Elian Van Cutsem
Chief Technology Officer at ElianCodes
Ghent, East Flanders, Belgium
Summary
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Top SchoolElian Van Cutsem is a pragmatic technology leader and open-source advocate with seven years of experience shaping developer experiences and web tooling from Ghent, Belgium. As CTO of Vulpo and Lead DevRel at React Bricks, he blends hands-on engineering with community building—organizing meetups and conferences across Europe and Africa while advising startups. A former Astro core contributor and current maintainer, he has improved documentation and the create-astro project, demonstrating attention to developer UX and upgrade flows for a popular static-site framework. His background spans cloud-native engineering, UI work, and scripting improvements (including robust install scripts for grub2 themes), showing versatility across full-stack and infra tasks. Elian’s approach pairs product-minded technical leadership with a knack for shipping clear docs, seasonal developer delight, and community-driven momentum. Outside work he occasionally hosts podcasts and leverages a visual design background to make developer tools more approachable.
7 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, ICT, Bachelor's degree, ICT at Hogeschool OdiseeElectromechanical Technology/Electromechanical Engineering Technology, Electromechanical Technology/Electromechanical Engineering Technology at GTSM Merchtemdiploma, Photography, diploma, Photography at VISO Mariakerke
Dutch, English, French
Github Skills (35)
javascript10
website-development10
scripting10
typescript10
bash10
dialog10
script10
astrojs10
typescript-types10
sh10
typescripts10
shell10
website-design10
dialogs10
documentation10
Programming languages (23)
Github contributions (5)
withastro/docs
Apr 2022 - Apr 2024
Astro documentation
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:367 reviews, 171 PRs, 182 pushes in 2 years
Contributions summary:Elian primarily contributed to the Astro documentation site by updating the user interface components, making changes to the navigation structure, and upgrading the site to Astro v3. Their work includes adding new features and content for the documentation, especially focusing on the upgrade guide. Furthermore, the user has been involved in formatting and cleaning the codebase.
creative-commonsastrodocumentation-site
withastro/astro
Oct 2021 - Sep 2022
The web framework for content-driven websites. ⭐️ Star to support our work!
Role in this project:Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:53 reviews, 8 commits, 28 PRs in 11 months
Contributions summary:Elian primarily contributed to the `create-astro` package, focusing on features related to project setup and the user experience. They implemented seasonal themes and messages for the project creation tool, specifically adding Halloween and New Year's greetings. The user also refactored code for the seasonal logic and updated the `create-astro` package's context and introduction messages.
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