Timo Weiss

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Full-stack developer with several years of experience building web applications, automotive interfaces and tooling. I love building in the digital and physical world and try to push my abilities by starting projects outside of my scope.

Projects

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Virtual Chime Rewrite: Chime Speaker Box

The Chime speaker box is the simplest device of the Virtual Chime family, so it was the first to be completely rewritten in a new architecture.

Name Generator

Generate domain names that are guaranteed to be available. Next.js frontend, FastAPI backend with multiple workers for performance.

Box Grid Generator

Dynamically generate a grid of boxes for drawers or cabinets. Next.js with Three.js for the 3D visualization.

Svelte Mac Keyboard

A customizable and animated Mac-style keyboard component for Svelte built with SvelteKit and Tailwind CSS. It visually responds to both keyboard and mouse events.

Writing

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Rewriting Virtual Chime

After running the old Virtual Chime doorbell in my house for several years, I had to start over and finally make all the wrong decisions right. This lead me to completely wiping the existing repository and rewriting everything in C++ and build a custom Linux for it.

March 3, 2026 | 8 min read

AI is making me bored

Building side projects is an essential part of my life as software developer, even when I know that no one will ever see or use them. I build things for me. Solving a problem or improving something in a way that feels unique to me. I always enjoyed the process of coding. It feels great to create something line by line. To see a progress from a blank page or app to a solution that I want to use is utterly satisfying. The list of new tasks to do always grows faster than the completion of those tasks. Especially the more work I complete.

January 27, 2026 | 7 min read

printf("Hello World!\n");

As the year ticks over and the Christmas holidays give me some time to think about the past year, it’s time for the yearly refresh of my personal page. Two weeks of tinkering and playing around to find the new way to describe me in form of code.

December 31, 2025 | 2 min read

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