Aristide KARBOU, also known as
Lomé
The part of me that doesn't fit on a CV. Come in, I'll show you around.
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Off the clock
On contracts, I'm Aristide KARBOU, software architect. Everywhere else, I'm Tiger. I get up early, work wherever there's wifi, cook without a recipe and stay three moves ahead. My CV says what I can do. These pages show how I do it.
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01 — Rituals
Before the first message, there's coffee and a table by the window. I start the day slow, on purpose: that's when I decide what matters, before the notifications decide for me.
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02 — The workshop
My office has no fixed address. A quiet lobby, a café with a carved ceiling, a canteen at noon, the beach when the schedule allows. The setting changes. The method travels with me.
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03 — At the table
I cook the way I code: with whatever's at hand, never quite by the recipe. Some days I'm at the stove, some days it's the canteen. Either way, the laptop gets a seat at the table.
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04 — The game
Chess taught me what architecture confirms every week: the right move is rarely the obvious one. See a few moves ahead, protect what's essential, let go of the rest.
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05 — Discipline
The body, like code, punishes shortcuts. One rep, then another, until it holds. Training is where I learned to keep showing up, especially on the days I'd rather not.
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06 — Outside
When a problem resists, I leave it on the desk and head out: the ocean, the hills, the open road. The answer usually turns up on the way back.
25Sundown on the beach
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07 — My people
Nothing solid gets built alone. This is my inner circle: the ones who cheer when I ship, and roast me the moment I get a big head.
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08 — After dark
When the city lights up, I either go out or go back to the screen. Some of my best work was written after midnight, in a quiet room lit in blue.
That's Tiger
Now you know who's behind the code.
The slow mornings, the three moves ahead, the days I show up anyway: that's what I bring to every product I build. If it clicks, let's talk.