A Method to Install Python Packages for Add-ons & Plugins in Blender (Windows, Blender 4.2+)
Automatic pip installs into Blender’s embedded Python via a user-writable modules folder, background thread, and UI popups.
Antoine Boucher
Software engineer — backend, platform, DevSecOps. CV and notes.
Notes and links. Use CV in the header to open the HTML résumé.
Tutorials
Responsive step progress bar (jQuery + CSS)
Multi-step indicator with numbered nodes, connectors, and responsive label text.
Screen capture in the browser (getDisplayMedia)
Start/stop screen sharing with the Screen Capture API, a video element, and simple logging.
Date range picker web component (jQuery + plugin)
Custom `<daterangepicker-two-input>` element with jQuery, Moment.js, and the Date Range Picker plugin — the kind of range UI that dominated Bootstrap-era admin screens around 2016.
Custom countdown timer (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)
Minutes input, start/reset, on-screen display, and optional sound at zero — a small vanilla HTML/CSS/JS timer in the style of mid-2010s tutorials.
Three.js 3D wave animation (CodePen tutorial)
Grid of cubes with a simple wave motion in Three.js — step-by-step CodePen tutorial, typical of the WebGL curiosity posts from ~2016.
HTML5 Canvas blackboard (CodePen tutorial)
Interactive canvas blackboard with drawing, image import, and erase — CodePen demo, in the spirit of 2016-era Canvas tutorials.
Draggable, sortable image bubbles (Messenger-style)
Messenger-style circular image tiles with jQuery UI — drag-and-drop and sortable lists, straight out of the jQuery-heavy tutorial blogs of ~2016.
Articles
Compiler pipeline, language genealogy, and why grammars matter
Study notes from a programming-languages text — compiler stages, a timeline of major languages, parse trees, ambiguity (operators and dangling else), and attribute grammars for types.
Exploring movie similarities with vector search algorithms
Movie similarity with pgvector and SQL, Qdrant with MovieLens dense and sparse vectors, and LangChain + Ollama RAG over the same catalog—embeddings, kNN, and grounded answers.
Dimension — a Rust math stack around mathlib
Notes on the Dimension monorepo and its mathlib crate — linear algebra, sparse matrices, WASM demos, and optional GPU paths.
Python library for MarketWatch virtual trading
PyPI package `marketwatch`—a Python client for MarketWatch’s virtual stock game (watchlists, games, portfolio, orders, leaderboard).
Software lifecycle notes — GOALS, waterfall, and verification vs validation
Study scans from a software engineering text — goal-oriented decomposition, classic and incremental waterfall, nine life-cycle subgoals, V&V, a collage of process advice, and an ethics case-study takeaway.
ChatGPT plugin with FastAPI — implementation outline
Checklist for a minimal ChatGPT plugin — FastAPI service, OpenAPI schema, auth, and hosting.
Multiple Technical Indicators Backtesting on Multiple Tickers using Python
Batch backtests with BatchBacktesting — EMA and MACD strategies, FMP/Binance APIs, and aggregated results across stocks and crypto.
Economics of LEGO Sets with Data Science
LEGO trends, pricing, and themes from Rebrickable data and a BrickEconomy scraper — Pandas, charts, and linear regression on set 001-1.
Experimenting with technical indicators using Python and backtesting
BatchBacktesting walkthrough — EMA and MACD on many tickers, FMP/Binance APIs, and results (English counterpart to the French Medium article).
Making Caddy, AWS EC2, CloudWatch, Step Functions, and Lambda Work Together
Caddy on EC2, logs to CloudWatch, Python shipping scripts, and Step Functions plus Lambda for a low-cost ops dashboard.
A Journey to AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Two-week study plan — Udemy, AWS Skill Builder, Cloud Quest, Escape Room, and Pearson VUE tips (extra time, Credly badge).
Predicting Stock Prices with Monte Carlo Simulations
Monte Carlo path simulation in Python from historical returns—risk bands, quantiles, and hold-out coverage checks.
Kinectron + p5.js — sketch controls and GIF export
Wire up Kinectron with p5.js, play/stop the sketch, and save output as a GIF (Kinect v2 or Azure Kinect DK).
CodePen demos (collection)
Quick links to interactive pens on CodePen — canvas, Three.js, UI widgets, and more.
Create a portfolio with Hugo (week 1)
Starting a Hugo-based portfolio — themes, data-heavy pages, and tying in Substack.
LiDAR apartment scan with Rhino on iPhone
Using Rhino’s iPhone app and LiDAR to scan rooms and reason about layout, furniture, and space.
My journey in software engineering
Reflections on growing as a software engineer across backend systems, platform work, and DevSecOps — what stuck and what I optimize for now.
GPT-4 vs GPT-3.5 — capabilities and API cost framing
Notes on GPT-4 and GPT-3.5-turbo use cases, strengths, and thinking about chatbot API costs at scale.
Creating a professional résumé with JSON Resume
Use the JSON Resume schema and npm tooling to publish HTML, PDF, or embedded CV data.
D2C OpenAI plugin — diagrams with PlantUML, Mermaid, and D2
ChatGPT plugin to generate PlantUML, Mermaid, and D2 diagrams from conversation.
Diagram prompts with ChatGPT and AIPRM (PlantUML, Mermaid, and more)
AIPRM prompt template for diagram type, elements, purpose, and tool — plus PlantUML and Mermaid sequence examples (React, FastAPI, Redis, MongoDB, cache hit/miss).
Live chat and support platforms compared (3CX, ManyChat, Kommunicate, Chatwoot)
How 3CX, ManyChat, Kommunicate, and Chatwoot differ for website chat, bots, and team inboxes—plus links and a compact comparison table.
Network architecture — Lucidchart to PlantUML C4
Moving home-network diagrams to PlantUML C4, Cloudflare DNS, Terraform, and Kubernetes on Proxmox / XCP-ng.
Snapchat Lens Creator
Snapchat lenses with multi-million plays and views (2017–2020), Fiverr clients, tooling, and Lens Studio feedback.
Renpho scale, Home Assistant, and reverse-engineering the API
Forking hass-renpho, surfacing Renpho API endpoints with APKLeaks, and wiring bio-impedance metrics into a Home Assistant Lovelace health dashboard.
Networking evolution — building a home network lab
Docker on repurposed hardware, bash automation, Caddy, WireGuard, Proxmox VMs, and diagramming the setup.
Conferences & events
From BMC to pitch — QcES journey notes (Spring 2024)
Personal synthesis of QcES sessions — business canvas, customer segment, feedback, interviews, roadmap, market fit, value proposition, and storytelling.
Byzantium’s first workshop — Solidity and an ERC-20 token on Ethereum
Short English recap of Byzantium’s first Ethereum workshop — OpenZeppelin ERC-20, deploy, and peer-to-peer token transfers.
Expo Manger Santé 2023 — olives, kiosks, and discoveries
Two days at Montreal’s health-food expo — sales on the olive kiosk, neighbors like Mate Libre, and standout products.
GitHub Copilot session at Cédille (with GitHub & Arctiq)
Short English summary of a school/industry session on Copilot Chat, notebooks, and GitHub Next — full write-up in French.
Run:ai on AWS — webinar notes (inference & autoscaling)
Sketches from the Run:ai webinar on scaling ML inference on AWS — dashboards, CLI, and cluster view.
Snowflake Data-for-Breakfast Conference Insights
Notes from the Snowflake Data-for-Breakfast conference on the Snowflake Cloud Data Platform, data warehousing, integration, and analytics—including a strong keynote from Infostrux.