Hey, I’m Chris 👋
This is Chris Bargmann’s (@cbrgm) personal blog. I’m a Software Engineer based in Hamburg, Germany, working on distributed systems and sovereign European cloud infrastructure. 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/cdk-on-demand-minecraft-server: On-Demand Minecraft Server running on ECS(Fargate) and deployed via CDK (Go) (6 hours ago)
- cbrgm/mastodon-github-action: Up-To-Date GitHub Action to send a toot (message) + media from a workflow to Mastodon (9 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. (9 hours ago)
- cbrgm/structuresmith: Validate, Diff, Render - A powerful tool designed to automate the generation of project files using customizable templates. (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
- chore(deps): update module github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/cloudwatchlogs to v1.84.1 (6 hours ago)
- chore(deps): update minor versions (10 hours ago)
- feat: add setup-nix composite action (1 day ago)
- chore(deps): update dependencies (patch & digest) (2 days ago)
- chore(deps): update dependency lint-staged to v17.4.1 (2 days ago)
🔭 What’s recently captured my curiosity
- tirth8205/code-review-graph: Local-first code intelligence graph for MCP and CLI. Builds a persistent map of your codebase so AI coding tools read only what matters, with benchmarked context reductions on reviews and large-repo workflows. (1 day ago)
- DietrichGebert/ponytail: Makes your AI agent think like the laziest senior dev in the room. The best code is the code you never wrote. (4 days ago)
- austenstone/actions-agent-skills: Tool-verified GitHub Actions agent skills: optimize, secure, and re-architect workflows with actionlint + zizmor instead of guesswork. (6 days ago)
- systemstart/nix-compose: CRI-native container orchestration with Nix-built images. (1 week ago)
- orhun/git-cliff: A highly customizable Changelog Generator that follows Conventional Commit specifications ⛰️ (1 week ago)
🧶 Join the conversation
- For some reason, I haven’t written anything for a long time. It’s about time… (9 months ago)
- With the spring temperatures in Hamburg, my mood rises by 1000% (2 years ago)
- #FOSDEM fomo kicks in. I wish everyone who’s there lots of fun. Keep the… (2 years ago)
- Weekend Painting, I also recorded the session this time… (2 years ago)
- First drawing of the year #krita #kritaartist (2 years ago)
📚 Dive into my blog posts
- Recap: Architecture Advice Process - Tech Talk (8 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 - GDG Hamburg Meetup (4 years ago)
- Recap: KubeCon Europe 2022 - Back to In-Person Events (4 years ago)
🤘 Listen to my recent tunes
- The Scrollkeeper - Dark Forest (From “Gothic II”) [Piano Version] (2 months ago)
- The Scrollkeeper - The Monastery Underground (From “Gothic II”) [Piano Version] (2 months ago)
- The Scrollkeeper - Beast Hunt (From “Gothic”) [Piano Version] (2 months ago)
- The Scrollkeeper - The Pass (From “Gothic II”) [Piano Version] (2 months ago)
- The Scrollkeeper - Trellis at Night (From “Gothic III”) [Piano Version] (2 months ago)
- The Scrollkeeper - Night Watch (From “Gothic”) [Piano Version] (2 months ago)
- The Scrollkeeper - On the Way to Monastery (From “Gothic II”) [Piano Version] (2 months ago)
- The Scrollkeeper - Old Camp (From “Gothic”) [Piano Version] (2 months ago)
🎬 Movies I watched recently
- Project Hail Mary, 2026 - ★★★½ (4 months ago)
- The Square, 2017 - ★½ (6 months ago)
- One Battle After Another, 2025 - ★★★★½ (contains spoilers) (11 months ago)
- Paprika, 2006 - ★★★★★ (11 months ago)
- 28 Years Later, 2025 - ★★ (1 year ago)
- Final Destination Bloodlines, 2025 - ★★★★ (1 year ago)
- Until Dawn, 2025 - ★★★½ (1 year ago)
- Mickey 17, 2025 - ★★★★ (1 year ago)
💬 Let’s Connect!
Let’s collaborate or chat. :-) Your input enriches my journey.
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- Fediverse: Connect with me on Mastodon.
- GitHub: Discover my projects on GitHub.
- Bluesky: Find me on Bluesky.
- Twitch: Join me for creative streams, mostly art sessions with the occasional variety, on Twitch.