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watzon/README.md

Hi, I'm Chris ๐Ÿ‘‹

๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Software Engineer | ๐Ÿ”ง Developer Tools | ๐Ÿš€ Performance Obsessed

Go TypeScript Python Swift Crystal React AWS Docker Linux

Building robust developer tools and exploring language architecture. I focus on simplicity, performance, and developer experience.

Current Projects

SaaS

  • ๐Ÿงˆ Butterbase - Kitchen management platform for home bakers
  • ๐Ÿ’ฌ Disforum - Make Discord forums searchable on the web
  • ๐Ÿ  Homelytics - Smart home analytics and insights

Developer Tools

  • ๐ŸŽ™๏ธ Pindrop - Native macOS menu bar dictation using local WhisperKit
  • โšก Alyx - Portable, polyglot Backend-as-a-Service (BaaS) in Go
  • ๐ŸŽจ goshot - Create beautiful code screenshots with customizable styles
  • ๐ŸŽฏ cursor-linux-installer - Installing Cursor on Linux, done right
  • ๐Ÿš€ 0x45 - High-performance file sharing & URL shortening with S3 support
  • ๐Ÿ”’ fbmdob - Facebook image Metadata Obfuscation server
  • ๐Ÿ•ท๏ธ arachnid - Powerful web scraping framework for Crystal
  • ๐Ÿค– n8n-nodes-perplexity - Perplexity AI integration for n8n

What I'm Doing

  • Building SaaS - Shipping tools that solve real problems (Butterbase, Disforum, Homelytics)
  • Exploring languages - Deep dives into Go, TypeScript, Python, Swift, and Crystal
  • Developer experience - Crafting CLI tools and utilities that feel right
  • Language architecture - Thinking about how languages work and how they could work better

Writing

I write about building things at watzon.tech/blog

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๐Ÿ’ฌ Simplicity. Performance. Developer Experience.

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  1. pindrop pindrop Public

    A native macOS menu bar dictation app using local speech-to-text with WhisperKit

    Swift 413 23

  2. cursor-linux-installer cursor-linux-installer Public

    Because installing Cursor on Linux should have more thought put into it

    Shell 180 19

  3. goshot goshot Public

    ๐ŸŽจ Create beautiful code screenshots with customizable styles

    Go 165 4

  4. fbmdob fbmdob Public

    Facebook image Metadata Obfuscation server

    Vue 157 6

  5. 0x45 0x45 Public

    ๐Ÿš€ Modern, high-performance file sharing and URL shortening service with S3 support, rate limiting, and API keys. Built with Go and inspired by 0x0.st ๐Ÿ“ค

    Go 87 9

  6. arachnid arachnid Public

    Powerful web scraping framework for Crystal

    Crystal 78 12