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/structuresmith: Validate, Diff, Render - A powerful tool designed to automate the generation of project files using customizable templates. (8 hours ago)
• cbrgm/cdk-on-demand-minecraft-server: On-Demand Minecraft Server running on ECS(Fargate) and deployed via CDK (Go) (9 hours ago)
• cbrgm/promcheck: A tool and exporter to identify faulty Prometheus rules (9 hours ago)
• cbrgm/mastodon-github-action: Use this Action to send a toot (message) from a GitHub actions workflow to Mastodon. (19 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. (19 hours ago)

✌️ Recent collaborative efforts

• minor(deps): update module github.com/alecthomas/kong to v1.15.0 (8 hours ago)
• minor(deps): update module github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/ecs to v1.76.0 (9 hours ago)
• minor(deps): update module github.com/alecthomas/kong to v1.15.0 (9 hours ago)
• patch(deps): update module github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/ec2 to v1.296.2 (1 day ago)
• minor(deps): update module github.com/aws/aws-cdk-go/awscdk/v2 to v2.246.0 (1 day ago)

🔭 What’s recently captured my curiosity

• hagezi/dns-blocklists: DNS-Blocklists: For a better internet - keep the internet clean! (1 week ago)
• MadAppGang/dingo: A meta-language for Go that adds Result types, error propagation (?), and pattern matching while maintaining 100% Go ecosystem compatibility (2 weeks ago)
• NVIDIA/OpenShell: OpenShell is the safe, private runtime for autonomous AI agents. (2 weeks ago)
• giantswarm/muster: MCP tool management and workflow proxy (2 weeks ago)
• fatedier/frp: A fast reverse proxy to help you expose a local server behind a NAT or firewall to the internet. (2 weeks 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 (3 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

• Borislav Slavov - Welcome to Fort Joy (51 minutes ago)
• Nobuo Uematsu - FFVII REMAKE: On Our Way (1 day ago)
• Marika Suzuki - Bonding Winds - Monster Hunter Stories 2 Version (1 day ago)
• Stantough - Hips Don’t Lie (2 days ago)
• chuck e. myers ‘sea’ - Hog’s Head Jig (2 days ago)
• Derek Fiechter - Forest Imps Inn (2 days ago)
• Borislav Slavov - A Single Drop of Magic (2 days ago)
• Pauli Hausmann - High Seas (3 days ago)

🎬 Movies I watched recently

• The Square, 2017 - ★½ (1 month ago)
• One Battle After Another, 2025 - ★★★★½ (contains spoilers) (5 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 (10 months ago)
• Mickey 17, 2025 - ★★★★ (1 year ago)
• Conclave, 2024 - ★★★ (1 year ago)

💬 Let’s Connect!

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

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