About Me

I’m Kristian Freeman, an American software engineer living in Texas. I was born in the early 1990s. I like reading books, playing music, and (obviously) software development. Thanks for your interest in my writing!

I started coding professionally after graduating high school, in 2011. I’m a self-taught full-stack developer. I began my career working with Ruby on Rails, and transitioned to JavaScript in 2014. Since then, I’ve worked as an engineering manager, lead frontend developer, and developer advocate.

I work at Cloudflare as an Engineering Manager on the Developer Education team, teaching developers how to build apps. Before that, I was a Senior Developer Advocate on our Developer Relations team.

Previously, I was a Senior Software Engineer at Product Hunt and simple.com.

I’m also an avid reader and musician. I’ve been playing guitar and drums since I was a kid, and I love synthesizers and drum machines.

I consider myself an in-progress multi-disciplinary learner. I’m interested in biology, philosophy, and building a well-rounded perspective on living, particularly through the lessons of history. This website (⟐ Colophon) serves as my research notebook for topics like coding, health, and entrepreneurship.