About

Why this site

Trained as an electronics engineer, I worked as a research engineer at IRD (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, formerly ORSTOM) for forty years and took part in around one hundred oceanographic cruises, mainly across tropical waters in the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian oceans.

Over the years, techniques evolved considerably. Computing became central to field work, and I developed many software tools for data acquisition, collection, processing, and real-time visualization. The goal remained the same: simplify the automation of data collection and archiving, make onboard operations simpler and more reliable, maximize the success rate of operations at sea, and share the techniques that were developed in practice.

Since retiring nearly four years ago, I have been drawn back into software development through volunteer work and felt the need to resume the evolution of several of these tools so they could become more reliable, easier to use, easier to maintain, and easier to pass on. This website was created in that spirit: to share software, working notes, and practical feedback with the widest possible audience.

Oceano29 therefore provides a clearer entry point than a raw GitHub repository to present software, utilities, documentation, and technical notes related to oceanography.

What you will find here

• project pages with context, screenshots, links, and installation notes
• short posts to announce releases or document an approach
• more detailed technical notes about workflows, modeling, or data processing
• articles about personal software or electronics developments
• documentation about software or equipment, including troubleshooting

Editorial direction

The site starts in French, English, and Portuguese with a simple and durable approach:

• content written in Markdown
• static generation with Hugo