Clément Chappron,
aka L'enfant Sauvage

I'm a full-stack and creative developer, based in Nantes — and regularly elsewhere, between time zones, digital-nomad style (Mauritius is my favourite).

L'enfant Sauvage is the raw meeting of technology and craft. A duality I embrace: I write solid systems andI sweat every pixel. The back-end that holds the load and the interface that makes you want to click aren't two worlds — they're two sides of the same job.

Several lives before code

Before building websites and apps, I built other things. I was a non-commissioned officer in mountain troops. I built tree houses in Russia, set up a tree-climbing adventure park in China, and launched my first company in Nantes. Raw ground, far from screens — but always the same obsession: to design something solid, with whatever's at hand, and make it hold.

Code came next, like an obvious step. I found in it what I loved elsewhere: solving concrete problems, building (differently) with my hands, and the demand for work done right. My unusual path is the way I code — resourceful, rigorous, and rarely where you'd expect.

Anchored in Nantes, at home anywhere

Nantes is my home base. But I move: today Mauritius, tomorrow France, then Europe a few months at a time. As a nomad developer, I work remotely as smoothly as in person — video calls, clear communication, regular delivery. Distance has never been a limit: it's often where I'm most effective.

A real full-stack

My playground runs from Ruby on Rails (my centre of gravity) to modern React / TypeScript, through Node.js and Python. I've architected multi-app SaaS platforms, real-time dashboards, e-commerce sites and infrastructure microservices. From static to platform, I hold the whole chain.

The Citron Sorbet tandem

I work hand in hand with the Citron Sorbet studio (Fanny Métivier, a graphic designer in Nantes): she designs the identity, I build the site. This very site, like Citron Sorbet's, was born from that design + development complementarity.

How I work

Frame before coding. Cut it just right, avoid the over-engineering. Ship fast, but solid. And communicate clearly — you get a single partner who speaks both aesthetics and engineering.