Hey, I’m Chris 👋

This is Chris Bargmann’s (@cbrgm) personal blog. I’m a passionate Software Engineer currently working at MOIA in Hamburg, Germany. You can find me on GitHub and connect with me on the Fediverse.

🌱 Check out my projects

• cbrgm/focusmode-chrome-extension: A simple Chrome extension that blocks distracting websites (3 hours ago)
• cbrgm/cbrgm: My personal status page (5 hours ago)
• cbrgm/exportenv: Multi-arch + simple CLI tool to export variables from an .env file to your current session. Also available as a container image. (8 hours ago)
• cbrgm/githubevents: GitHub webhook events toolset for Go :rocket: (8 hours ago)
• cbrgm/promcheck: A tool and exporter to identify faulty Prometheus rules (8 hours ago)
• cbrgm/gostale: Track and enforce TODOs and FIXMEs with expiration dates in Go code. (8 hours ago)

✌️ Recent collaborative efforts

• patch(deps): update dependency chrome-types to v0.1.347 (3 hours ago)
• patch(deps): update dependency go to v1.24.2 (9 hours ago)
• chore(deps): bump golang.org/x/net from 0.35.0 to 0.36.0 (9 hours ago)
• patch(deps): update dependency go to v1.24.2 (10 hours ago)
• patch(deps): update dependency go to v1.24.2 (11 hours ago)

🔭 What’s recently captured my curiosity

• github/safe-settings: (20 hours ago)
• google/capslock: (1 day ago)
• kanidm/kanidm: Kanidm: A simple, secure, and fast identity management platform (1 day ago)
• gristlabs/grist-core: Grist is the evolution of spreadsheets. (2 days ago)
• opengrep/opengrep: 🔎 Static code analysis engine to find security issues in code. (4 days ago)

🧶 Join the conversation

• With the spring temperatures in Hamburg, my mood rises by 1000% (3 weeks ago)
• #FOSDEM fomo kicks in. I wish everyone who’s there lots of fun. Keep the… (1 month ago)
• Weekend Painting, I also recorded the session this time… (2 months ago)
• First drawing of the year #krita #kritaartist (2 months ago)
• Swamp Speedpaint in #krita (3 months ago)

📚 Dive into my blog posts

• Recap: Attending GrafanaCon 2024 in Amsterdam (11 months ago)
• Talk: Introduction into Go Profiling: Tools (2 years ago)
• Personal: 2022 Year in a Review (2 years ago)
• Talk: DevFest Hamburg 2022 Workshop Recap (2 years ago)
• Talk: Code Generation with Go: Insights from GDG Hamburg Meetup (2 years ago)
• Recap: KubeCon Europe 2022 - Back to In-Person Events (2 years ago)
• Streamlining CI/CD with GitHub Actions Matrix Builds for Sequential Deployments (2 years ago)
• So you want i3wm on MacOS? (3 years ago)

🤘 Listen to my recent tunes

• Kaleo - USA Today (13 hours ago)
• Milky Chance - Daydreaming (13 hours ago)
• Tash Sultana - Big Smoke, Pt. 2 - Live (13 hours ago)
• Tash Sultana - Greed (13 hours ago)
• Tash Sultana - Mellow Marmalade (13 hours ago)
• Kaleo - Way Down We Go (13 hours ago)
• Alessia Cara - Lie To Me (13 hours ago)
• Portugal. The Man - So Young (13 hours ago)

🎬 Movies I watched recently

• Mickey 17, 2025 - ★★★★ (3 days ago)
• Conclave, 2024 - ★★★ (3 months ago)
• Office Space, 1999 - ★★★ (6 months ago)
• Lost in Translation, 2003 - ★★★★★ (6 months ago)
• Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, 2024 - ★★½ (9 months ago)
• Poor Things, 2023 - ★★★★½ (11 months ago)
• Dune, 2021 - ★★★ (1 year ago)
• Dune: Part Two, 2024 - ★★★★ (1 year ago)

💬 Let’s Connect!

Let’s collaborate or chat. :-) Your input enriches my journey.

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