Apps, agents and local AI, built end to end.
I'm Chris. 11+ years running mission-critical IT services, now shipping products, creative web experiments and AI agent workflows. I run local models on my M2 Max and publish what I find.
Things I've shipped.
Products with paying users, creative web toys that run in your browser, and tools for people who build with agents. All 12 projects →
Jev Voice
Speak to your Mac. A menu-bar app that turns spoken commands into typed actions.
XpressPurge
Clean your X feed without giving up X.
Vertigo
Any photo becomes a movie shot. On your device, nothing uploaded.
Leapshot
Snap anything. Play it. Any photo becomes a playable platformer level.
Handel
Your hands are the instrument. Play music in the air with your webcam.
Otter Stats
See what your Devin sessions burn: cost, tokens, turns and model time, live in the menu bar.
Knuckles
An air MPC for trap beats. You play it with your bare hands.
Otter Swarm
Pinned-model role subagents for Devin CLI and Devin Desktop.
Advantora Insights
Secure AI data analyst. Messy CSVs, Excel files and PDFs in, executive reports out.
PureSnapX
The professional screenshot studio for X.
Written on X, rebuilt to play with.
Every article in full, with live figures: race the models, drop a floating temple onto its stairs, check what fits in your Mac's memory. All articles →
Running a 2‑bit model as a coding agent: the Bonsai experiment
The fastest decode does not mean the best - Ornith 1.5 35B vs BigBang-v1 - Final Test
Don't let the voxel image fool you. Ornith 1.5B 35B vs Bigbang-v1 voxel challenge
I've built an app using a 4bit MoE model. This is what I've learned
The complete beginner's guide to running local models in 2026 in plain English
You don't need a mac to build SwiftUI iOS apps in 2026.
The Ultimate Guide to Building Apps and Products in 2026 with Devin Local and Cloud
Why mute, block, and 'Not interested' still leave slop in my X feed
Devin took my macbook, tested my app and saved me hours of clicking!
A decade of keeping systems up. Now I build them.
I've spent over a decade managing business-critical systems and service operations for top-tier companies, leading projects with a combined TCV of over €5M. Today I build apps and websites end to end with the latest AI agents, and I back the local-LLM scene by running and testing models on my own hardware.
Long-time Windsurf and Devin user, currently a Cognition Ambassador.
- 01App developmentProduct
End-to-end product builds, from idea and architecture to shipped, production-grade apps. Fast loops, honest scoping.
- 02AI agent workflowsAdvisory
Adopting AI agents in real teams: Devin workflows, agentic build pipelines and tooling guidance grounded in daily hands-on use.
- 03IT service managementConsulting
11+ years running mission-critical IT services. Process design, tooling and measurable service quality.
- 04Product testing and feedbackBeta / QA
Pre-release testing from a real user's seat: full journeys, edge cases, and actionable feedback before launch.
- 05Local LLM trialsLab
Models run on my own M2 Max through fixed prompts and harnesses, every run recorded and published side by side.
Have something worth building?
Open for work
Product builds from idea to shipped app. Web, browser extensions, macOS menu bar, creative WebGL.
Open for collaborations
Joint experiments, open-source tools, interactive editions of long-form writing, local LLM testing.
Open for promotions
Hands-on product testing from a real user's seat, published as an article or a thread with the receipts.