▸ ABOUT/
I went to art school for Industrial Design, ended up in IT, and spent a decade running a tech podcast. A few years ago I decided to see if I could actually build an app. This is where that experiment lives.
$ cat chris.txt
> I'm Chris. Art school, then IT, then GeekTechLive (2009–2017).
> Podcast and blog. Gadgets, mostly.
>
> After the podcast wrapped, heads-down on the day job.
> A few years ago I got curious whether I could ship a real app.
> No shortcut. Learned SwiftUI, figured out the App Store,
> shipped StackGarden. Live now.
>
> Nights and weekends.
> For fun and to keep learning, not a business.
>
> Where it started: /fun/. Turbo Pascal programs from 1995, playable in browser.
$ cat now.txt
> StackGarden is live on the App Store. Regular updates. Main thing.
>
> Also on the bench: Bedhead Garden Planner and Tradeoff.
> No launch dates. Building when time allows.
>
> Writing it up on the blog. What shipped, what I'm learning,
> what surprised me along the way.
>
> $ uptime
> ● building StackGarden + Bedhead
> ● reading whatever's in my RSS this week
> ● playing Guess the Gadget (obviously)
Been into cosplay and creative builds for years. It keeps the design thinking sharp.
Active member since 2016. Community events, build nights, and the kind of craftsmanship that shows up in the development work too.