Tandoori and Royal Enfield. Spirituality and web 2.0

A brief history of thinkDRY

It is 13.30 on 3 January 2007 before the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai. Vincent Sphene comes first set foot on Indian soil. It's hot, smells are powerful, noisy streets. But where is Marseille? But what is he doing here? It is not yet arrived at his hotel a lot of questions flooded his mind.

After a few days, he decided to take stock. I can go register in an ashram, spend time and follow the teachings of Guru ... it will be long and hard. I do not know what I find. I'm afraid. I can also invest my money, build a structure that develops web applications in PHP with an army of developers who travailleron Indians 24 / 7 in case of a poultry house (commonly known as Open Space in the West) noisy controlled iron hand by authoritarian foremen (or project manager in the West). I have the shivers just thinking about it. The country he has nothing else to offer? So many cultures, so much history, so clever ...

A month later, he puts his bags in Pune. Smaller and more livable than Bombay and his 20 million (officiels. ..) people. He will encounter Anup, Nitin, Navodaya, Sachin, Mickaël and others which will enable him to find the answer, the purpose of his journey lay a stone in the common effort to insufler in mind machine, Turing's dream, or how to combine spirituality and Web 2.0. Specifically, it will undertake the realization of a dream student: developing an ultra-flexible tool that deploys web applications by snapping fingers (or a few clicks as they say in the West). Dream that led him to do research in cognitive science. Dream which he thought for over 10 years and he shares with Sylvain Bonfils.

It is noon May 11, 2007 at the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai. Sylvain Bonfils comes first set foot on Indian soil. It is hot and moist, smells remind her of Latin America and the horns do smile. He joins his old friend Vincent and share a dream student.

Farewell cheeses and wines, good morning and tandoori chapati. A few years later, Vincent and Sylvain are joined by Paco and JB. Both working on major projects such as Culture Pub in the theater of the Auction, or Reflex culture, on site projects showcases SOHO / SME, they are in the process of shaping their ideas on the subject the Application Blank, open source application embarking all their expertise.

DRY

DRY stands for Do not Repeat Yourself. Do not repeat itself. More than just an acronym, it reflects a genuine way of thinking that promotes simplicity and efficiency. This concept has naturally led to agile methods and languages.

Equipe

Vincent Spehner (Vinz)

ThinkDRY original creator, Vincent is an adventurer. Php developer in the best start ups Paris, and project manager for the deployment of Microsoft Axapta ERP at Air Liquide, thirst for discovery and his perfect knowledge of the web will push him to create its own brand in 2007.

Sylvain Bonfils (Plaisir)

In the web world for the past 10 years, Sylvain has designed, developed and launch many sites on different platforms. His dual expertise, technology and business, makes him an excellent project coordinator attentive to customer needs and aware of technology issues.

François Turbelin (Paco)

Since joining thinkDRY, Francois worked on the heart of the Application Blank. He has participated in various migration and spoke on the majority of client projects giving him an intimate knowledge of Applied Framework. He now directs the evolution of Blank Application since its launch in OpenSource Enterprise and coordinates the developments.

Jean Baptiste Aubry (JB)

Having started his career by starting a business, JB is a tireless entrepreneur. Key to everything, he has taught design and integrate HTML / CSS autodidact. It supports commercial development of thinkDRY.

Anup Nivargi (Anoob)

Anup is the most promising thinkDRY developer. He works since his arrival on the Application Blank and he learned to master it by making the site Culturepub.

The entire Indian team