Chris Watson

@watzon

Applied AI Engineer at BitStorm. Building cool things on the side as I go.

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Hi, I'm Chris πŸ‘‹

πŸ› οΈ Software Engineer | πŸ”§ Developer Tools | πŸš€ Performance Obsessed

Go TypeScript Python Swift Crystal React AWS Docker Linux

Building robust developer tools and exploring language architecture. I focus on simplicity, performance, and developer experience.

Current Projects

SaaS

  • 🧈 Butterbase - Kitchen management platform for home bakers
  • πŸ’¬ Disforum - Make Discord forums searchable on the web
  • 🏠 Homelytics - Smart home analytics and insights

Developer Tools

  • πŸŽ™οΈ Pindrop - Native macOS menu bar dictation using local WhisperKit
  • ⚑ Alyx - Portable, polyglot Backend-as-a-Service (BaaS) in Go
  • 🎨 goshot - Create beautiful code screenshots with customizable styles
  • 🎯 cursor-linux-installer - Installing Cursor on Linux, done right
  • πŸš€ 0x45 - High-performance file sharing & URL shortening with S3 support
  • πŸ”’ fbmdob - Facebook image Metadata Obfuscation server
  • πŸ•·οΈ arachnid - Powerful web scraping framework for Crystal
  • πŸ€– n8n-nodes-perplexity - Perplexity AI integration for n8n

What I'm Doing

  • Building SaaS - Shipping tools that solve real problems (Butterbase, Disforum, Homelytics)
  • Exploring languages - Deep dives into Go, TypeScript, Python, Swift, and Crystal
  • Developer experience - Crafting CLI tools and utilities that feel right
  • Language architecture - Thinking about how languages work and how they could work better

Writing

I write about building things at watzon.tech/blog

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πŸ’¬ Simplicity. Performance. Developer Experience.

watzon/README.md on GitHub