Welcome to OtterSoftware!

Hey there! You'll find me online as BraveOtter, but most people just call me George. Both names have a bit of a story.

The name 'George' comes from when my wife and I first met online. I was being cagey about my real name, so she just called me 'George' on a whim. Her guess was so close that I gave up and told her my real name, which in Dutch translates directly to George. It stuck.

The handle BraveOtter came later, half as a joke and half to support my wife. A fresh start with no history attached. As for OtterSoftware: a pun on "Other Software", which says enough about the kind of things I build.

OtterSoftware started with a bigger plan. Build things live on stream, hang out with friends, grow a community of developers. Life had other plans. I landed a job at an AI development agency, where I focus fully on AI integration and automation, and streaming moved to the back burner.

I'm not complaining though. By trade I'm a full-stack developer, and these days my work is all about AI: building agents and automations for clients, wiring models into existing systems, and prototyping new ideas around them. Outside of work I still build odd things. Sometimes practical tools, sometimes projects that exist just for fun. Definitely not production-ready, but that's part of the charm.

So instead of a stream schedule, this site is where I write about whatever I'm building or thinking about, whenever I get around to it. If you want to see what I'm up to, my GitHub is the best place to look, and you can always reach out.

Thanks for stopping by!