No bullshit.
Field reports from Abbeal teams. Quarterly updates.
- // 01
Business
Output-based vs Time & Material: why we killed T&M at Abbeal.
78% of Abbeal portfolio runs on Output-based pricing in 2026. Gross margin +18 pts, NPS +24, engagement length ×1.7. How we operate and 3 success conditions.
11 min
- // 02
IA
How I automated a tech consulting CEO's day with Claude (and what you can learn from it).
30 workflows orchestrated on Notion + BoondManager + Google Workspace + LinkedIn + Apollo + Calendly + Tactiq, no new SaaS. 4 pillars: multichannel anti-duplicate sales, 48h recruitment, inbound SEO/LinkedIn/AI citations, founder productivity. Zero lost leads in 6 months, 15 min/day vs 3-4h before.
7 min
- // 03
IA
7 patterns for AI agents in production (no demo theater).
Real-world patterns from RAG, agents and MLOps deployments. Senior teams shipping AI from POC to prod across Paris, Montréal, Tokyo.
9 min
- // 04
GreenOps
GreenOps: seven levers that cut 30% of your cloud bill.
Without sacrificing performance. Concrete cases: -30% on the bill, same SLOs.
6 min
- // 05
Tech radar
Tech Radar 2026 Q2: Rust, ROS 2, OpenTofu, Pinecone, Claude in Adopt.
Criteria, field reports, trade-offs. What we actually adopt vs what we assess.
12 min
- // 06
Mobbeal
Learning Japanese in Tokyo after JLPT N2: my daily routine.
No magic bullet to learn a language. Anki, WaniKani and Bunpro: the three tools I use daily to keep progressing in Japanese from Tokyo, on top of the private lessons Abbeal offers me.
5 min
- // 07
Mobbeal
VIE Tokyo: Hugo, fullstack developer, left after 3 years at Toyota France.
26 years old, on VIE at Abbeal Tokyo since October 2025 on an IBM HCL Commerce (Java + JSP) e-commerce mission. How his Toyota Motor Manufacturing France experience shaped his Japan call, and how his French team's flexibility makes the time zone gap manageable.
5 min
- // 08
AI
AI agents in production: 7 patterns French banks taught us.
Field notes from BNP, SocGen and a top-3 French insurer. What changes when your agent runs against COBOL cores, ACPR audit logs and a 4 ms p99 budget.
7 min
- // 09
Mobbeal
3 years in Tokyo: Alex, Senior Software Engineer, how he lives his 7-8h time gap.
8 years of dev, 3 years in Japan. Alex works on French hours (2pm-midnight Tokyo), with negotiated flex after 6 months. How he convinced his client ("6 months to see"), and why it's been running for 3 years.
6 min
- // 10
Mobbeal
Where to live in Tokyo? My top 5 (subjective, no apologies), by Sébastien Lonjon.
After more than a year in Tokyo, Abbeal's CEO shares his 5 favourite neighbourhoods: Kōenji (punk), Shimokitazawa (slow indie), Kichijōji (park + postcard), Daikanyama (discreet chic) and his #1 Jiyūgaoka — where he lives with his family (nature, international schools, Shibuya access).
6 min
- // 11
Mobbeal
Working Holiday Tokyo: Kevyn, mechanical engineer at Amplitude Laser, 1 year in Japan.
26 years old, high-energy laser mechanical engineer. Left on Working Holiday then switched to work visa. The 7-8h gap becomes an asset: his Tokyo nights = France days, urgent topics unblock in continuity. Plus a Shinto anecdote on lunch break.
6 min
- // 12
Mobbeal
My top ramen in Tokyo: 4 spots that put me back in my place.
Abbeal's CEO shares his current top: Hujishiro (classic, no frills), Menya Kokoro (signature mazemen), Afuri (delicate yuzu shio), Tamotsu (deep broth, seasonal duck). Plus a #1 kept for direct contacts.
4 min
- // 13
Mobbeal
VIE Tokyo: Grégorie, fullstack dev at OneID, the best of both worlds.
22 years old, after 3 years of work-study at OneID. VIE negotiated with a doc detailing benefits — hybrid FR/JP hours: morning Tokyo (France team sleeps), evening Tokyo (common slot), night Tokyo (France handover). Vue.js + DevOps + React Native, Docker locally. And the danger of living 2 minutes from a Pokémon Center.
5 min
- // 14
Engineering
Follow-the-Sun: 24/7 without burning teams out.
Three time zones, three teams, a roadmap that moves while you sleep. How we actually operate it.
7 min
- // 15
Legacy
Legacy Modernization: three AI agents doing the work of thirty devs.
Archaeologist, Architect, Cleaner. Our multi-agent method to migrate 20 years of COBOL in six months.
9 min
- // 16
IA
RAG in production: from €10,000 to €900 per month.
A European bank, a RAG pipeline, a hybrid strategy. How we cut inference costs by ten.
8 min
- // 17
Legacy
COBOL is not dead. The developers are.
4M lines, 14 months: how a Japanese bank modernized COBOL with multi-agent AI (Archeologist, Architect, Cleaner). Senior pod, Tokyo + Paris.
5 min
- // 18
Cloud
Digital sovereignty: SecNumCloud vs APPI, how we navigate.
French obsession with sovereignty vs Japanese pragmatism. Hybrid architectures that pass both audits.
9 min
- // 19
Talent
Hiring the top 1% in tech: Abbeal's 48-hour process.
Engineer-led sourcing, short technical validation, closing in 48 hours. How we avoid CV-puzzles.
6 min
- // 20
Mobbeal
Mobbeal Playbook: keep your job, change your life.
52 mobilities operated between Paris, Montréal, Tokyo. The model we refined, the pitfalls, the wins. And who we're looking for.
10 min