Chris Watson.

Software Engineer specializing in developer tools, language architecture, and performance. Crafting in Go, TypeScript, and Python.

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Selected Works

What I've Been Working On

Butterbase

Kitchen management platform for home bakers. Track inventory, cost recipes, and manage orders.

SaaS

Disforum

Make Discord forums searchable on the web.

SaaS

Pindrop

Native macOS menu bar dictation app using local speech-to-text with WhisperKit.

Swift ★ 3

Alyx

A portable, polyglot Backend-as-a-Service (BaaS) written in Go.

Go ★ 2

Writing

Thoughts & Tutorials

November 2024

Building a Pastebin in Go for Fun and Profit

Most people probably don't think about pastebins anymore. They came into existence long ago, when the internet was young as a way of sharing code snippets and other long form text in places like Usenet, IRC, and forums. That being said, those of us...

November 2024

Meet PostPilot

Making email testing for developers just a little bit easier, and a whole lot prettier

October 2024

Rediscovering PHP: A Modern Alternative to JavaScript Fatigue

Analyzing the evolution of PHP, its impact on modern web development, and a comparison with JavaScript

Experiments

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ASCII Wireframer

Create terminal-ready wireframes with box-drawing characters.

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Squarify

Create square images with custom backgrounds. Perfect for social media.

About

I'm a software engineer passionate about building robust developer tools and exploring new languages. I focus on simplicity, performance, and developer experience.

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