A PERSONAL PROJECT
piggy
piggySOFTWARE · PERSONAL FINANCE
A little clarity for your money.
From Google Sheets to a clearer view of budgets, cash forecasts, and investments. A useful tool born from my own questions.
Meet PiggyENGINEER. MAKER. CURIOUS HUMAN.
Code, ideas,
and a sense of
adventure.
I’m Aurélien, a software engineer at Docker and the creator of Piggy. I write about technology, money, and the world around us.
There’s a whole world beyond the keyboard.
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01 / MAKING THINGS
Ideas out in the world.
ONE BOOK. MANY QUESTIONS.
AUDIO EN FRANÇAIS
AUDIO EN FRANÇAISPODCAST · BOOKS & TECHNOLOGY
Revues de Code
Technology books and the questions they raise about innovation, work, and society. With a little personal reading between the lines.
Explore the podcastPERSONAL FINANCE · INTERACTIVE CALCULATOR
Buy
or rent?
A home purchase deserves more than a rule of thumb. I built this calculator to compare the long-term financial picture of renting and buying.
Adjust the home price, mortgage, rent, and investment assumptions to explore different scenarios.
English-language tool
02 / THINKING OUT LOUD
A few things on my mind.
Software & technology
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Please Use Dependency Injection, If Not For Me, Do It For Your Unit Tests
A practical case for dependencies that make your Go code easier to test.
· 6 min read
Money & decisions
EN
How my programming skills helped me to become better with my personal finances (part 1)
What happens when a programmer starts asking better questions about money.
· 32 min read
Society & ideas
EN
Everybody should play Dungeons and Dragons
A few dice, a shared story, and a very good reason to gather around a table.
· 26 min read
Also on Medium.
My Medium profileSoftware & technology
MediumEN
No Prize for Pessimism: Why Optimism Drives Innovation
Curiosity, experimentation, and optimism as a skill for building new things. An English adaptation of Revues de Code.
Read on Medium
Money & decisions
MediumEN
You are not ready to buy a home
Buying versus renting, the costs beyond a mortgage, and questioning the idea that ownership is always the better investment.
Read on Medium
Money & decisions
MediumEN
How I cured my overspending disease
Moving beyond the bank balance as a spending guide, and building a more deliberate relationship with money.
Read on Medium
03 / THE REST OF THE WORLD
Beyond the keyboard.
Not everything needs to be productive. Some things are just worth doing.
01 / MusicAlways another riff to learn.
A guitar, a little patience, and the pleasure of getting a little better.
Let’s talk music
02 / Outdoors26 framesTaking the scenic route.
Getting outside, following a trail, and paying a little more attention.
Explore the photo albumWhat if we made up a world?
A few dice, good company, and a story none of us knows the ending to.
Adventure awaits