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/cbrgm: My personal status page (1 hour ago)
• cbrgm/devfest-2025: (18 hours ago)
• cbrgm/cdk-on-demand-minecraft-server: On-Demand Minecraft Server running on ECS(Fargate) and deployed via CDK (Go) (1 day ago)
• cbrgm/cleanup-stale-branches-action: Use this Action to cleanup stale / abandoned branches in your GitHub repository (1 day ago)
• cbrgm/githubevents: GitHub webhook events toolset for Go :rocket: (1 day ago)
• cbrgm/sync-secrets-action: Sync Repository, Dependabot and Codespaces secrets + variables between GitHub repositories (1 day ago)

✌️ Recent collaborative efforts

• minor(deps): update module github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/ec2 to v1.269.0 (1 day ago)
• major(deps): update module github.com/google/go-github/v78 to v79 (1 day ago)
• major(deps): update module github.com/google/go-github/v78 to v79 (1 day ago)
• major(deps): update module github.com/google/go-github/v78 to v79 (1 day ago)
• major(deps): update module github.com/google/go-github/v78 to v79 (1 day ago)

🔭 What’s recently captured my curiosity

• bborbe/cron: Go library for robust cron job scheduling with multiple execution strategies, Prometheus metrics, and reliability features (2 days ago)
• go-critic/go-critic: The most opinionated Go source code linter for code audit. (3 weeks ago)
• muesli/smartcrop: smartcrop finds good image crops for arbitrary crop sizes (3 weeks ago)
• unidoc/unipdf: Golang PDF library for creating and processing PDF files (pure go) (3 weeks ago)
• busser/tfautomv: Generate Terraform moved blocks automatically for painless refactoring (1 month ago)

🧶 Join the conversation

• With the spring temperatures in Hamburg, my mood rises by 1000% (8 months ago)
• #FOSDEM fomo kicks in. I wish everyone who’s there lots of fun. Keep the… (9 months ago)
• Weekend Painting, I also recorded the session this time… (10 months ago)
• First drawing of the year #krita #kritaartist (10 months ago)
• Swamp Speedpaint in #krita (10 months ago)

📚 Dive into my blog posts

• Recap: Attending GrafanaCon 2024 in Amsterdam (2 years 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 (3 years ago)
• Talk: Code Generation with Go: Insights from GDG Hamburg Meetup (3 years ago)
• Recap: KubeCon Europe 2022 - Back to In-Person Events (3 years ago)
• Streamlining CI/CD with GitHub Actions Matrix Builds for Sequential Deployments (3 years ago)
• So you want i3wm on MacOS? (4 years ago)

🤘 Listen to my recent tunes

• Arnaud Roy - Auriga’s Song (Main Title) (23 hours ago)
• Adam Skorupa - A Tavern on the Riverbank (1 day ago)
• Robert Euvino - Minstrelosity (1 day ago)
• Collosia - Peaceful Waters (From “The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind Original”) (1 week ago)
• Phoenix Glendinning - In the Reeds (1 week ago)
• Brad Derrick - Grazelands Dawn (feat. Jeremy Soule) (1 week ago)
• Jamie Christopherson - Southern Vineyard (1 week ago)
• Robert Euvino - Under an Old Tree (1 week ago)

🎬 Movies I watched recently

• One Battle After Another, 2025 - ★★★★½ (contains spoilers) (1 month ago)
• Paprika, 2006 - ★★★★★ (1 month ago)
• 28 Years Later, 2025 - ★★ (4 months ago)
• Final Destination Bloodlines, 2025 - ★★★★ (5 months ago)
• Until Dawn, 2025 - ★★★½ (6 months ago)
• Mickey 17, 2025 - ★★★★ (7 months ago)
• Conclave, 2024 - ★★★ (11 months ago)
• Office Space, 1999 - ★★★ (1 year ago)

💬 Let’s Connect!

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

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• Twitch: Join me for creative streams, mostly art sessions with the occasional variety, on Twitch.