About

Hi, I'm Louka Ménard Blondin, a software engineer, web developer, sysadmin, cybersecurity consultant, and designer from Montréal, Canada. I specialize in developing extemely specialized software for companies, building websites targeting the global scale, maintaining Linux & BSD systems, designing brands for businesses, as well as many, many other things. Chances are, if it's on a computer, I can probably help you with it. Part-time, I also commit to graphic design, brand design, writing, linguistics, and religious study.

Work

Ancre

I am the founder and lead developer of Ancre (pronounced "anchor"), a web and software engineering firm based in the region of Montréal, Quebec. Launched to formally organize and coordinate the development of multiple independent corporate projects, we design bespoke websites as well as internal software for small to medium-sized businesses that need to stand-out. Our website can be found here. (French only)

Synapse Softworks

I am the co-founder, chief operating officer, and brand designer of Synapse Softworks, a firm of cybersecurity professionals and software engineers based in the sunny city of Orlando, Florida. Launching in 2018 as a humble software development company, we have since grown to work hand-in-hand with global platforms like Roblox to deliver operational security to users and developers worldwide. Our website can be found here.

Unicode Consortium

I am the chair of the Editorial Working Group at the Unicode Consortium, a non-profit corporation devoted to developing, maintaining, and promoting software internationalization standards, including the widely used emojis that we all know and love (to a certain extent). The Editorial Working Group maintains websites and documentation used by tens of thousands of IT companies worldwide to implement i18n standards and data, including Google, Meta, Amazon, and Apple.

Ahmadiyya Jama'at

I produced and maintained posters, publications, and other branding material for the Eastern Canadian mosques of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at. I also maintained the Kaab'ot tool and digital library for efficiently indexing and searching through the many literary works of the authors recognized and trusted by the Jama'at, used by Muslim communities worldwide.

Projects

Personal projects that I develop as hobby.

• Bible study tools — A set of public domain study tools for the Bible, including a tabbed reader, a book and verse search engine, and URL-based workspace states. Lists seven translations of the Bible, as well as Latter-day Saints scriptures.
• Kaabot — Interactive bot for exegesis of the Quran as published by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama'at, as well as retrieving MTA programs. Developed at the behest of, and for, the True Islam community.
• Lamb — Zero configuration, straightforward static site generator, written in TypeScript and released into the public domain. Written as an experiment for a possible replacement for the Unicode corp website.
• svelte-document — Experimental tool for generating documents, resumes, or presentations (PDFs) from a collection of Svelte files.

Contact

If you have a business proposal, employment concern, or you're just looking for some information, you can reach me at [email protected]. I read all messages.

If you have a matter concerning Unicode and/or its Editorial Working Group, please contact me at [email protected] instead.

If you dislike email, you can always contact me at loukamb on Discord.