I joined Algolia in 2016 as employee #22 and grew from frontend developer to Senior Developer Relations Engineer, leaving in July 2025. I built interfaces, technical demos and tools that helped developers explore what search could do.
Today I work across frontend engineering, creative development and developer advocacy. My work includes CSS playgrounds, open-source tools, design systems and experiments connecting code, design and AI.
Skillify (Product / AI) Turn a technical URL into a Claude Agent Skill.md or a self-contained HTML file for teams and LLMs. Browser-only: BYO Anthropic, OpenAI, or Google key. No account. · URL → Agent Skill
MadamNazar.io (Game tool / RDR2) This website is a project I'm having a lot of fun with, it's sole purpose is to show the location of a NPC in the Online game Red Dead Redemption · NPC locator
BlurHash Playground (Experiment / Images) I've built this small app to play around with the BlurHash format, you can upload images and get their blurash representation either as images, CSS background or more! · BlurHash playground
Family.scss (Open source / Sass) Family.scss is a set of SCSS mixins that will help you master the use of nth-child elements with CSS! · CSS selectors · 2k+ stars
Colorify.js (Open source / JavaScript) [DEPRECATED] Colorify is one of my biggest 1st JS project, it's a script that will return a color/gradient based on images on a page. · Color extraction
From Query to Cube Speaker · Algolia DevBit · 3D / Search · Visualizing search in a 3D voxel world with Three.js and Algolia.
CSS Flicks Speaker · Algolia · CSS / Video · Creating video experiences with Algolia — storing and playing motion through CSS and search.
Building SwagSearch Speaker · Algolia · Frontend / Product · A walkthrough of building a real-time discovery platform for conference swag.
SwagSearch, live with Chuck Meyer Co-host · Algolia DevChat · Developer relations · Questions, implementation choices and a live tour of the application.
Creating a r/place clone with Algolia Speaker · Algolia DevCon · Creative coding · Building a collaborative pixel-art canvas with search infrastructure.
Family.scss & successful open source Speaker · CSS Paris #6 · Open source / CSS · How Family.scss grew, and lessons on shipping open-source CSS tools.
CSS Paris: blend modes, filters & video Speaker · CSS Paris · CSS / Video · A shared meetup recording including experiments with CSS blending, filters and video.
Paris Design Meetup #2 Organizer & host · 2024 · Design / Community · The full event recording: design talks, community and opening remarks.
Paris Design Meetup #3 Organizer · Design workflows supercharged with AI · On May 28th, Paris Design Meetup returned for a special evening dedicated to the evolving relationship between AI and design. Hosted at Jitter’s colorful office in the heart of Le Marais, this edition brought together designers, product people, creative technologists, and AI-curious builders for talks, demos, portfolio showcases, job opportunities, food, drinks, and conversations around the future of creative workflows.
Experiments
Shadow Vision CSS · users can adjust the "y + x" slider to modify the shadow's angle and toggle the animation feature to observe the shadow's dynamic behavior. This interactive tool exemplifies how the Houdini Paint API enables developers to craft custom CSS properties and effects, enhancing the capabilities of traditional CSS.
Algo Flix Algolia · AlgoFlix is an experiment that renders small videos in CSS
r/place with Algolia Algolia · A re-creation of the Reddit April Fools' Day event, r/place, using Algolia as the backend
BlurHash Playground CSS · I've built this small app to play around with the BlurHash format, you can upload images and get their blurash representation either as images, CSS background or more!
RandomiCSSer CSS · RandomiCSSer is a project that generates random numbers as css variables
Glassy button + Popover Reproduced the Glassy button from Markus on Dribbble: https://dribbble.com/shots/23129994-Glassy-button Thanks https://x.com/ChallengesCss for the help with anchor positioning
Fitness inspired loaders Some Apple's Fitness inspired loaders using CSS cos() & sin() functions. Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/LukyVJ/status/1658572588078059520
Futuristic Dial Button ☎ A futuristic dial button inspired by: https://twitter.com/JoshGuoSpace/status/1648259938110836738 Find the twitter thread here: https://twitter.com/LukyVJ/status/1650128063672229889
Subtle rainbow gradient buttons Some subtle rainbow colored buttons that reveals a nice gradient border & overlay ✨ See the thread about it: https://twitter.com/LukyVJ/status/1646927645425164313
Button with glow & particles ✨ Inspired by https://twitter.com/adrienrochet/status/1642127496823930882 The particle animations are made with SVG Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/LukyVJ/status/1644780864394412035
Old School Calculator Inspired by this tweet: https://twitter.com/SebastienNvzt/status/1641419150718390272
Skeuo-futuristic-slider A kind of skeuomorphic & futuristic interface 🤖 🐦 Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/LukyVJ/status/1641748031086161920 Inspired by this Dribbble post: https://dribbble.com/shots/7887362-Black-Magic-Mode The only JS is used to set the `--value` css variable. All the rest is CSS & SVG --------- - Got the particles logic from: https://codepen.io/robinselmer/pen/mRjoXr ( Thanks @robinselmer ) - Found the SVG technique for the "liquid" effect while searching a good replacement, initially I did it with a canvas, but I wanted to avoid using too much JS for this pen. Here's what I've found https://redstapler.co/realistic-water-effect-svg-turbulence-filter/
Fun 3D button Inspired by this tweet: https://twitter.com/aleksliving/status/1635306125393551360
Glowing Dropdown Inspired by this tweet of @UI8 https://twitter.com/ui8/status/1633368459319885825 Find my twitter thread: https://twitter.com/LukyVJ/status/1635693759714164736?s=20 Chrome: ✅ Safari: 🟧 Firefox:
Glowing Tabs - Chrome Only Inspired by this tweet: https://twitter.com/madebyharsh/status/1633459657133158400
Sharp & Glowing dark card | Chrome only Based on this tweet: https://twitter.com/aleksliving/status/1620874863690014721?s=20 Please note that this pen uses CSS @property for that is not yet available everywhere, I’ll make a cross browser version. Best viewed in chrome
CSS Clock-Shadows I had a lot of fun creating these little CSS clocks! Inspired by my Alexa Echo Dot, Let me tell you this, writing all these box shadows manually was tedious! Let me know what you think and all improvements suggestions are welcome! Cheers
Twitter Profile Dribbble to implementation. Designer : Paul Flavius Nechita Original image :
Community
I build communities as well as interfaces.
I organize Paris Design Meetup with Sébastien Navizet, bringing designers, developers and creative technologists together for talks, demos and conversations.
Our May 2026 edition at Jitter explored design workflows and AI, with Mathieu Boulet, Célia Lopez and Kim Köhler. My role: organizing the event and creating a space for these voices.
I've met gifted people, but Luky is one of the few true CSS wizards I know. He's highly imaginative, and he's always down to use new features and cutting-edge APIs to show you that, yes, this is possible in CSS. His enthusiasm and energy are refreshing, and everyone secretly aspires to be as cool as he is.
Luky is the dream partner in crime for a designer, always keen to implement the craziest designs. He is never afraid to explore new techniques, with a rare sense of detail and aesthetics. The best part is that in the end, you end up with an even cleaner look than the initial design!
Working with Lucas has been one of the most flawless collaboration I've had as a designer. Constantly paying attention to details, crafting pixel-perfect experiences, he's not afraid to go above and beyond to be proud of the final result, which is a quality inherent to passionated workers I love working with.
Among all the stars in the galaxy, the shiniest is called Luky. If you see it, make a wish for your next project and the sparkles of his creativity will bring life to your craziest dreams. Luky is the magic sauce.
I've had the chance to work with Lucas for many years, and all I can say is that every minute of it was a blast. Not only is he an incredible, funny and humble human being, but he also has a hacking mindset that helps him push his limits further and further. Lucas is truly a front-end expert with crazy CSS skills, and he always delivers pixel-perfect web experiences which are simply delightful to explore.