About cfreak.dev

Hi! I'm Chris, or "cfreak", or "The Real Chris Brown", or "Chris Daniel" (the pen name I'm trying on for size, I'm not 100% sold on it yet). This site is my latest attempt to create a general place for my thoughts and my work to share with the world.

The Technologist

I'm a technologist since before the turn of the century, starting my first paid job in 1998. I've spent time as a software engineer, manager, architect, CTO, and currently a Director in a PE backed software company. You'll likely find a word or two about the challenges of running technology companies.

I attempted at one point to put all my technology musings at Blue Berry Tech but I haven't kept it up to date.

The Author

I've been writing since middle-school. Since then I've published a few pieces on websites, wrote plays for various Christian drama groups, and co-wrote a web-comic in the early 2000s. As of 2023, I became serious about writing and restarted a novel project I'd begun in 2011. My short stories have appeared here and in one anthology so far. As of 2026, I'm querying my debut novel Those Who Speak for God about the young leader of a technophobic religious cult, and his relationship with an android woman.

The Former Evangelical

Evangelical Christianity shaped my life and world view for the first 40 years of my life. I'll be writing much about my choice to leave it behind and the related challenges. Previously I wrote things at cfreak's Anti Blog about my beliefs and looking back, I can see the cracks starting to form even though I didn't realize it at the time. The posts there are very old but they exist for posterity to show where I came from.

Politics

I worked for a political research firm and advocacy organization for over a decade. I find politics both infuriating and interesting so expect posts about it. Personally I'm quite left on most issues but I'm willing to discuss actual political viewpoints. Actual political viewpoints as described by this wonderful meme:

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