Youri Ackx · Fullstack developer with 20+ years of experience · Former CTO and DPO · Lives in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Authoring
- Introduction to Programming with Go a book for beginners.
- Commodore 64 MOS 6510 8-bit asm programming routines.
- Guide de démarrage d'une liste citoyenne guide for citizen lists (fr).
Games
- WOPR thermonuclear war simulation reminiscent of an eighties movie.
- Rock Blaster classic arcade Asteroid Deluxe revival.
- Pong FX classic Pong game implemented in JavaFX.
- Bloxorz a bloxorz solver written in Go.
Tools
- python-escp a Python library to drive Epson ESC/P printers.
- pandoc-docker Dockerfile for pandoc with beamer support. Write presentations and books in Markdown.
- py-booklet Python script to rearrange the page order in a PDF to print as a booklet.
Random Experiments
- Empire of Light escape the living room in this 3D browser game.
- Underground Museum a weird metro experiment.
CS Problems
- Conway's Game of Life in Go and in Haskell.
- Dining Philosophers in various programming languages.
Volunteer
-
Kayoux (2018-2021 and 2024)
Citizen collective aiming at improving democracy and transparency -
Agora.Brussels (2022-2024)
Citizen party with citizen assemblies at the Brussels Parliament -
negaWatt (2025) (very limited involvement)
Non-profit organization promoting energy transition and sobriety
Contact
youri at this domain name
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