01 About Northampton, UK
A builder of quiet systems.
I am Chris Sadler, a senior backend developer at Toru Digital. I live in Northampton and spend most of my time on services, tooling, and the kind of writing that makes technical work easier to reason about.
02 Practice
I like software with a small surface area: one obvious path, honest status, and enough restraint that the important parts stay visible.
This site is a home for selected work, field notes, and the practical lessons that disappear if they are not written down.
03 Focus
- Backend systems with clear ownership and boring defaults.
- Developer tooling that reduces friction without adding theatre.
- Interfaces that explain state, not just offer controls.
04 Currently
- Work
- Senior backend developer at Toru Digital.
- Here
- Building this index for projects, notes, and long-lived decisions.
- Elsewhere
- Side projects, reading, and the occasional public note.