About me

My name is Olivier Bruchez. To make it short, here's my Twitter bio*:

"Software engineer living in Switzerland, working at EPFL, passionate about software development (incl. Scala), science, technology, philosophy, music, and more."

You can find more information about me on my profile page or in my CV / résumé.

About this website

This site is meant as a central repository for my public lists and documents, which were previously stored on Github, Google Drive, etc. It was also an excuse to start a new programming project, using Scala, Play, Akka, and more.

Most of the content on this site is stored on Github, but some of it also comes from external APIs such as the Blogger API or the Twitter API.

Blog

I have a blog on Blogger since September 2006. It is not completely integrated with this website yet, but I'm working on it.

Here are my latest posts:

What have I done lately?

The last books I read, concerts I went to, movies I saw, etc. Yes, I'm a list addict. This is a recurrent theme on this site.

2025-10-15 - How Should We Do Drugs Now?
2025-07-24 - The Problem of Marital Loneliness
2025-04-15 - Every Arthouse Buff You Know Is Pirating Films
2025-01-22 - A nuanced and multifaceted approach to longevity research
2024-10-11 - Royal Appointment: Recording Prince
2025-10-22 - Marguerite Duras - Moderato cantabile
2025-08-29 - Rutger Bregman - Moral Ambition
2025-05-09 - Dino Buzzati - Le Désert des Tartares
2025-03-18 - Ray Kurzweil - The Singularity Is Nearer
2025-01-20 - Daniel Pennac - Au bonheur des ogres
2025-10-15 - KNOWER - Magazzini Generali, Milan, Italy
2025-08-01 - Brad Mehldau - Salle des Combins, Verbier, Switzerland
2025-07-24 - Julien Doré - Grande Scène, Nyon, Switzerland
2025-07-24 - Styleto - Véga, Nyon, Switzerland
2025-06-29 - Mike Stern - Théâtre Jean-Duceppe, Montréal, QC, Canada
2025-09-27 - Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland - De Rembrandt à Van Gogh - Collection Armand Hammer, Los Angeles
2025-05-17 - Fondation de l’Hermitage, Lausanne, Switzerland - Trésors du Petit Palais de Genève
2025-01-19 - Fondation Beyeler, Riehen, Switzerland - Matisse – Invitation to the Voyage
2025-01-19 - Naturhistorisches Museum, Basel, Switzerland - Permanent exhibition
2025-01-18 - Museum Tinguely, Basel, Switzerland - Permanent exhibition / Fresh Window. The Art of Display & Display of Art
2025-10-29 - - Låt den rätte komma in
2025-10-22 - Cory McAbee - The American Astronaut
2025-10-21 - Aki Kaurismäki - Mies vailla menneisyyttä
2025-10-20 - Erlingur Thoroddsen - Rökkur
2025-10-18 - Gaspar Noé - Climax
2025-10-03 - La réunification des deux Corées - Théâtre du Jorat, Mézières, Switzerland
2025-08-30 - Alice revient au Jardin des Merveilles - Château de Vullierens, Vullierens, Switzerland
2025-04-03 - Emma, c’est moi ! - Pulloff Théâtres, Lausanne, Switzerland
2025-03-22 - Préparation pour un miracle - Salle Charles Apothéloz, Théâtre de Vidy, Lausanne, Switzerland
2025-02-02 - Robin des Bois - Théâtre Barnabé, Servion, Switzerland
2025-10-29 - Making Sense with Sam Harris - A World in Crisis - A Conversation with Robert D. Kaplan
2025-10-25 - Your Undivided Attention - People are Lonelier than Ever. Enter AI.
2025-10-12 - FoundMyFitness - How To Cure Insomnia & Fall Asleep Fast | Dr. Michael Grandner
2025-10-07 - Le Futurologue Podcast - Économiste : "Oui, l'IA pourrait tous nous mettre au chômage."
2025-09-28 - Making Sense with Sam Harris - What If Consciousness Is Fundamental? - A Conversation with Annaka Harris
2025-09-20 - September 20-22, 2025: Basel, Switzerland / Europa-Park (Rust), Germany
2025-08-07 - August 7-10, 2025: Center Parcs Les Trois Forêts, Hattigny, France
2025-06-28 - June 28-July 14, 2025: Québec, Canada
2025-04-20 - April 20-25, 2025: Rome, Italy
2025-02-28 - February 28-March 1, 2025: Charmey / Gruyères, Switzerland
2025-07-03 - Party Down (season 3)
2025-06-06 - The Last of Us (season 2)
2025-03-21 - Severance (season 2)
2025-03-13 - Bref. (season 2)
2025-02-14 - Blackadder (series 2)