Hey, I’m Chris Nicholas

It’s nice to meet you. I’m a product-minded web engineer, currently in charge of developer experience at.

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Building an AI toolbar for text editors

I've been experimenting with a floating AI toolbar, designed for use in text editors. Here’s some details on how it was created.

9th Jul 2024·890 views

It’s been a long time since I’ve published a blog post. Two whole years. Now we’ve reached 2024, it’s time for a complete refresh.

2nd Jan 2024·36,832 views

Smoothly rendering live cursors is more difficult than it sounds when real-world conditions are taken into account.

5th Jul 2022·liveblocks.io

Sandpack allows you to take interactive code demos to the next level, supporting just about every JavaScript framework.

17th Dec 2021·9,799 views·Archived