When Need Meets Code

25/08/2025

When Need Meets Code

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Being a developer isn’t just about writing code.
It’s first and foremost about finding solutions: solving problems, simplifying tasks, or simply creating something that didn’t exist before.


Over the past few years, I’ve worked on several small open-source projects. Ideas born from a specific need, sometimes for myself, sometimes for others, that are now used around the world.


Here’s a quick look.

Elegant dark themes for VS Code

At the time, I wanted a theme that spoke to me, one that reflected my environment.
So I thought: "Why not create one myself?"


After some research and a lot of experimenting, Taaru was born: a collection of dark themes for VS Code, combining simplicity and ergonomics to make my coding sessions more enjoyable.


What started as a simple side project to customize my editor is now used by other developers with more than 1,500 downloads!


🔗 Check out Taaru on VS Code Marketplace

Simplifying access to data about Senegal

While developing a project for a client, I found myself searching for data about Senegal’s regions, departments, or population.
But there was nothing centralized. Nothing truly easy to use.


So I built Galsenify, an NPM package that makes this data easily accessible for any JavaScript or TypeScript project.


Today, it has become a handy toolbox for other developers working on similar projects.


🔗 Check out Galsenify on NPM

A starter template for mobile apps

Once again, it all started with a personal need.
Every time I started a new mobile app with React Native and Expo, I found myself repeating the same steps: setting up a login screen, configuring authentication, and so on.


So I thought: "Why not build a reusable starter template?"


That’s how Exlogrn was born, a ready-to-use base that saves developers valuable time. Today, this project has become very popular on my GitHub, with developers from all over the world using it.


🔗 Check out Exlogrn on GitHub

What I’ve learned ⁉️

  • - The value of small projects: you don’t need to build the next Facebook to create value.
  • - Sharing multiplies impact: a solution that solves your problem can help dozens of other people.
  • - Progress comes from action: every project, no matter how small, is an opportunity to learn.

I have many more projects in the pipeline, some already in development, that I’ll be sharing soon.

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