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Dries Ketels

Things I build: tools for engineering drawings and CAD, AI experiments, and a few apps for home.

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2026

Titleblock Reader

Finds the title block on an engineering drawing, PDF or DWG, and reads its fields with a vision model that can run fully local.

An engineering drawing next to the fields Titleblock Reader extracted from its title block
Built withPythonvision LLMsOpenAI-compatible APIsFastAPIReactTypeScriptTailwindpdfplumber
2026

Rotatrix for Revit

A Revit add-in that lets the Rotatrix navigation device drive the Revit camera, from Revit 2023 through 2026 in one bundle.

Video of Rotatrix for Revit
Built withC#.NET 8.NET Framework 4.8Revit APIOpenAxis SDKPowerShell
2026

Tracky

A shared chore board for a household that makes the split visible.

The Tracky week board, with chores as rows and coloured dots for who did each one
Built withNext.jsReactTypeScriptPrismaPostgreSQLBetter AuthTailwind CSSVitestPlaywright
2026

Conversational Workflow Platform

Fill out structured records like meeting reports or reminders by just talking, while the engine tracks what is known and asks only about what is missing.

The Workflow Assistant filling out a meeting report from a conversation, with the record taking shape beside the chat
Built withPythonClaude APIPydanticYAMLpytest
2025

XRedigestibleizator

A browser userscript that rewrites posts in your X feed with a language model, kinder and easier to digest, toggled per post.

A mock feed where posts are shown rewritten in a calmer tone, with a toggle to show the original
Built withJavaScriptTampermonkeyOpenRouterLLMs