Chris Frewin
@chrisfrewin.com
Software Engineer, Educator, & Polymath
TypeScript/React/ReactNative/Go/PostgreSQL
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Stream of consciousness / rants are my own
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TypeScript/React/ReactNative/Go/PostgreSQL
That's all you need!
Stream of consciousness / rants are my own
🌐 chrisfrewin.com
🌐 photography.chrisfrewin.com
🌐 portfolio.chrisfrewin.com
🌐 fullstackcraft.com
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Chris Frewin
@chrisfrewin.com
· May 16
My new goal: What happens when you found a company and fill it with honest and intelligent people?
so i'm forced to scan my fingerprint every time i want to publish an npm package now
great
great
December 11, 2025 at 9:05 AM
so i'm forced to scan my fingerprint every time i want to publish an npm package now
great
great
1. Build SaaS
2. Deploy Capital
3. ??????
4. PROFIT!!!
2. Deploy Capital
3. ??????
4. PROFIT!!!
December 4, 2025 at 11:26 PM
1. Build SaaS
2. Deploy Capital
3. ??????
4. PROFIT!!!
2. Deploy Capital
3. ??????
4. PROFIT!!!
too many cooks in the kitchen
December 4, 2025 at 9:59 AM
too many cooks in the kitchen
Just tried to call 3 different people 9 AM local time... no answer... maybe it really is true nobody actually works all of December
December 4, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Just tried to call 3 different people 9 AM local time... no answer... maybe it really is true nobody actually works all of December
Probably almost anything under the sun you can think of in the world of "software solutions" that involves mutable, time-dependent data can be solved with a single postgres table
don't overcomplicate it
don't overcomplicate it
November 6, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Probably almost anything under the sun you can think of in the world of "software solutions" that involves mutable, time-dependent data can be solved with a single postgres table
don't overcomplicate it
don't overcomplicate it
Is AWS working again? Can't do... a lot of things while it's down
October 21, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Is AWS working again? Can't do... a lot of things while it's down
SaaS is incredible. You send an update email to your subscribers and make $200 overnight
October 21, 2025 at 6:31 AM
SaaS is incredible. You send an update email to your subscribers and make $200 overnight
Started out in the spring of 2003, never went to school, nobody talked to me - tried to tell me all the things I couldn't do
August 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Started out in the spring of 2003, never went to school, nobody talked to me - tried to tell me all the things I couldn't do
Don't have time for this right now
August 13, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Don't have time for this right now
August 12, 2025 at 7:25 PM
You're writing hardware interfaces with... python?
You've already lost
You've already lost
August 4, 2025 at 7:31 AM
You're writing hardware interfaces with... python?
You've already lost
You've already lost
If I see one more time the trope that "sOnNeT LeArNeD tO bLaCkMaIL" I'm gonna lose it - like yeah, you tell an LLM, as PART OF ITS PROMPT TO BLACKMAIL and surprised it follows suit...
But I guess the fact that no one cares / understands this fact is anyway a sign that we are doomed. Farewell
But I guess the fact that no one cares / understands this fact is anyway a sign that we are doomed. Farewell
July 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
If I see one more time the trope that "sOnNeT LeArNeD tO bLaCkMaIL" I'm gonna lose it - like yeah, you tell an LLM, as PART OF ITS PROMPT TO BLACKMAIL and surprised it follows suit...
But I guess the fact that no one cares / understands this fact is anyway a sign that we are doomed. Farewell
But I guess the fact that no one cares / understands this fact is anyway a sign that we are doomed. Farewell
oh, is that what they're calling it now?
small town, a big mouth
small town, a big mouth
July 27, 2025 at 8:04 PM
oh, is that what they're calling it now?
small town, a big mouth
small town, a big mouth
Early in the morning
Rise into the street
Light me up that cigarette
And I'll strap shoes on my feet
Rise into the street
Light me up that cigarette
And I'll strap shoes on my feet
July 22, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Early in the morning
Rise into the street
Light me up that cigarette
And I'll strap shoes on my feet
Rise into the street
Light me up that cigarette
And I'll strap shoes on my feet
It's wednesday and I've already worked 36 hours
July 16, 2025 at 6:35 PM
It's wednesday and I've already worked 36 hours
I know you thinkin', you think you know it all
Runnin' your mouth behind my back, you just mad you not involved
Over here, no
I finally see clear, though
Runnin' your mouth behind my back, you just mad you not involved
Over here, no
I finally see clear, though
July 16, 2025 at 9:35 AM
I know you thinkin', you think you know it all
Runnin' your mouth behind my back, you just mad you not involved
Over here, no
I finally see clear, though
Runnin' your mouth behind my back, you just mad you not involved
Over here, no
I finally see clear, though
"Create a MCP server based on the agentic API and integrate with MCP clients such as Claude."
Ah yes, the classic "agentic API" - I've heard of this one before! Please, tell me more!
Ah yes, the classic "agentic API" - I've heard of this one before! Please, tell me more!
July 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
"Create a MCP server based on the agentic API and integrate with MCP clients such as Claude."
Ah yes, the classic "agentic API" - I've heard of this one before! Please, tell me more!
Ah yes, the classic "agentic API" - I've heard of this one before! Please, tell me more!
Turn an "all or nothing" response from an MCP tool into a "stream" response by leveraging the LLM and the MCP tool prompt itself 😂
I mean it will work and all... but what a time to be alive - and at least 1000 devs are rolling in their grave at such an abomination
I mean it will work and all... but what a time to be alive - and at least 1000 devs are rolling in their grave at such an abomination
July 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Turn an "all or nothing" response from an MCP tool into a "stream" response by leveraging the LLM and the MCP tool prompt itself 😂
I mean it will work and all... but what a time to be alive - and at least 1000 devs are rolling in their grave at such an abomination
I mean it will work and all... but what a time to be alive - and at least 1000 devs are rolling in their grave at such an abomination
Guy builds an MCP tool which can call all different models
All comments on reddit ask him to support OpenRouter with this MCP tool
Which in turn does the exact same thing... as calling all models
I'm convinced literally NOBODY knows what they are talking about at this point
All comments on reddit ask him to support OpenRouter with this MCP tool
Which in turn does the exact same thing... as calling all models
I'm convinced literally NOBODY knows what they are talking about at this point
July 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Guy builds an MCP tool which can call all different models
All comments on reddit ask him to support OpenRouter with this MCP tool
Which in turn does the exact same thing... as calling all models
I'm convinced literally NOBODY knows what they are talking about at this point
All comments on reddit ask him to support OpenRouter with this MCP tool
Which in turn does the exact same thing... as calling all models
I'm convinced literally NOBODY knows what they are talking about at this point
I'll say it now: I'm going to retire on undercutting & upselling
July 8, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I'll say it now: I'm going to retire on undercutting & upselling
Remember that time I took that full stack software job in Switzerland for 25/CHF an hour?
Peppridge farm remembers.
Peppridge farm remembers.
July 7, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Remember that time I took that full stack software job in Switzerland for 25/CHF an hour?
Peppridge farm remembers.
Peppridge farm remembers.
It's wild the variety of code quality you see in these wild west AI MCP tools
June 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
It's wild the variety of code quality you see in these wild west AI MCP tools
Everything that is evil in the software world is from breaking standards that TEAMS of people spent YEARS working on
HTTP? nah
Stripe Payment workflow? nah
Database relationships? nah
Literally TERRABYTES of SAP ERP management processes? nah
HTTP? nah
Stripe Payment workflow? nah
Database relationships? nah
Literally TERRABYTES of SAP ERP management processes? nah
June 19, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Everything that is evil in the software world is from breaking standards that TEAMS of people spent YEARS working on
HTTP? nah
Stripe Payment workflow? nah
Database relationships? nah
Literally TERRABYTES of SAP ERP management processes? nah
HTTP? nah
Stripe Payment workflow? nah
Database relationships? nah
Literally TERRABYTES of SAP ERP management processes? nah