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Looking for collaborators and partners. Yes, you.

Probably Fine Studios

Started solo. Not planning to stay that way.

I'm Chris. I build web apps, desktop tools, games, and the odd Illustrator script that actually ship, mostly with AI and stubbornness. I named the studio after my quality-assurance process. So far it's just me in here, and I'd like to fix that.

See what shippedCome build with me

7 shipped9 in the works835 GitHub contributions this year

Shipped & Live7

Real products, up and running. Go click around. I'll wait.

Not A Cable

Solo build

Photos from your phone to your PC over Wi-Fi. Scan a QR code, pick, send. Because cables are for people who plan ahead.

  • Desktop App
  • Photos
  • Utility
Case Study: Not A CableDownload: soon
Portrait sketch of Chris

The guy behind the curtain

I'm Chris. I build things until they work.

Photographer turned developer, laser engraver by day, and currently the entire staff of this studio. I ship real products, and I'm looking for people to build the next ones with.

GitHub contributions in the last year
835
products live right now
7
more in the works
9
More about meResume

Exploring & In Progress9

Ideas I'm still poking at. Some will ship, some won't. All of them seemed like a good idea at the time.

Also on the menu

I make Illustrator and Photoshop do the boring part

My day job is laser engraving, which means a lot of Illustrator, a lot of Photoshop, and the same twelve clicks over and over. So I write scripts that do the clicks. If your team has a repetitive Adobe job, I can probably make it one button.

Illustrator

Logo placer

Pick a logo and a layout, and it fills a whole engraving sheet: sized, spaced, centered, and mirrored when the job calls for it.

Photoshop

Photo to engrave-ready

Cuts out the subject, crops it to shape, sizes it at 600 DPI, and tunes the contrast for the material. One dialog in, one file out.

Yours

The thing you do by hand every day

Describe the clicks. That's usually all I need to tell you whether a script can take them off your plate.

Ask about a script

Working together

This was never supposed to stay a one-person studio

Everything on this page was built solo. That was fun, and it's also the problem: the next things I want to build are bigger than one person. Seasoned pro or just trying to get a foot in the door, if one of these sounds like you, come say hi.

Collaborators

Designers, developers, writers, photographers, people with one oddly specific skill: if you want to make something small and real together, I'm in.

You bring
A craft you're good at and an itch to build.
I bring
A working product, fast, and the patience to finish it.
Pitch a collaboration

Business partners

You know a market, an industry, or a problem from the inside. I can turn that into software people actually use.

You bring
Domain knowledge, an audience, or the business brain.
I bring
Design, build, and launch, start to finish.
Talk partnership

Clients & everyone else

Got a project, a product, or a weirdly specific idea that needs building? Or just want to compare notes? Say hi.

You bring
The idea, however half-baked.
I bring
A straight answer on whether I can build it. (Usually: probably.)
Start a conversation

Eager learners

Trying to break in? Come learn the way of The Forge.

You don't need a resume to get in here. I'm looking for eager learners who are trying to break through and would rather learn by building something real. The Forge is how projects get planned in this studio before any code exists: brief it, map it, argue with it, then build it with AI. I'll show you how it works. Or skip the lesson and lend a hand wherever you're dangerous.

Raise your hand

Hands wanted for

  • Code
  • The business side
  • Marketing
  • Testing (breaking my stuff on purpose)
  • Whatever you're weirdly good at

The unfun part: none of this is a job offer. If we work together, we agree the terms in writing first. The legal bit.

Curious what I'm like to work with? Here's what I look for in people, and here are all 16 projects.