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/promcheck: A tool and exporter to identify faulty Prometheus rules (2 hours ago)
- cbrgm/gopodder: A self-hostable podcast synchronization server compatible with the gPodder API (5 hours ago)
- cbrgm/cdk-on-demand-minecraft-server: On-Demand Minecraft Server running on ECS(Fargate) and deployed via CDK (Go) (8 hours ago)
- cbrgm/structuresmith: Validate, Diff, Render - A powerful tool designed to automate the generation of project files using customizable templates. (12 hours ago)
- cbrgm/gostale: Track and enforce TODOs and FIXMEs with expiration dates in Go code. (16 hours ago)
✌️ Recent collaborative efforts
- patch(deps): update patch versions to v0.68.1 (2 hours ago)
- minor(deps): update minor versions (5 hours ago)
- patch(deps): update patch versions to v1.26.4 (5 hours ago)
- patch(deps): update patch versions (8 hours ago)
- patch(deps): update patch versions to v1.26.4 (12 hours ago)
🔭 What’s recently captured my curiosity
- c0deJedi/nbd-vram: Use your NVIDIA GPU’s VRAM as swap space on Linux. Built for laptops with soldered memory and no upgrade path. If you have an RTX card sitting there with 8GB of VRAM and you’re getting swapped to SSD, this puts that VRAM to work (6 hours ago)
- tobi/qmd: mini cli search engine for your docs, knowledge bases, meeting notes, whatever. Tracking current sota approaches while being all local (1 day ago)
- cbrgm/gopodder: A self-hostable podcast synchronization server compatible with the gPodder API (4 days ago)
- mollyim/mollyim-android: Enhanced and security-focused fork of Signal. (1 week ago)
- Andyyyy64/whichllm: Find the local LLM that actually runs and performs best on your hardware. Ranked by real, recency-aware benchmarks, not parameter count. One command, run it instantly. (1 week ago)
🧶 Join the conversation
- For some reason, I haven’t written anything for a long time. It’s about time… (6 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 (5 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 (3 years ago)
- Recap: KubeCon Europe 2022 - Back to In-Person Events (4 years ago)
🤘 Listen to my recent tunes
- Alina Gingertail - Fable Lost Chapters - Oakvale (1 week ago)
- Lies of P - Quixotic (1 week ago)
- Borislav Slavov - Sins and Gods - Revelation (1 week ago)
- Arnaud Roy - A Kora Tale (1 week ago)
- Arnaud Roy - A Kora Tale (1 week ago)
- Cornelius Link - Wake Me Up - Medieval Style (1 week ago)
- Cornelius Link - Wake Me Up - Medieval Style (1 week ago)
- Nobuo Uematsu - FFVII REMAKE: On Our Way (1 week ago)
🎬 Movies I watched recently
- Project Hail Mary, 2026 - ★★★½ (1 month ago)
- The Square, 2017 - ★½ (3 months ago)
- One Battle After Another, 2025 - ★★★★½ (contains spoilers) (7 months ago)
- Paprika, 2006 - ★★★★★ (8 months ago)
- 28 Years Later, 2025 - ★★ (11 months 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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- GitHub: Discover my projects on GitHub.
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- Twitch: Join me for creative streams, mostly art sessions with the occasional variety, on Twitch.