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Soo, it’s already the last week.
Time here has been so enjoyable that I even started considering the possibility of moving here someday. But I also understand that this is probably just the classic "rose-tinted glasses" effect. Everything feels exciting when it’s new, and that can definitely influence your judgement.
Still, before heading back, there was some work left to wrap up.
It was truly a lovely week. I have to say, the four-day work week is amazing — time passes so quickly before you even realize it’s already the weekend again.
Thanks to the extra recovery time, I’m able to go back to work feeling refreshed. I’m still working on different demos and improving the performance of existing projects. There are always bugs that take forever to track down, but with patience — which is probably one of the most important skills for a programmer — and careful debugging, things eventually work out.
May is really a great month because there are so many public holidays, which basically turns every week into a four-day workweek. I’m still mainly focused on creating different demos for different projects. One of the applications is a dashboard-style web app that demonstrates automation observability and human-in-the-loop workflow resolution in the healthcare industry. Another project is quite similar, but targeted toward public service work such as repairs, installations, and plumbing. There is also an AI-powered support QA platform and a commercial intelligence platform for fruit and vegetable distributors. I’m guessing most of these demos are intended for local businesses since they are all very region-specific.
I’ve been in France for more than a month now, and the funny part is that even though I still don’t speak French, communication is somehow getting easier. Whether it’s my colleagues chatting with each other or everyday situations like grocery shopping, I can usually pick up a few keywords and rely on body language to understand what’s going on.