👋 Hi there

I'm Elian, a Software Engineer based in Belgium 🇧🇪, Astro Maintainer, meetup organizer, and BeJS conference co-organizer.

Former Astro Core team.

Currently working as Lead Developer Relations at React Bricks & Software Engineer at Vulpo.

Worked with vBridge, Bright Energy, C-all, You?

💡 You might know me from

• Astro - A new way to build websites
• Starlight - A documentation website generator powered by Astro
• Search Astro Docs - A Raycast extension to search faster on the Astro Documentation
• Astro Community - The home for the Astro Award winners' showcase
• Astro Dev Portal - The home for theme authors publishing for Astro
• Brutal - A theme for Astro
• BeJS - Conference in Brussels, Belgium
• React Brussels - Conference in Belgium
• devs.gent - Developer meetups in Ghent, Belgium
• BeJS Podcast
• React Paris - Conference in Paris, France
• React Africa - Conference in Casablanca, Morocco
• React Bricks - The Visual headless CMS for React

🎤 Upcoming talks & events

• React Paris - 21 March 2025 - Paris, France
• React Norway - 20 June 2025 - Larvik, Norway
• Code Europe - 30 June-1 July - Krakow, Poland

📝 Latest Blogposts

• SolidJS Devtools with Astro
• How I keep everything up to date
• PandaCSS + Astro startkit
• Elians Astro Startkit
• So, I'm leaving vBridge

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✏️ Get in touch

Feel free to DM me on any platform

• 𝕏 (formerly Twitter)
• Threads
• Mastodon
• Bluesky
• LinkedIn
• email me
• check my website

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