Hi, I’m Christoph. For over 20 years I’ve been building open source tools that shape how millions of developers work, including projects I created like Jest, Metro, Yarn, jscodeshift and MooTools. I previously led JavaScript Infrastructure and managed the React Native team in Menlo Park and London.

Today, at Nakazawa Tech, I’m building new developer tooling and indie games in the open, including:

• Athena Crisis — an open source turn-based strategy game built from scratch
• fbtee — the JavaScript & React Internationalization Framework
• ReMDX — beautiful Minimalist React & MDX Presentations
• Stack — zero-dependency, type-safe Stack component for streamlining flexbox usage in React & React Native
• Starter templates:
  • Mobile App Template
  • Web App Template
  • Server Template

I’m obsessed with developer experience and performance, and I aim to open source as much of my technology stack as possible.

Open source has shaped my journey since I first published a project in 2006 and joined GitHub in June 2008. My current goal is to be able to spend 25-50% of my time on open source and improve the frontend and JavaScript ecosystem. Your support enables me to dedicate more time to open source, and gives you early access to the technology and products I’m building.

If you want to support this work, please consider a GitHub sponsorship.

Recent blog posts on cpojer.net

As part of building in the open, I write educational content about Frontend Development, Engineering Management, Leadership, User Experience, and more:

• Athena Crisis is now Open Source
• I'm Building a Company
• Frontend Engineering Archetypes
• Fastest Frontend Tooling in 2023
• Mastering Tech Lead Management
• The Perfect Development Environment
• Set up a new Mac, Fast
• Building a JavaScript Bundler
• Building a JavaScript Testing Framework
• Rethinking JavaScript Infrastructure
• Dependency Managers Don’t Manage Your Dependencies
• Inclusion in a Distributed World
• The Nakazawa Management Starter Pack

Thank you

With your support I'll be able to sustainably publish more open source projects more frequently, and you are playing an active role in kicking off a new indie game studio in Tokyo. I will be forever grateful and show my appreciation to the community 🙇‍♂️