Vincent Demay

A developer’s notebook with solder, Swift and local memory

Vincent Demay, also known as doume, presents himself as a Scoop.it development manager and mobile developer. His public activity reads like the notebook of a practical geek: Apple development, maker hardware, web services and testing sit beside French local life, DIY repair knowledge and bursts of viral amusement. Since joining in 2010, his most successful topics have become useful archives for people who want working examples more than commentary.

The product-minded engineer

His strongest identity is that of a developer who notices usable knowledge. The iOS topic concentrates on Swift, Apple platform changes and open-source components, while the API and A/B testing topics show the same appetite for tools that developers can apply immediately.

The maker at home

Home automation, French DIY and 2CV repair extend that engineering instinct into the physical world. Sensors, electrical panels, garage doors, carburetors and restoration tutorials all belong to a hands-on view of technology: understand the mechanism, then make it work.

The collector of odd sparks

Alongside the technical boards runs a lighter, more personal web: fails, wins, anonymous talent, useless pages and magic performances. These topics add a playful register, closer to sharing a good find than explaining a position.

What defines this selection

A long-running signal

The analysed topics contain 3,549 posts and more than 1.57 million views across the account. The strongest boards are not casual collections; iPhone and iPad development, home automation, French DIY and Lightroom presets all reached substantial audiences.

Practical before polemical

The most powerful pattern is utility. Vincent selects tutorials, libraries, parts lists, calculators, presets and step-by-step repair knowledge. A post is usually there because it helps someone build, fix, test or learn something.

Quiet, source-led editing

Many topics are posted with little or no added comment. The editorial voice comes through the choice of sources: Ray Wenderlich for iOS, Hackaday and Arduino for maker hardware, French renovation specialists for DIY, and local press for Aveyron.

Geek curiosity with local roots

The range is wide but coherent: mobile apps, web APIs, A/B testing, home automation, local Aveyron life, 2CV repair, rugby, magic clips and internet humor. The through-line is a geek’s curiosity for systems, tools and clever human performance.

Deep dives

The iOS workbench

The flagship topic is a working developer’s shelf, not a news feed. It follows the shift to Swift through concrete lessons on Auto Layout, regular expressions and concurrency, with Ray Wenderlich-style tutorials appearing as the practical backbone.

Platform change is treated as something to test and absorb. WatchKit, iOS 8 notifications, adaptive layouts and deprecated interface APIs are gathered because they affect the way apps are built, not because they make headlines.

The most distinctive habit is the hunt for reusable parts. Custom keyboards, Touch ID authentication, rich text editors and small UI components show a taste for libraries that save time and sharpen product details.

Smart home as a maker discipline

The home automation topic shows the same builder’s instinct, moved from apps to rooms, doors and sensors. Raspberry Pi, Arduino and ESP8266 projects dominate, with the smart home understood as something assembled, measured and debugged.

The selection favors useful systems over glossy gadgets. Watering systems, wind measurement, air quality monitors and watchdog techniques turn connected hardware into a set of practical experiments for the house.

Remote control is a recurring promise, but the tone stays close to the bench. The interest is in modules, radios, web services and low-cost boards that can be wired into everyday problems.

DIY as applied engineering

The French DIY topic reveals a very grounded side of the same technical personality. Electrical safety, panels, grounding and renovation norms sit beside classic home improvement, making the topic feel like a practical reference file.

Bathroom renovation, wall coverings, ceilings, tools and workshop storage are selected for direct usefulness. The posts are not decorative inspiration; they are instructions for doing the job without guessing.

Its appeal comes from a mix of domestic scale and semi-technical precision. The material moves easily from painting a wooden door to wiring a divisional electrical board, always with an eye on action.