Cris Mathew — CrsMthw

Who Is This Guy

I'm Cris Mathew — a freelance web developer, network/cloud engineer and designer working under the name CrsMthw. I build modern, fast websites and consult on tech for clients who care about quality.

But I love to build just as much as I love to develop. I run an entire personal cloud out of my room. I 3D-print and sell custom parts. I wire up smart homes for friends and clients. I tinker with robots, CAD, mobile apps, and basically anything that has buttons or screens on it.

Outside of tech I'm into exotic cars, watches, fresh sneakers, and music — which has more or less been my religion since I can remember. I'll game for days with friends. I also find washing machines genuinely fascinating. Don't ask why.

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Homelab

100+ Docker containers. ZFS. Self-host everything.

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3D Printing

Ankermake M5C. CAD. Custom parts for real customers.

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Smart Home

Home Assistant, voice control, IP intercoms, CCTV.

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Robotics & IoT

Arduino, sensors, claw arms. CrsMthw Industries is real.

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Cars

Exotics and tuners. If it goes fast, I'm in.

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Watches & Kicks

Watch collector. Sneaker care obsessive.

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Gaming

10K+ hours total. 1K+ on TF2 alone. No shame.

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Music

Always loud. Always the right vibe. Religion-tier.

Hours Gaming

Docker Containers

3D Prints Sold

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Bottles of Coke Zero

Stack & Skills

DOCKER TRAEFIK Linux REACT tailwind.css CLOUDFLARE Hyprland ARCH LINUX ARDUINO jetpack compose SHOPIFY Home Assistant ZFS authentik HEADSCALE CAD Immich GITEA DOCKER TRAEFIK Linux REACT tailwind.css CLOUDFLARE Hyprland ARCH LINUX ARDUINO jetpack compose SHOPIFY Home Assistant ZFS authentik HEADSCALE CAD Immich GITEA

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Web Development

Modern, fast websites for clients. Marketing sites, dashboards, full e-commerce builds with Shopify and Wix.

HTML/CSS/JS React Tailwind WordPress Shopify Wix

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Infrastructure

Self-hosted stacks, reverse proxies, VPN meshes, container orchestration, DNS — the unglamorous plumbing.

Docker Traefik Cloudflare Headscale Ubuntu ZFS

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Smart Home

Full home automation for friends and clients. Voice control, CCTV, IP-phones, smart intercoms — everything talks.

Home Assistant Voice CCTV IP-Tel Intercom

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3D Printing & CAD

Design, prototype, print, sell. 30+ projects shipped to individuals and businesses — from one-offs to repeat parts.

Ankermake M5C CAD Slicer Prototyping

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Hardware & IoT

Custom robots, sensor rigs, embedded systems, Raspberry Pi clusters. Where software meets a soldering iron.

Arduino Raspberry Pi Sensors Embedded

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Mobile Dev

Android apps built with modern Jetpack Compose and the new Material3 Expressive design system.

Kotlin Jetpack Compose Material3 Android

Selected Projects

001 — Homelab Infrastructure

Production · 100+ Containers

The Self-Hosted Empire

An entire personal cloud on a 10th-gen i5 box with 128GB RAM, an RTX 3070, and a 4×1TB ZFS pool. Full Docker stack — Plex, ARR suite, Traefik, Authelia, Authentik, AdGuard, Immich, Vaultwarden, Headscale, Gitea, and a few dozen more. Built, rebuilt, then replicated for three friends.

Docker Traefik ZFS Headscale Ubuntu Server Cloudflare Authentik

002 — Web Client work

50+ Projects Shipped

Web Dev & Consulting

Freelance web dev and tech consulting. Marketing sites, bilingual corporate builds, full e-commerce stores with Shopify and Wix. Plus business email and workspace setups — Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, and my personal favorite, Proton Business Suite — along with admin and migrations.

React Tailwind Shopify Wix WordPress Google Workspace Microsoft 365 Proton

003 — Home Automation

5+ Homes Wired

Smart Homes

Full home automation builds for friends and clients. Home Assistant at the core, plus voice control, CCTV systems, IP-telephony, smart intercoms, and lighting/climate integration. Every switch, sensor, and camera talking to each other.

Home Assistant Voice CCTV IP-Tel

004 — 3D Print Maker

30+ Sold

CAD & Print

Custom 3D printing service. Designed in CAD, printed on an Ankermake M5C, shipped to individuals and businesses. Over 30 projects delivered so far — from one-off prototypes to repeating production runs.

Ankermake M5C CAD Slicer PLA / PETG

005 — PCs Custom Builds

50+ Rigs Built

Custom PCs

50+ custom gaming, workstation, and server PCs spec'd, sourced, assembled, and tuned for clients. Plus custom NAS and HTPC builds — from quiet living-room media boxes to multi-drive ZFS storage rigs. Hardware-level work, end to end.

Gaming Workstation Server NAS HTPC

006 — Mobile Android

Open Source · GitHub ↗

Phase 10 Score Tracker

A modern Android scorekeeper app for the Phase 10 card game. Built with Jetpack Compose and the new Material3 Expressive design system. Made while pair-coding with Claude — turns out we make a decent team.

Kotlin Jetpack Compose Material3 Android

007 — Mobile Android

Open Source · GitHub ↗

Lyra — Spotify Client

Spotify didn't make the Android app I wanted, so I did. Minimal, beautiful, no popups, no clutter — just music.

Kotlin Jetpack Compose Material3 Spotify API Android

008 — AI In progress

Cooking · 2026

An AI venture, quietly.

Early-stage AI-focused business with a friend. Two Ubuntu servers, multi-domain routing behind a single home IP, Headscale mesh, Traefik v3 — the infrastructure is in place. The product is in the oven. More soon.

Ubuntu Traefik v3 Headscale Ollama

N° 003B — Special Feature

A tiny Wall-E, built from scratch.

Arduino brains. Six ultrasonic sensors for 360° obstacle detection. A Logitech webcam where its head should be. A tiny OLED flashing the name of a company that doesn't really exist. And a robotic claw arm — because of course there's a claw arm.

BrainArduino

Sensors6× HC-SR04

EyesLogitech

Display0.96" OLED

Drive4WD chassis

BuiltBy hand

Cris Mathew✻

Who Is This Guy

Stack & Skills