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title: Floe Blog | Maxence
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Maxence

Maxence works on Floe’s planner and query optimisation, turning “why is this slow?” into a plan that actually moves. Fuelled by coffee and strong opinions about execution strategies, he escapes to hiking trails and climbing walls, chasing good paths in every context.

  

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# [Predicate pushdown, a planner perspective A deep dive into pushdown logic in query planners](https://floedb.ai/blog/predicate-pushdown-a-planner-perspective)

 by[![Maxence](https://floedb.ai/hubfs/avatars/maxence.png)Maxence](https://floedb.ai/blog/author/maxence)·May 4, 2026 6:35:31 AM

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# [How we made geo joins 400× faster with H3 indexes Using H3 indexes to greatly speed up geospatial SQL Queries. Orders of magnitude improvements can be gained with the right data structures](https://floedb.ai/blog/how-we-made-geo-joins-400-faster-with-h3-indexes)

 by[![Maxence](https://floedb.ai/hubfs/avatars/maxence.png)Maxence](https://floedb.ai/blog/author/maxence)·Jan 19, 2026 9:41:44 AM

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