Hi there! I'm Olivier (he/him), a software engineer and Developer Relations Lead based in Toronto, Canada. 🇨🇦

By day, I lead developer experience and cloud-native architecture projects at Google Cloud (including maintaining the popular Microservices Demo and Bank of Anthos). By night, I love crafting cozy, lightweight, and completely ad-free tools and web applications.

I believe in an open web that is fast, accessible, and free of trackers, ads, and clutter. Your support directly helps me maintain these projects, pay for hosting infrastructure, and dedicate time to developing new ideas.

🚀 What I'm building & maintaining

🌟 XIV ToDo (Vue.js, Firestore, Cloud Run)

A cozy, ad-free companion dashboard and checklist planner for Final Fantasy XIV Online.

• The Impact: Helping a sustained community of 500+ daily active users and serving 700,000+ yearly page views.
• The Promise: I am dedicated to keeping XIV ToDo 100% free, fast, and private.

📟 Kaero (Golang)

A lightweight and cozy terminal-based IRC client built from scratch in Go.

• The Vibe: For fans of retro systems, Web 1.0, and simple CLI utility, Kaero features full UTF-8/SSL support, 125+ well-known IRC replies, and 31+ custom user commands.

📝 olivi-eh.dev (HTML/CSS & Python)

My personal blog and digital garden where I share writeups on tech history, homelabs, urbanism, photography, and solo travel.

💖 Why sponsor?

Building and hosting interactive web applications like XIV ToDo comes with real server and database costs (Cloud Run, Firebase Firestore, domain registration).

Your sponsorship:

1. Covers hosting costs: Keeps my web apps fast, online, and completely ad-free for the community.
2. Sustains maintenance: Funds my focus on fixing bugs, maintaining API sync with external APIs, and adding new features.
3. Supports indie open source: Enables me to build more cozy terminal utilities, static site pipelines, and tools for everyone.

Thank you so much for supporting my work! Feel free to say hi or follow along on my personal website or Bluesky. 🐈‍⬛🐈