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mrchriscarpenter/README.md

mrchriscarpenter

Terminal-style GitHub profile header for Chris Carpenter

Software engineer and application development leader building maintainable web systems, clean developer workflows, and civic tech that respects people’s time.

$ whoami

I'm a software engineer and Application Development Supervisor for @polkcounty, where I help build, modernize, and guide the development of applications, internal tools, APIs, and team workflows.

I care about software that is maintainable, understandable, and useful in the real world — systems that help teams move faster without making the future harder.

$ focus

  • Leading application development with a hands-on engineering mindset
  • Building internal tools, civic software, APIs, and modern web applications
  • Improving developer experience through strong defaults, automation, templates, testing, and documentation
  • Using AI-assisted development pragmatically to speed up research, iteration, and delivery
  • Turning messy workflows into simpler, more reliable systems

$ stack

Daily drivers
Go · TypeScript · Svelte · Next.js · React · PostgreSQL

Tools and workflows I reach for often
Docker · GitHub Actions · Tailwind CSS · Biome · Vitest · Playwright · Bun

Also experienced with
Python · MySQL · SQL Server · MongoDB · Azure · DigitalOcean

$ featured

next-starter
A minimal, opinionated Next.js starter template powered by Bun, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, Biome, Ultracite, commitlint, and Lefthook.

Built around a simple idea: good defaults make projects easier to start, easier to review, and easier to maintain.

$ leadership

My favorite engineering work sits at the intersection of code, systems, and people.

I like setting teams up with clearer patterns, stronger defaults, better workflows, and tools that remove friction. Whether I’m building a feature, reviewing an architecture decision, improving a deployment path, or mentoring another developer, I’m usually asking the same question:

Will this make the next version easier to build?

$ nerd_corner

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    A minimal Next.js starter template powered by Bun.

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