Chris Connar
Who I am
I am a software engineer with over 20 years experience building scalable enterprise web applications. I focus on user experience and business processes.
I also build side projects and make music on Youtube and Twitch.
Things I've built
Web App · 2026
hihelloquotes.com
A fan quote voting site with 1000 quotes and a global leaderboard. Built with optimistic UI updates, IP-based rate limiting, Postgres RLS, and a weekly automated sync that pulls new quotes from the stream's quote log.
Hardware + Software · 2026
Pi E-Ink Display
A Raspberry Pi 4 dashboard on a 7.5" tricolor e-ink display showing live weather, a 5-day forecast, and Google Calendar events. Includes a Flask web UI for configuration, a button that displays cats, and a custom rendering workaround for the UC8179 display driver's OTP waveform quirks.