Denis Laprise

I'm a software hacker, builder and investor.

Some things about me:

• Grew up in Saint-Félicien, Québec
• Fell in love with software and computers at 11 years old
• Currently working on automatic map generation at Nvidia
• Started 3 companies: Curbside (2013) Poly9 (2005) AMS (2001)
• Based in Palo Alto, CA

Books that shaped me, in no particular order:

• Citadelle by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
• The Art of Loving by Erich Fromm
• Escape from Freedom by Erich Fromm
• Hackers & Painters by Paul Graham
• Zadig by Voltaire
• Germinal by Émile Zola
• Les Rois Maudits by Maurice Druon
• Les Fleurs du Mal by Charles Baudelaire
• Capitale de la Douleur by Paul Éluard

Some things I believe:

• Amor fati
• Diversification isn't a good mindset
• Structure is beauty, which is intelligence
• We are either life-oriented or death-oriented
• Actions > words

Contact:

• Email: denis@2ni.net
• X: @nside
• GitHub: nside