Olivier Belaud

I am currently focusing on developing high-performance e-commerce storefronts with Nuxt.js.

I chose Nuxt for its ideal balance of adoption, developer experience, maintainability (less code), and performance (compact compiled code with excellent TTFB).

For the backend, I highly recommend Medusa — an open-source Node.js platform whose newly launched V2 seems destined to become the next major player in e-commerce.

Over 13 years of experience:

🏴‍☠ I launched my freelance career through LinkedIn, leveraging growth hacking techniques (scraping, emailing) from the start to secure my first clients and build a solid portfolio. (Note: Don't do this at home. It was 13 years ago!)

🎯 I started by creating HubSpot-like websites to help businesses generate more leads online.

🎉 I developed my own JavaScript framework from scratch for a highly interactive training management platform.

🧑🏻‍💻 Subsequently, I extensively used React, Vue, and Svelte for various clients — ranging from startups like Angell Bike to large companies such as Carrefour, Believe, and IAD — on SaaS and e-commerce projects.

🤝 My experience covers approximately 60 clients, from one-day assignments (e.g., email integration for Molton Brown) to long-term projects (up to four years with Veolia).

🛍️ Last year, I developed a complete headless e-commerce backend in Node.js for a B2B wholesale platform, due to my frustration with Shopify's limitations.

Feel free to contact me at olivierbelaud.dev