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 (5 hours ago)
• cbrgm/focusmode-chrome-extension: A simple Chrome extension that blocks distracting websites (8 hours ago)
• cbrgm/telegram-github-action: Send (text) messages to a Telegram chat from GitHub Actions (8 hours ago)
• cbrgm/semver-bump-action: Stable and fast action to automatically bump the given semver version up. (8 hours ago)
• cbrgm/gostale: Track and enforce TODOs and FIXMEs with expiration dates in Go code. (9 hours ago)
• cbrgm/pr-size-labeler-action: Automatically labels pull requests in your GitHub repository based on the size of changes. (9 hours ago)

✌️ Recent collaborative efforts

• minor(deps): update dependency globals to v17.5.0 (8 hours ago)
• ci(tools): update softprops/action-gh-release action to v3 (8 hours ago)
• ci(tools): update softprops/action-gh-release action to v3 (8 hours ago)
• ci(tools): update softprops/action-gh-release action to v3 (9 hours ago)
• ci(tools): update softprops/action-gh-release action to v3 (9 hours ago)

🔭 What’s recently captured my curiosity

• jarrodwatts/claude-hud: A Claude Code plugin that shows what’s happening - context usage, active tools, running agents, and todo progress (6 hours ago)
• cjpais/Handy: A free, open source, and extensible speech-to-text application that works completely offline. (2 days ago)
• opendefensecloud/solution-arsenal: Solution Arsenal (SolAr) is an application catalog based on Open Component Model packages (ocm.software) and fleet rollout management for these solutions onto Kubernetes Clusters. (3 days ago)
• tw93/Mole: 🐹 Deep clean and optimize your Mac. (5 days ago)
• blader/humanizer: Claude Code skill that removes signs of AI-generated writing from text (5 days ago)

🧶 Join the conversation

• For some reason, I haven’t written anything for a long time. It’s about time… (4 months ago)
• With the spring temperatures in Hamburg, my mood rises by 1000% (1 year ago)
• #FOSDEM fomo kicks in. I wish everyone who’s there lots of fun. Keep the… (1 year ago)
• Weekend Painting, I also recorded the session this time… (1 year ago)
• First drawing of the year #krita #kritaartist (1 year ago)

📚 Dive into my blog posts

• Recap: Architecture Advice Process - Tech Talk by Eric Doernenburg (4 months ago)
• Recap: Attending GopherCon UK in London (2 years ago)
• Recap: Attending GrafanaCon 2024 in Amsterdam (2 years ago)
• Talk: Introduction into Go Profiling: Tools (3 years ago)
• Personal: 2022 Year in a Review (3 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)

🤘 Listen to my recent tunes

• Grant Kirkhope - Dalentarth (2 days ago)
• Brad Derrick - Grazelands Dawn (feat. Jeremy Soule) (3 days ago)
• Robert Euvino - Minstrelosity (3 days ago)
• Bonnie Grace - Across the Ocean (3 days ago)
• Ridiculon - Crystalline Dreams (4 days ago)
• Ridiculon - Them Kitty Bones (4 days ago)
• Cornelius Link - Blue (Da Ba Dee) - Medieval Style (4 days ago)
• Jason Graves - The Clearing (4 days ago)

🎬 Movies I watched recently

• Project Hail Mary, 2026 - ★★★½ (5 days ago)
• The Square, 2017 - ★½ (1 month ago)
• One Battle After Another, 2025 - ★★★★½ (contains spoilers) (6 months ago)
• Paprika, 2006 - ★★★★★ (6 months ago)
• 28 Years Later, 2025 - ★★ (9 months ago)
• Final Destination Bloodlines, 2025 - ★★★★ (10 months ago)
• Until Dawn, 2025 - ★★★½ (11 months ago)
• Mickey 17, 2025 - ★★★★ (1 year ago)

💬 Let’s Connect!

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

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