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Freelance **Kirby CMS** Developer in Brittany

Freelance **Kirby CMS** Developer in Brittany

Kirby CMS specialist since 2015, I design and integrate bespoke websites for web agencies, art directors and businesses that want a tailor-made back-office with no technical debt.

  • Kirby CMS
  • freelance
  • flat-file CMS
  • custom back-office
  • Brittany
Front-end CSS organisation, framework-free architecture

How I organise my CSS on a project from scratch

No Sass, no Tailwind, no strict BEM. A single CSS file, structured by hand, top to bottom. Here is how it works in practice.

  • CSS
  • architecture
  • front-end
  • method
Kirby CMS vs WordPress, comparison for a freelance front-end developer

What Kirby CMS allows that WordPress never will

I have been working with Kirby CMS for years. Not out of loyalty to a tool, but because what Kirby allows, no other mainstream CMS truly does.

  • Kirby CMS
  • WordPress
  • CMS
  • web development
Native CSS vs Tailwind, perspective from a freelance front-end developer

Why I don't use Tailwind

Tailwind is everywhere. Job listings, tutorials, GitHub repos. And yet I don't use it. Here's why — without nostalgia or dogma.

  • CSS
  • Tailwind
  • front-end
  • integration
GSAP and CSS web animation, freelance front-end developer Emmanuel Lechat

GSAP and CSS, animating without limits

CSS handles simple animations with elegance. GSAP takes over when the sequence grows complex, when timing truly matters, when the animation needs to respond to scroll or interaction.

  • GSAP
  • CSS
  • animation
  • front-end
  • JavaScript
Kirby CMS panel interface, database-free content management

Kirby CMS, the freedom to build without technical overhead

WordPress is heavy. No-code solutions are rigid. Kirby takes the opposite stance: a CMS that steps out of the way and lets the developer decide everything.

  • Kirby CMS
  • CMS
  • workflow
  • web development
Interactive Leaflet map developed by Emmanuel Lechat, freelance front-end developer

Using Leaflet to create maps that actually tell a story

A map is not a floor plan. It is a stage. Leaflet, used with intent, transforms geographic data into visual narrative — and every project proves it differently.

  • Leaflet
  • cartography
  • storytelling
  • front-end
  • JavaScript
Creative coding and artificial intelligence, freelance developer workflow

Creative coding in the age of AI

Artificial intelligence does not replace developer creativity. It shifts the cursor: less time on plumbing, more space for the ideas that truly matter.

  • AI
  • creativity
  • front-end
  • workflow
Kirby CMS development interface with Claude Code

Why Kirby CMS and Claude Code are the perfect duo for creative developers

Kirby stores everything in flat files. Claude Code reads those files directly. The result: an AI assistant that truly understands your site — no database, no mapping, no friction.

  • Kirby CMS
  • Claude Code
  • AI
  • workflow