My site
I started dri.es (formerly buytaert.net) in 1999 as a place to blog, share photos, and deepen my thinking. It's one of my longest-running projects. Working on my site helps me relax, so I do it regularly. These posts document that work.
2025
- A blog is a biography
- Infinite scroll with htmx
- Life beyond social media: a more intentional way to share photos
- Switching to Markdown after 20 years of HTML
- If a note can be public, it should be
- Trusting AI with my images wasn't easy
- Automating alt-text generation with AI
- I want to run AI locally. Here is why I'm not (yet).
- Comparing local large language models for alt-text generation Featured