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http://xem.github.io

I'm Maxime, front-end developer and passionate of JavaScript code-golfing.

I make tiny JS demos & games for fun or for contests like JS1K.com and JS13Kgames.com, and write about them (among other front-end experiments) here.

There's also a lot of tech watch and projects involving other topics like retro consoles emulation, Unicode, WebGL, and even a collection of memes and jokes.

Feel free to send feedback, even negative.

(I know the site's style is a bit old now, but I'm updating it!)

Cheers :)


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Four years ago, I was hired to reboot the front-end development of a french search engine from a blank html page. It has millions of users now.


Real estate

Bought 3 student apartments in 2012 (when I was 24) and finished paying them at the beginning of 2018.

The apartments are entirely managed by an agency that finds the student, collects the money, does all the maintainance, and give me a fixed, guaranteed income.

This income is about 50% of what the students pay (about 330€ for me when the student pays 600).

So now I have 1000€ of passive income per month and only need to do my accounts once a year.

(In France, you can use a company to rent your apartments and avoid paying taxes, so I do that)

I'll probably buy 2 or 3 more in the future to be able to "retire early" and become an indie game dev full time.


For the record, here's the smallest notepad with local persistence we've golfed in JS: http://xem.github.io/postit/ (github: https://github.com/xem/postit/)


If you're interested in demoscene, this explains how to make x86 programs in 256b or less: http://sizecoding.org/

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and yes, I consider it beautiful x86 code :)


Here's a similar app but golfed in 280b: https://twitter.com/MaximeEuziere/status/987222337081704448


yah, sorry, it works best on Chrome (Win10, Mac or Android)


Hi! yup, only CSS and emoji. :) if you want to know a bit more, here's a making-of: http://xem.github.io/articles#js13k17


Yeah sorry, apple-eating is basically the only detail I didn't explain, thinking it was the most normal thing to do when you control a snake :)


Thanks man! I made this game by (ab)using the power of CSS and CSS3D, and really focused on the player experience, so I'm glad you enjoyed it! If you continue playing, you'll see even more surprises :) Also, here's a making-of: http://xem.github.io/articles#js13k17


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