundup-9.md) - Probably the worst bullshit of the week is that the week started off with some kind of crap and continues to be like this I mean, as usual, this shit happened right at the worst possible moment, when nobody was expecting it. There were some warning signs, though - last weekend I noticed on my devic… - [Thoughts aloud: To Paris and back](https://www.krdn.io/thoughts-aloud-to-paris-and-back.md) - The very first morning after returning to Paris - and with just a single free moment before heading back to Germany - I did something I’d suddenly been dreaming of the whole time I was in Germany. I bought myself a fresh, warm baguette. And a few other delicious pastries, without which a French mor… - [Weekly Bullshit Roundup #8](https://www.krdn.io/weekly-bullshit-roundup-8.md) - Just think about it - it’s been over a month since this column started, I’ve already been in Germany for two weeks, and it’s basically May already. What a fucking surprise - you guys invented a time machine and now look at this At one point, I even had the thought of writing a monthly recap instead… - [Photos: Common Redstart](https://www.krdn.io/photos-common-redstart.md) - Reminder: During the bird nesting season, do not climb into their nests, get too close, or - above all - touch anything inside them with your hands - [Thoughts aloud: Running and overcoming](https://www.krdn.io/thoughts-aloud-running-and-overcoming.md) - Here’s a quick update on an interesting little experiment I’ve set for myself. As many of you know - and if you don’t, here’s the news - I’m running the Le Sacré Trail (87 km) in October. Right now, my training is focused entirely on that race, and I don’t have any other races planned (at least for… - [Weekly Bullshit Roundup #7](https://www.krdn.io/weekly-bullshit-roundup-7.md) - The day has finally arrived. The Sunday news update is back on our channel. To be honest, nothing particularly new has happened this week, which is actually a good thing. Life is settling into a pleasant, steady routine: work, home, and running workouts. Although the latter aren’t quite consistent… - [News #1](https://www.krdn.io/news-1.md) - I'm not entirely sure where to post this note - whether in the news section or on the blog - but one way or another, it was bound to see the light of day sooner or later What am I even talking about, and what do blogs and news have to do with this? As you’ve probably noticed, every article on the s… - [Thoughts aloud: Apple Development Program](https://www.krdn.io/thoughts-aloud-apple-development-program.md) - A post about a burned ass. Yesterday, while updating the latest beta version of our app, I noticed that Apple's developer program - the so-called developer certificate - had expired Shit happens, but you’d think the problem could be solved with two mouse clicks and 99 bucks. But that wasn’t the cas… - [Weekly Bullshit Roundup #6](https://www.krdn.io/weekly-bullshit-roundup-6.md) - Hello, dear readers, Today’s post is marked by two significant events. First, for the very first time, it will feature real photos instead of the now-familiar cat illustration that the AI used to draw for us Second, for the first time ever, the topic of this post will not be about moving Since I’m… - [Field Notes: Achievements and next steps](https://www.krdn.io/field-notes-achievements-and-next-steps.md) - There are two pieces of great news to wrap up this week. First, I received my extended residence permit in France, valid until 2030. That’s great news - if you plan to live that long Of course, it wasn’t without its share of adventures, but first of all, it’s not the prefecture’s fault - they did e… - [Field Notes: First week](https://www.krdn.io/field-notes-first-week.md) - My first week in Germany looks just like the website's mascot in the picture above. I don't understand a thing, but it's so fucking interesting It’s funny that just as I was settling in here and wrapping up all the necessary arrangements on the host side, I already have to pack my bags and head bac… - [Field Notes: Degmarn, Germany](https://www.krdn.io/field-notes-degmarn-germany.md) - Hi there! For those who have been following our move to Germany, we’ve arrived and settled in a small town called Degmarn, not far from the purpose of our visit, Campus Founders, which is located 20 minutes away in Heilbronn. It’s a really small town, with a population of 760 as of 2022 It looks li… - [Weekly Bullshit Roundup #5](https://www.krdn.io/weekly-bullshit-roundup-5.md) - Hey there, my dear reader, I guess since this is the fifth edition, I’m supposed to share some brand-new news, but nope. Not a damn thing. Not at all. The topic of this edition is - once again - this damn move This is a scheduled post that I’m writing in between packing my things and loading them i… - [Stories: Resettlement](https://www.krdn.io/stories-resettlement.md) - [Field Notes: Horses #2](https://www.krdn.io/field-notes-horses-2.md) - This post won’t be very long - but it will include photos from today’s equestrian class. Most of them, of course, show the horses being a bit temperamental, because not all of them were in the mood to jump In the photo: Alexandra and Coachella, with a look that says, “I bet I can stop dead in my tr… - [Weekly Bullshit Roundup #4](https://www.krdn.io/weekly-bullshit-roundup-4.md) - And here we are - it’s Sunday again. My last week in Île-de-France before heading to Germany. The whole changeNOW saga is finally over; it took up three days at the start of the week and, as usual, cost me a couple of pounds. It actually went well, though I’m exhausted. You can read more about it h… - [Field Notes: ChangeNOW Day #2-3](https://www.krdn.io/field-notes-changenow-day-2-3.md) - I have to admit, I just didn't have the heart to write two articles about the last two days at ChangeNOW. I dragged myself home, ate, and went to sleep. The key is to do it quietly, because you really don't have the energy to say a word But I can say that the last two days were much more intense th… - [Field Notes: ChangeNOW Day #1](https://www.krdn.io/field-notes-changenow-day-1.md) - Achievement unlocked. Losing your voice on the first day of the conference. This is a first - usually it happens on the second or third day Actually, there won’t be many photos from a reporting standpoint; as you can tell from the introduction, I spent more time talking than taking pictures. On the… - [Weekly Bullshit Roundup #3](https://www.krdn.io/weekly-bullshit-roundup-3.md) - The author got a little burned out while writing this article, so it might be a bit over-the-top - [Field Notes: Horses](https://www.krdn.io/field-notes-horses.md) - One of the things I’ve really enjoyed and discovered in France is equestrian sports. To be honest, I’m not much of a rider, but I’m doing my best But somehow, over the past year and a half living in France, I’ve been visiting the stables regularly - mostly, of course, as a photographer Now, as I pr… - [Weekly Bullshit Roundup #2](https://www.krdn.io/weekly-bullshit-roundup-2.md) - Hello, and here’s our second edition of the weekly roundup As you can tell from the featured image, the main topic of the week remains moving. The good news is that this past Sunday, we managed to move all our belongings out of the old apartment. And over the past four years we’ve lived there, we’v… - [Field Notes: Depression](https://www.krdn.io/field-notes-depression.md) - This article is based on the author’s personal experience and may include emotionally sensitive descriptions - [Weekly Bullshit Roundup #1](https://www.krdn.io/weekly-bullshit-roundup-1.md) - So, I have a new section for my website where I’ll be talking about the events of the past week. And the first installment of this series will be titled “Moves.” Why the plural form? Let me explain So - move number one - I think I’ve finally settled in the Paris suburbs, in Antony. I’ve actually be… - [Say a word about information security...](https://www.krdn.io/say-a-word-about-information-security.md) - Hello, everyone! As promised, this series of posts about work will begin with a rather interesting topic from a narrative perspective: information security in the modern world, where anyone can write and launch their own application, sometimes even successfully, but ... 📌This article is not about… - [Let's hit the road](https://www.krdn.io/lets-hit-the-road.md) - Good news—I finished the main work on the site this weekend, and now it seems to me that everything is working Well, at least I think so. Maybe I missed something somewhere, as usually happens. What can you do? We're going into production without testing Now there is more structure here, I will try… - [Under construction ...](https://www.krdn.io/under-construction.md) - Hello readers ! As you may have noticed, the site has undergone some changes and is still suffering from my clumsy hands and internal modifications It would be more accurate to say that nothing is working properly at the moment. Registration, logins, normal navigation, and somewhere there are stran… - [Session de l’innovation par Radio France (Journalistic)](https://www.krdn.io/session-de-linnovation-par-radio-france-journalistic.md) - Hello to my readers! It's time to stop talking about depression and publish some photos One of the important things I still do is journalistic photography In many cases, I can't call myself a professional photojournalist, but what I have is what I have, and overall, I enjoy capturing moments at dif… - [A little bit about the new (old) website](https://www.krdn.io/a-little-bit-about-the-new-old-website.md) - About a month ago, I saw a poll on a popular social network that asked, “What question do men answer with a 100% lie” ? Among dozens of hundreds of responses, one stood out as the leader in terms of the number of likes and comments: “I'm fine.” Well, I can say that this is still the case. Why? This… ## Optional - [RSS Feed](https://www.krdn.io/rss/) - [Sitemap](https://www.krdn.io/sitemap.xml) - [Full content of pages and posts](https://www.krdn.io/llms-full.txt)