Arthur Gousset

I'm a product-first software engineer.

Some things about me:

Grew up in Munich, Germany
Had a MacBook long before being allowed a phone
Went to ETH Zurich before dropping out to join a startup
Launched a product with more than m users
Live in London

Some things I believe:

What I cannot create, I do not understand

It's important to understand the domain we work in

Prefer simple, avoid clever

Controlling complexity is the essence of computer programming

Less, but better

Do the most important things, and deliberately say “no” to everything else

What important problem are you working on?

Originality in choosing problems seems to matter as much if not more than originality in solving them

Projects:

Speakeasy, an app that let's you message people - not because you're invited - but because you're already qualified.
SocialConnect, a protocol that maps the phone numbers of over m Opera users to EVM addresses on Celo

Writings and talks:

Slides, code, and video for my talk "Building with purpose, building for all" at EthCC[6]
Slides and video for my talk "Building with Purpose: Introducing SocialConnect" at Co:OPERATE Paris
Slides for my talk "Why identity matters in web3" at the University of Oxford
Post and code for my explainer on the difference between transaction types on Celo
Post and code for my explainer on how epoch transactions work on Celo
Post for my product launch, announcing that Safe is supported and available to all users on Celo
Post for my product sunset, announcing that the legacy Attestation protocol is formally deprecated on Celo

This is a standing invitation, if you want to talk software, I want to talk to you. You can reach me at [email protected], or find me on GitHub, X, and LinkedIn.