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Christian Hammond

@chipx86.com
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Created @ReviewBoard.org, one of the first code review products (reviewboard.org) at Beanbag (beanbaginc.com). CEO, dev, sales, support, janitor. COVID data reporter at @bc19.live. Long-time open source dev. Blog: chipx86.blog

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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 17/09/2026
Agentic development should always be optional, but for those who use it, we're building something really cool at Review Board that adheres to our People-First approach. I'll have more to share on the @reviewboard.org account and at www.reviewboard.org in the coming months.
reviewboard.org
Review Board: Review for every project
Code review and document review at scale, on-prem and private. Git, Jujutsu, Perforce, Mercurial, ClearCase, Keysight SOS, Azure DevOps, and more.
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BC19.Live - Butte County COVID-19 Tracker @bc19.live · 05/09/2026
🟣 Saturday, September 5, 2026 #COVID report for Butte County, CA bc19.live I'll get to the data in a minute, but first, I have a big update that affects some of the data I report on.
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Unofficial Butte County COVID-19 Dashboard
Detailed trends and information on the COVID-19 situation in Butte County.
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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 29/08/2026
I find it interesting what network most engages with what post. Tech/dev-focused posts go over really well on Mastodon, but not BlueSky (more gaming/artistic posts here). COVID reports get *tons* of engagement on Facebook, less elsewhere. X is a mixed bag. Still quite active.. *sigh*
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Retro Game Books 📚 @retrogamebooks.com · 28/08/2026
Do you want to get a preview of what's inside of Video Game Maps: NES & Famicom - Deluxe Edition? Check out our latest video: youtu.be/EqONSP07MQY
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Video Game Maps: NES & Famicom - Deluxe Edition
YouTube video by Retro Game Books
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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 29/08/2026
I'll probably be back to writing these a couple times a week again.
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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 26/08/2026
I'm excited by what we're building. We're committed to on-prem, privacy, data portability, humans as the focus (even with AI in the mix). It's not really the industry trend, but it's ours. Especially at a time when #Canada and the #EU are needing solutions under their control.
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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 25/08/2026
There are futures to code/project review that are being ignored. And legacy customers with nowhere to go. For @reviewboard.org, we're building #EDA Design Review, #AI that strengthens human teams, and a migration path for #Crucible users needing a new home. chipx86.blog/2026/08/24/c...
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Coming to Review Board: AI, EDA Review, Crucible Import
I feel like the world of code review has somewhat stagnated. Most people use a variation on GitHub Pull Requests, which slowly began to catch up to the kinds of features we have in Review Board, bu…
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Review Board @reviewboard.org · 25/08/2026
Reviewing #hardware designs shouldn’t mean eyeballing two versions, hoping you spot what changed. That's a recipe for delays and deeper expenses. We’re building affordable #EDA review that shows actual diffs for #schematics and PCBs. www.reviewboard.org/eda-review/ #PCB #selfhosted
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Your hardware designs deserve a better review process
Upgrade your electronic design process with Review Board: see how schematics, PCB layouts, RTL, and firmware code change with each revision, and comment directly on your designs. Runs fully on-prem…
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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 22/08/2026
I was happy to see #COVID at such low levels for my home county all year, but it's surging again. So I'm writing reports and managing the data again. Year 6. Time is a funny thing.
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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 22/08/2026
Early in my career, a co-worker shared an important piece of wisdom: Know what not to write, know what not to commit. Not every function, interface, or line of code written during development needs to be part of the final change. chipx86.blog/2026/08/20/k... #blog #programming #development
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Know What Not To Commit
I’ve written a lot of code over the past 35 years. In my earlier years (starting at age 7), everything was an experiment, with nothing slated for production (thank god). I didn’t know t…
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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 19/08/2026
I enjoy writing — the creativity, the process, the result — and I'm saddened when my works are skipped due to an assumption of it just being AI. So I built a place to link to — for you and for me — that states very clearly: emdashesmine.com #writing #coding #ai #emdash
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Em dashes mine
Be proud of your craft, shout it loud: Not written by AI. Em dashes mine.
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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 19/08/2026
#TIL Have you seen Gray Code binary encoding for numbers before? Each number is just 1 bit flip from the next, which has its uses when bit flips might not be atomic. chipx86.blog/2026/08/18/t... #blog #programming
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TIL: Gray Code: Sequential numbers, bit by bit
Let’s go over a neat thing I learned about this week. We all know binary counting. It’s natural, we’re introduced to it around age 1 or 2, it’s delicious, and… no wait…
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Review Board @reviewboard.org · 17/08/2026
When you're on-prem, you don't have to be down just because they're down. We believe in the future of on-prem. We're code review and document review for every project, every task. We're your team's Review Board. www.reviewboard.org #GitHub #outage #development #codereview #opensource
reviewboard.org
Review Board: Review for every project
Code review and document review at scale, on-prem and private. Git, Jujutsu, Perforce, Mercurial, ClearCase, Keysight SOS, Azure DevOps, and more.
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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 08/08/2026
I am back on reporting duty.
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Retro Game Books 📚 @retrogamebooks.com · 30/07/2026
We were delighted to discover a full-page shout out in the latest @nfpublishing.bsky.social (issue #84), featuring @nadiaoxford.bsky.social and @natedrake.bsky.social latest books. Thank you, @lucasmthomas.bsky.social. 💌 Support us all at: www.nintendoforcemagazine.com & retrogamebooks.com
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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 27/07/2026
Been thinking about this brave new world of AI development, what we gain, what we give up... at the end of the day, I keep coming back to one thing: AIs don't take showers. chipx86.blog/2026/07/26/a... #ai #blog #coding #development
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AIs Don’t Take Showers
I enjoy my morning routine. Get up, wake up to the world through the phone, nibble on some breakfast, and sit down at the computer. I like to remind my sleepy brain what I was working on the night …
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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 26/07/2026
I finally saw #Obsession. I'm processing, but have thoughts.
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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 24/07/2026
Been considering #Codeberg as a #GitHub alternative. I want more development options on the market. But the announcement about Codeberg banning whole software categories makes me feel uneasy, even understanding their reasons. This write-up sums up my feelings well. xn--gckvb8fzb.com/i-regret-mig...
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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 23/07/2026
Ever curious about how a game gets broken down, taken apart, reverse-engineered? We'll be going over it today with a fresh #disassembly of Mickey Mousecapade for #NES: twitch.tv/chipx86
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ChipX86 - Live on Twitch
Let's learn NES disassembly with Mickey Mousecapade! An advanced beginner's guide. | Streaming software and game development.
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GAMEYE @gameyevg.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Official statement regarding playstation going all digital
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Review Board @reviewboard.org · 02/07/2026
IMPORTANT UPDATE: Review Board's taking the game industry's lead and dropping all physical products. As of now, all code review whiteboards, projectors, and red/green/yellow highlighters are discontinued.

All code reviews should now be conducted using the digital Review Board product freely available at ReviewBoard.org

Plus and Enterprise plans are available to help you transition to this new digital future.
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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 18/06/2026
Lore.org's gotten a lot of attention this week. A newly-released open source version control system from Epic Games. Light-weight branching, binary assets, and more. We're looking into adding code review support for Lore in @reviewboard.org. Starting a deep dive into the internals.
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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 15/06/2026
Did you know I've been doing @reviewboard.org development streams on Twitch? It's true! Just a chill time, some talking, some coding, some coffee breaks, all over at twitch.tv/chipx86
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Review Board @reviewboard.org · 11/06/2026
GitHub has had 31.9 days of downtime so far this year (according to red-squares.cian.lol). If you're tired of being blocked, try Review Board. You can still keep your code hosted on #GitHub but move your reviews to Review Board, hosted in your network or by us.
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Pricing
On-prem plans include monthly or annual payment options, with multi-year discounts available. RBCommons plans are month-to-month.
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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 11/06/2026
I haven't had to write a #COVID report in ages. This has been great. I want this to continue for our community as long as possible (due to lack of serious transmission, and NOT lack of data).
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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 11/06/2026
This is pretty cool. A first-person shooter in #COBOL. YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzpZ... Repository: github.com/icitry/FPS.cob This guy has a bunch of other neat projects on his GitHub and YouTube.
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Is COBOL Enough To Make An FPS Game From Scratch?
YouTube video by icitry
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Review Board @reviewboard.org · 10/06/2026
Two weeks ago, we launched our Plus/Enterprise tiers with premium features and support. We gave this project a working title of Tiers of the Kingdom, since we started working on it around the time that Tears of the Kingdom released (being a #Zelda nerd is a requirement for working at Beanbag).
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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 09/06/2026
Very excited about the #Nintendo Direct tomorrow, where they'll no doubt unveil Dr. #Mario Wonder, Excite Bike Galaxy, the dual #Zelda 1/2 remake release, and the collection of 40th anniversary NES Zelda Amiibo.
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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 07/06/2026
The finale of The Amazing Digital Circus was incredibly well-done. Glad I got to see it in theaters. Can’t wait to see it again. And if you haven’t seen this show, it’s so much better than the cartoony zany facade will trick you into thinking. All on YouTube, all free. youtu.be/iuaRQ5NQFq8
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THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS [OFFICIAL TRAILER]
YouTube video by GLITCH
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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 29/05/2026
I hate to say, my first experience with Mina the Hollower is a bad one. I haven't played the game yet, and I'm sure that's great, but the controller options need a rethink. You can customize the buttons for attack, jump, etc., but when you do that, you also change the Confirm/Cancel. Disorienting.
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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 29/05/2026
This is an important release for us. We're solving a long-standing problem with how disconnected our paid offerings were, and we're adding #Office Document Review, which we've wanted to add for over 15 years. Plus #Forgejo and other integrations for on-prem.
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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 27/05/2026
Well then. Let's start getting @reviewboard.org 8 released, shall we?
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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 25/05/2026
Just released Djblets 6, the latest version of our #Django extension library we use to build @reviewboard.org. Feature flags, extension framework, avatars, cache utils, datagrids, page state/rendering injection, dynamic site config, GDPR privacy support, and more. pypi.org/project/Djbl...
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Djblets
A collection of useful classes and functions for developing large-scale Django-based web applications.
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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 23/05/2026
This situation in Garden Grove near Anaheim/LA is awful and terrifying. It’s not often officials are so frank about how bad the situation is. Best-case scenario is reportedly 7,000 gallons of toxic chemicals spilling out, worst is an explosion. Hope people evacuate and stay safe.
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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 14/05/2026
Part 2 of my Inside Faxanadu series: The Secret World Warp. Debug code hidden for 40 years. chipx86.blog/2026/05/13/i... #retro #games #gamedev #nes
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Inside Faxanadu, Part 2: Secret World Warp
There’s a lot about Faxanadu that’s been kept secret since the game was originally developed in the 80s. Secrets I’ve been discovering in my Faxanadu disassembly work. One of the …
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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 10/05/2026
When I was young, I picked up a book from the library that I thought was in the wrong section and would be about eldritch horror titled The Mythical Man Moth, but it turned out I misread it and instead learned a lot about project management. True story.
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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 05/05/2026
Right now, if you play a song on #Spotify, the seek bar becomes a light saber. Clicking on it lets you change which saber it is. There are seven of them. #StarWars #MayThe4th
Whitish-blue light saber in the Spotify seek bar.Red evil light saber.
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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 03/05/2026
The first in a series of #blog posts deep-diving into #Faxanadu for #NES, going over how it all works. We're starting with IScripts (Interaction Scripts). These compact binary scripts are run whenever you interact with an NPC or item. chipx86.blog/2026/05/03/i... #retro #games #gamedev
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Inside Faxanadu, Part 1: Interaction Scripts and Shops
Faxanadu for NES has always been one of my absolute favorite games of the NES library. This adventure starts off in the town of Eolis at the base of the giant World Tree, home to the Elves and Dwar…
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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 03/05/2026
Last year, as a fun side project, I began disassembling and documenting #Faxanadu for #NES. I love this game. Wanted to know how it works internally. And it's fascinating. 3 built-in scripting languages, level select code, signs of an older game. chipx86.com/faxanadu/ #retro #gamedev #projects
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Faxanadu (U).nes
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Ok Impala! @okimpala.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
New game project announcement! Faxanadu - Root of Decay will give you a brand new story in the #Faxanadu universe for the #NES! Please check it out here: www.okimpala.net/faxanadu-roo... . Subscribe to my e-mail list to get notified on release day! #retrogaming #romhacking #romhack #falcom
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Faxanadu - Root of Decay | Ok Impala!
Faxanadu - Root of Decay. A brand new Faxanadu story for NES.
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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 18/04/2026
I have laryngitis, so my voice is effectively gone. And frustrating as it is to not be able to speak, I'm beginning to appreciate the kind of accessibility options we now have. There's texting, of course, but I've started making phone calls using Apple's Live Speech.
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Review Board @reviewboard.org · 10/04/2026
The more change descriptions focus on the purpose and intent (the "why") of the code, the more helpful they are during both review and future code archaeology. Code comments are a great place for the nitty-gritty (the "how"). #coding #development #tips #til
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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 10/04/2026
"Trust Me: The False Prophet" on #Netflix was incredible. A huge level beyond most of the shows like this, put together by a woman who recently, painstakingly earned the trust of a self-proclaimed "prophet" (pedo) in order to gather enough evidence to help law enforcement put him away. Recommended.
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Review Board @reviewboard.org · 07/04/2026
Microsoft’s retiring their legacy Teams Webhook support at the end of April. If, like us, you need to migrate to their new offering, we’ve written a guide:
blog.beanbaginc.com
Updating your deprecated Microsoft Teams Webhooks
What’s Happening? Microsoft announced the retirement of their Office 365 Connectors within Microsoft Teams back in 2024. Instead they are moving towards Workflows app-based webhooks. This cau…
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Review Board @reviewboard.org · 09/04/2026
Code review get discussed as a way to improve code quality. It is, but it's also about helping developers better learn and grow from each other. What #TIL, skill, technique, or gotcha did you first learn from a code review? #development #developers
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Review Board @reviewboard.org · 08/04/2026
🤖 Review Bot 4.1 is now out! Review Bot adds on-prem automated code review to Review Board. This release features: ✅ Updates for Cargo, cppcheck, Go, RuboCop ✅ New control over review e-mails ✅ Enhanced infrastructure diagnostics ✅ Installation fixes www.reviewboard.org/news/2026/04...
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Announcing Review Bot 4.1
Review Bot 4.1 is out today, bringing updated compatibility for several popular tools, improved networking diagnostics, and a new e-mail notification option. Updated Tools Several tools have changed…
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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 01/04/2026
Too many developers are still stuck in the 1960s. We want to bring them into the 1970s and beyond. Today, we're announcing Punch Card Review, featuring Column Commenting, Drop Detection, Coffee Stain Detection, support for common USB punch card readers, and more. Contact us to learn more.
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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 31/03/2026
#Meta is just flooding us with web crawls and completely ignoring robots.txt.
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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 22/03/2026
We're live! Come join us! Q&A welcome :)
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Christian Hammond @chipx86.com · 22/03/2026
Going live in just 30 minutes with Justin Khan at twitch.tv/chipx86 #Twitch #games #gamedev #Atari
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Twitch
Twitch is the world
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