Chris Nicholas
Software Engineer at Liveblocks
United Kingdom
Summary
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RockstarChris Nicholas is a software engineer with six years' experience focused on developer experience and front-end collaboration tools, currently building realtime APIs and components at Liveblocks. He specializes in Svelte and Solid.js front-end work, contributing examples, formatting/code fixes, and UX features like live avatars and cursors that make multiplayer web apps feel polished. Based in the UK, he publishes interactive technical articles on chrisnicholas.dev to share practical learnings about building collaborative interfaces. Chris blends product-minded engineering with hands-on open-source contributions, helping teams ship AI-ready, multiplayer experiences without derailing roadmaps.
6 years of coding experience
Github Skills (8)
css10
javascript10
svelte10
react9
hard-real-time8
collaboration8
realtime8
nextjs5
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
liveblocks/liveblocks
Mar 2022 - Jan 2023
The best apps in the AI era aren’t solo experiences—they’re collaborative. Liveblocks provides customizable pre‑built features to make your product multiplayer, engaging, and AI‑ready. All without derailing your roadmap.
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:7 releases, 487 reviews, 113 commits in 11 months
Contributions summary:Chris focused on developing and improving examples, specifically targeting the Svelte and Solid.js frameworks. Their work involved adding new examples with links and making formatting and code fixes across the Svelte and Solid.js implementations. They also contributed to the creation of live avatars and cursors, updating styles and functionalities for enhanced user experience.
operational-transformationleancloudblockstackzustandconflict-resolution
CTNicholas/liveblocks-live-piano-next-js
Jan 2022 - Jan 2023
Multiplayer live piano built with Next.js & Liveblocks.
Contributions:55 commits, 5 PRs, 19 pushes in 1 year
next-jsreactreact-nextreact-next-jscollaboration
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