Hey! Welcome to my website.
I live in Stockholm, Sweden, where I work at Improvin' on climate emissions in farming. I'm driven by environments where technical and creative experts collaborate to improve the human experience.
I also operate Uln Industries, a code-first studio for interactive visual media. We'll make you a website - reach out.
I grew up in North America, where I studied programming languages at Northeastern University and worked at The Routing Company and Intel. Occasionally I write about daily practices, take photos for friends, and make interactive demos. Scroll down for more - or email me.
Catch you soon,
Jake Chvatal
- now
What I'm working on and thinking about right now. Updated periodically as interests and projects evolve.
- principles
Personal principles for design, development, and decision-making. How I think about building tools and systems.
- dailies
Dailies.
- notebook/grid-2
Sketching lines on a grid.
- notebook/grid-1
Sketching lines on a grid.
- po-12
PO-12.
- quine
quine
- elegy
A brief internet elegy - reflections on digital culture, community, and what we lose when platforms disappear.
- nixcfg
robust and beautiful NixOS configuration