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 (3 hours ago)
- cbrgm/mastodon-github-action: Up-To-Date GitHub Action to send a toot (message) + media from a workflow to Mastodon (6 hours ago)
- cbrgm/pr-size-labeler-action: Automatically labels pull requests in your GitHub repository based on the size of changes. (6 hours ago)
- cbrgm/structuresmith: Validate, Diff, Render - A powerful tool designed to automate the generation of project files using customizable templates. (6 hours ago)
- cbrgm/gopodder: A self-hostable podcast synchronization server compatible with the gPodder API (6 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. (6 hours ago)
✌️ Recent collaborative efforts
- minor(deps): update module github.com/aws/aws-sdk-go-v2/service/cloudwatchlogs to v1.81.0 (21 hours ago)
- patch(deps): update patch versions (21 hours ago)
- minor(deps): update module github.com/aws/aws-cdk-go/awscdk/v2 to v2.263.0 (23 hours ago)
- minor(deps): update dependency lint-staged to v17.3.0 (1 day ago)
- fix: e2e test regression introduced with discovery api watch (1 day ago)
🔭 What’s recently captured my curiosity
- googleapis/release-please: generate release PRs based on the conventionalcommits.org spec (3 days ago)
- bigbag/papyrix-reader: Lightweight open-source firmware for Xteink X4/X3 e-paper reader • EPUB/FB2/MD/TXT support • Custom themes & fonts (1 week ago)
- koreader/koreader-sync-server: self hostable synchronization service for koreader devices (1 week ago)
- folke/flash.nvim: Navigate your code with search labels, enhanced character motions and Treesitter integration (1 week ago)
- open-resource-discovery/provider-server: Serves static ORD metadata files at some HTTP accessible endpoint (1 week ago)
🧶 Join the conversation
- For some reason, I haven’t written anything for a long time. It’s about time… (8 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… (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 (7 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] (1 month ago)
- The Scrollkeeper - The Monastery Underground (From “Gothic II”) [Piano Version] (1 month ago)
- The Scrollkeeper - Beast Hunt (From “Gothic”) [Piano Version] (1 month ago)
- The Scrollkeeper - The Pass (From “Gothic II”) [Piano Version] (1 month ago)
- The Scrollkeeper - Trellis at Night (From “Gothic III”) [Piano Version] (1 month ago)
- The Scrollkeeper - Night Watch (From “Gothic”) [Piano Version] (1 month ago)
- The Scrollkeeper - On the Way to Monastery (From “Gothic II”) [Piano Version] (1 month ago)
- The Scrollkeeper - Old Camp (From “Gothic”) [Piano Version] (1 month ago)
🎬 Movies I watched recently
- Project Hail Mary, 2026 - ★★★½ (3 months ago)
- The Square, 2017 - ★½ (5 months ago)
- One Battle After Another, 2025 - ★★★★½ (contains spoilers) (9 months ago)
- Paprika, 2006 - ★★★★★ (10 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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- 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.