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Chris Chabot

Building developer ecosystems.
One API at a time.

$ experience --years

20+ years in tech • Google • Twitter • Amazon • Apache

$ focus --current

Developer Relations • Web3 • Open Source • AI

$ cat about.md $ ls projects/

bash ~/highlights.sh

#!/bin/bash

# Career highlights

echo "Founding member of Google+"

echo "Head of DevRel @ Twitter"

echo "Apache Shindig PMC"

echo "OpenSocial spec author"

echo "60+ conference talks"

$ ls -la ./blog --recent

Latest thoughts and writings

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📄 mastering-ai-first-applications.md 5 min read

# Dec 10, 2025

AI-native Applications: A New Era of Intuitive Software

AI-native applications are fundamentally rethinking what software can do when it has the ability to learn, adapt, and interact more naturally with humans.

--ai --software-design --ux --llm

$ cat mastering-ai-first-applications.md →

📄 devrel-roi.md 5 min read

# Dec 10, 2025

Stop Chasing Developer Love: Build a Developer Go-To-Market CEOs Actually Value

Developer relations has to tie back to revenue. Here's how to build a DevRel program that CEOs actually understand and value.

--devrel --developer-experience --strategy --leadership

$ cat devrel-roi.md →

📄 interviewer-blog.md 5 min read

# Dec 10, 2025

You Don't Know What You Know (Until You're Asked)

Building Interviewer: a multi-agent AI app that conducts podcast-style interviews and transforms conversations into polished essays.

--ai --swift --agents --projects

$ cat interviewer-blog.md →

📄 swift-run-focus.md 5 min read

# Dec 10, 2025

Why Your SwiftUI App Ignores Your Keyboard (And How to Make It Listen)

A tale of terminal launches, activation policies, and the mild existential crisis of a text field that refuses to accept input.

--swift --swiftui --macos --debugging

$ cat swift-run-focus.md →

📄 blog-chat-windows.md 5 min read

# Dec 10, 2025

How We Built Chat Windows That Don't Make Users Want to Throw Their Laptops

A journey through scroll behavior, IRC formatting codes from the 1990s, and the existential dread of LazyVStack.

--swift --swiftui --irc --engineering

$ cat blog-chat-windows.md →

$ ./connect.sh

I'm always interested in connecting with fellow developers, discussing new opportunities, or collaborating on interesting projects. Feel free to reach out.

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