Dries Buytaert

My site

In 1999 I decided to start dri.es (formally buytaert.net) as a place to blog, write, share photos, and deepen my thinking. My site is one of my longest running projects. Working on my site helps me relax, so it's something that I do regularly. Now and then, I document my work on dri.es.

2025

• Life beyond social media: a more intentional way to share photos

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  October 8th
• Switching to Markdown after 20 years of HTML

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  August 20th
• If a note can be public, it should be

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  June 18th
• Trusting AI with my images wasn't easy

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  February 24th
• Automating alt-text generation with AI

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  February 20th
• I want to run AI locally. Here is why I'm not (yet).

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  February 11th
• Comparing local large language models for alt-text generation Featured

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  February 3rd

2024

• My solar-powered and self-hosted website Featured

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  October 15th
• Two years later: is my Web3 website still standing? Featured

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  February 29th
• Spicing up my blog: venturing into new topics

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  January 25th
• The Watchmaker's Approach to Web Development

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  January 3rd

2023

• Why content management systems can outperform static site generators

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  March 20th
• Artificial Intelligence, the future of Content Management and the Web Featured

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  February 27th

2022

• A photo stream for my site

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  November 6th
• State of Drupal presentation (September 2022)

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  September 28th
• My Drupal deployment workflow

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  August 1st
• Analyzing my photography history

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  June 13th
• My first Web3 webpage Featured

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  February 24th

2021

• Simple JavaScript search

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  November 19th
• Securing my email with SPF, DKIM and DMARC

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  March 16th
• Building a personal memex

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  February 17th

2020

• Caring for old links

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  January 6th

2019

• How to remove YouTube tracking

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  March 26th
• Optimizing site performance by "lazy loading" images

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  February 21st
• Optimizing site performance by reducing JavaScript and CSS

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  February 13th

2018

• Soft-launching your new Drupal theme

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  December 30th
• Adding support for Dark Mode to web applications

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  October 29th
• Responsive images for dri.es

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  October 14th
• A fresh look for dri.es

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  October 13th
• Canonical URLs

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  March 14th
• RSS auto-discovery

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  March 14th
• How to use Drupal 8's off-canvas dialog in your modules

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  March 12th
• My POSSE plan for evolving my site

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  February 16th
• To PESOS or to POSSE? Featured

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  February 6th

2017

• Clean CSS with Stylelint

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  December 20th
• From buytaert.net to dri.es

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  August 14th

2016

• Buytaert.net now on Drupal 8

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  December 16th

2010

• Playing with New Relic on Acquia Hosting

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  December 16th
• What I want for my website

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  July 6th

2006

• Extreme makeover

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  March 17th

2005

• First post!

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  December 31st