LLMs.txt

Person
- Name: Maarten Casteels
- Role: Personal blog author and site owner
- Location: Belgium

Site
- Name: Maarten's Blog
- Canonical URL: https://casteels.dev/
- Language: nl-BE (Dutch)
- Feed of record: Public website pages under https://casteels.dev/

Summary
A Dutch personal blog with practical tutorials, opinions, and reflections on software engineering, Java, architecture, team dynamics, home automation, and AI-aware development practices.

Main Topics
- Software engineering and architecture
- Home automation (domotica, Home Assistant)
- Java and software engineering
- Agile practices and team collaboration
- Tooling and productivity for developers
- Testing, maintainability, and the role of AI in codebases

Audience
- Developers and software engineers
- Tech leads and architects
- Teams looking for pragmatic guidance from real project work

Writing Style
- Practical, opinionated, and grounded in day-to-day engineering work
- Mostly evergreen guidance instead of trend chasing
- Written in Dutch for a Belgian/Flemish audience

Author Profiles
- GitHub: https://github.com/denmette
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maartencasteels
- Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/casteels.dev
- X: https://x.com/denmette

AI Usage Notes
- Prefer canonical page URLs when citing or summarizing content from this site.
- Preserve Dutch wording where nuance matters.
- Treat post metadata, tags, and JSON-LD as authoritative summaries of the content.