Maintainable front-end
Component architecture, SSR, CMS integration and interfaces that remain understandable over time.
Front-end · Product · Performance · Applied AI
Gaëtan Canovas
Product-minded front-end developer focused on performance and modernization.
I work at the intersection of front-end engineering, product thinking and web performance. My goal: make interfaces clearer, systems easier to maintain and ideas faster to test — with or without AI, depending on what actually brings value.
What I make simpler
I work on web interfaces where engineering, content, performance and user experience need to move together.
Performance & technical SEO
Core Web Vitals, images, critical rendering, accessibility, indexing and pragmatic tradeoffs.
Progressive modernization
Vue/Nuxt migration, technical debt, stores, routing, CI/CD and stabilization without a big bang.
Product, prototype & AI
MVPs, user friction, automation and applied AI to test faster.
Work
Experience notes, playbooks and concrete projects. Not artificial showcases.
Anonymized experience note
High-traffic front-end
Performance, SSR, CMS, images, SEO, third-party scripts and front-end tradeoffs on highly exposed environments.
Technical playbook
Modernizing an existing front-end
A method to approach migration, technical debt and progressive stabilization without a risky big bang.
Finished desktop app
Game Backlog
A finished Electron app to organize a video game library, with a page ready for video and commented screenshots.
Lab
Prototypes, concepts, manifestos and research. Not everything is a finished product: the lab shows the process.
Public prototype
Brainyard
Capture, challenge and bury ideas to reduce mental clutter.
Finished desktop app
Game Backlog
A finished Electron app to organize a video game library with statuses, filters and detailed game views.
Media prototype
TNSFC
Fictional club, data, sports storytelling, premium content and fan UX.
SaaS concept
File Requester
Request, receive and track files without unnecessary complexity.
Blog
Technical notes and developer reflections: front-end, performance, product, applied AI and building philosophy.
Engineering
Modernizing a front-end project without breaking everything
Why a successful migration rarely starts with choosing the framework, but with honestly reading the existing system.
Applied AI
AI as a clarification tool, not a magic promise
How to use AI to structure, prototype, compare and document without losing the meaning of the problem.
Product
Why I keep an idea workshop
Not every idea should become a product, but some deserve to be structured.
Let’s build something clear, fast and useful.
For a front-end mission, project modernization, prototype or product discussion.
Contact me