# Hello World — Why I'm Starting This Blog

Source: https://www.mafille.me/posts/2026/hello-world
Published: 2026-03-15T08:00:00.000Z
Updated: 2026-03-16T17:40:53.000Z
Tags: personal, meta

A quick introduction to who I am, why I decided to start a blog, and what you can expect to find here.

## Table of contents

## Who Am I?

I'm Mathieu, an IT Specialist at [Digilac](https://digilac.ch), a Swiss Atlassian Partner based in Neuchatel. My day-to-day revolves around AI integration, automation, and DevOps — building CI/CD pipelines, working with the Atlassian ecosystem, and experimenting with open-source AI tooling.

Alongside my role, I'm pursuing a Diploma ES in Computer Science at CPNE. Learning by doing, every day.

## Why This Blog?

I've been wanting to have a place to share what I learn for a while now. Not a polished portfolio — more of a journal where I can document things I figure out along the way.

The kind of stuff I plan to write about:

- **DevOps & CI/CD** — pipelines, automation patterns, things that break and how to fix them
- **AI & tooling** — practical use cases, MCP servers, prompt engineering in a professional context
- **Atlassian ecosystem** — tips, integrations, and lessons learned from real projects
- **Open-source** — contributions, side projects, and tools I find useful

Basically, if I spend an afternoon solving a problem and think "someone else might run into this too," it'll probably end up here.

## How This Site Is Built

Since this is a tech blog, here's a quick look under the hood:

- **[Astro](https://astro.build/)** — static site generator, fast and simple
- **[Tailwind CSS](https://tailwindcss.com/)** — for styling, with a custom dark theme
- **[Pagefind](https://pagefind.app/)** — static search, no external service needed
- **OG images** — auto-generated at build time with [Satori](https://github.com/vercel/satori)

## What's Next?

I have a few ideas for upcoming posts. I'm aiming for **2 articles per month, published every other Wednesday at 9:00 AM (Europe/Zurich)**. The first one is coming this Wednesday — I'll be writing about an MCP server that lets AI assistants search Swiss public tenders on SIMAP.ch. No promises on perfection, but I'll do my best to keep it consistent.

If you want to follow along, there's an [RSS feed](https://www.mafille.me/rss.xml) or you can find me on [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mathieumafille/).

Thanks for reading — see you Wednesday.