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watzon/README.md

Hi, I'm Chris 👋

🛠️ Software Engineer | 🔧 Developer Tools | 🚀 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

  • 🧈 Butterbase - Kitchen management platform for home bakers
  • 💬 Disforum - Make Discord forums searchable on the web
  • 🏠 Homelytics - Smart home analytics and insights

Developer Tools

  • 🎙️ Pindrop - Native macOS menu bar dictation using local WhisperKit
  • ⚡ Alyx - Portable, polyglot Backend-as-a-Service (BaaS) in Go
  • 🎨 goshot - Create beautiful code screenshots with customizable styles
  • 🎯 cursor-linux-installer - Installing Cursor on Linux, done right
  • 🚀 0x45 - High-performance file sharing & URL shortening with S3 support
  • 🔒 fbmdob - Facebook image Metadata Obfuscation server
  • 🕷️ arachnid - Powerful web scraping framework for Crystal
  • 🤖 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

GitHub Activity

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💬 Simplicity. Performance. Developer Experience.

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  1. cursor-linux-installer cursor-linux-installer Public

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

    Shell 176 22

  2. goshot goshot Public

    🎨 Create beautiful code screenshots with customizable styles

    Go 163 4

  3. fbmdob fbmdob Public

    Facebook image Metadata Obfuscation server

    Vue 157 6

  4. 0x45 0x45 Public

    🚀 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 📤

    Go 86 9

  5. arachnid arachnid Public

    Powerful web scraping framework for Crystal

    Crystal 78 12

  6. n8n-nodes-perplexity n8n-nodes-perplexity Public

    TypeScript 32 7