Hi, I'm Chris.

I've been doing full-stack development for 7 years or something.

I plan, design & build web applications. Sometimes they are for a personal project, sometimes they are for a client, sometimes they are just for fun.

I play with LLMs and have tried to find some more interesting use-cases for them than just basic ChatGPT wrappers.

I self-host most of my projects. I have a small home-lab cluster split across 3 physical locations.

intreabalegea.ro is an LLM-powered web app that provides legal guidance for Romanians.

It started as a personal project to learn Golang, but it has grown into a team effort with 3 developers, which I continue to lead and maintain.

roastroulette.io is an open-source, hypermedia-driven, multiplayer party game where players upload photos to get roasted by an LLM.

I built this for fun, to play with friends during weekends.

Some of the roasts are corny, but it also spits gems at times:

Note: Still in heavy development.

I spent a year building ML/LLM tools professionally for a drug discovery research team from New Mexico, and even co-authored a paper with Prof. Tudor Oprea.

Synology DS923+ & Raspberry Pi 5 running from my cabinet

I host my personal cloud: files, photos, calendar, contacts, along with DNS and media servers.

I reduced a lot of money from subscription, learned a lot about system administration, and learned to appreciate the independence and privacy you get from self-hosting.

I also ended up being a NixOS fanboy.

It's a time sink, but I enjoy most of that time.

complexity bad

I'm a big fan of underdog technologies with potential. I don't mind going against the grain.

I'll choose htmx over React, Caddy over Nginx, Tailscale over classic VPN servers, and pure CSS solutions over JavaScript spaghetti.

I focus obsessively on details. This's something I both love & hate about myself.

I like the challenge of turning complex -> simple.

Presented a workshop on connecting LLMs to web applications.

The workshop repository includes 2 months of preparation with multiple checkpoint branches and detailed instructions.

• Repository: github.com/scriptogre/functional-chatbots
• Video: YouTube

Presented how easily you can prototype a functional UI, even as a non-developer, using ChatGPT and Streamlit.

Played a game of Roast Roulette with 70 members from the audience.

The game's first public debut.

• i believe in God
• i love my wife & dog
• i want to build something that outlasts me
• i once fasted 5 days (water-only)
• i listen to intelligent drum & bass while coding
• i write most of my code like this:

📧 Email: [email protected]

For my latest work or potential collaborations, feel free to reach out.