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/githubevents: GitHub webhook events toolset for Go :rocket: (2 hours ago)
- cbrgm/promcheck: A tool and exporter to identify faulty Prometheus rules (2 hours ago)
- cbrgm/sync-secrets-action: Sync Repository, Dependabot and Codespaces secrets + variables between GitHub repositories (2 hours ago)
- cbrgm/pr-size-labeler-action: Automatically labels pull requests in your GitHub repository based on the size of changes. (3 hours ago)
- cbrgm/cbrgm: My personal status page (4 hours ago)
- cbrgm/structuresmith: Validate, Diff, Render - A powerful tool designed to automate the generation of project files using customizable templates. (5 hours ago)
✌️ Recent collaborative efforts
- minor(deps): update module github.com/prometheus/common to v0.70.0 (2 hours ago)
- ci(tools): update actions/stale action to v10.4.0 (7 hours ago)
- ci(tools): update actions/stale action to v10.4.0 (7 hours ago)
- ci(tools): update actions/stale action to v10.4.0 (7 hours ago)
- ci(tools): update actions/stale action to v10.4.0 (7 hours ago)
🔭 What’s recently captured my curiosity
- f/prompts.chat: f.k.a. Awesome ChatGPT Prompts. Share, discover, and collect prompts from the community. Free and open source — self-host for your organization with complete privacy. (2 days ago)
- mvanhorn/last30days-skill: AI agent skill that researches any topic across Reddit, X, YouTube, HN, Polymarket, and the web - then synthesizes a grounded summary (2 days ago)
- sbaerlocher/tsmetrics: A comprehensive Tailscale Prometheus exporter that combines API metadata with live device metrics for complete network observability. (2 days ago)
- element-hq/synapse: Synapse: Matrix homeserver written in Python/Twisted + Rust (4 days ago)
- varo6/xtcjs: Convert manga cbz to xtc locally on your browser! XTEink X4 optimized! (4 days ago)
🧶 Join the conversation
- For some reason, I haven’t written anything for a long time. It’s about time… (7 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… (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] (2 weeks ago)
- The Scrollkeeper - The Monastery Underground (From “Gothic II”) [Piano Version] (2 weeks ago)
- The Scrollkeeper - Beast Hunt (From “Gothic”) [Piano Version] (2 weeks ago)
- The Scrollkeeper - The Pass (From “Gothic II”) [Piano Version] (2 weeks ago)
- The Scrollkeeper - Trellis at Night (From “Gothic III”) [Piano Version] (2 weeks ago)
- The Scrollkeeper - Night Watch (From “Gothic”) [Piano Version] (2 weeks ago)
- The Scrollkeeper - On the Way to Monastery (From “Gothic II”) [Piano Version] (2 weeks ago)
- The Scrollkeeper - Old Camp (From “Gothic”) [Piano Version] (2 weeks ago)
🎬 Movies I watched recently
- Project Hail Mary, 2026 - ★★★½ (3 months ago)
- The Square, 2017 - ★½ (4 months ago)
- One Battle After Another, 2025 - ★★★★½ (contains spoilers) (9 months ago)
- Paprika, 2006 - ★★★★★ (9 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.