--- title: "Matt Fehrenbach | Personal Website" description: "The personal site of Matt Fehrenbach, a full-stack developer, collecting his software projects, writing, photography, graphics, and music." canonical: https://m4t.tf/ --- [![](/favicon.png)](/) [](/cv "CV") Under Construction ================== Something is on its way. Matt Fehrenbach[github.com/ma-tf](https://github.com/ma-tf) Latest posts ------------ [](/rss.xml) * [Failing cheaply2026-09-21](/posts/20260921-1-failing-cheaply) * [LLMs are tactical programmers2026-09-08](/posts/20260908-1-llms-are-tactical-programmers) * [Make AI writing sound human with the humanize skill2026-09-08](/posts/20260908-2-humanize-skill) * [Relentless interviews for your plans, with the grill-me skill2026-07-16](/posts/20260716-1-grill-me-skill) [View all posts](/blog) [Projects](https://github.com/ma-tf) Things I build and ship. ------------------------ A selection of projects I have built in my spare time, spanning film photography tools, terminal interfaces, and this very site. ![](https://cdn.m4t.tf/projects/project-container.png) [ma-tf](https://m4t.tf)Astro · React · TypeScriptPersonal website built with Astro, React, and Tailwind CSS. ![](https://cdn.m4t.tf/projects/project-container.png) [135ify](https://135ify.m4t.tf)React · TypeScript · Image ProcessingGive digital images an analogue look with real 135 film grain scans. ![](https://cdn.m4t.tf/projects/project-container.png) [meta1v](https://github.com/ma-tf/meta1v)Go · Metadata · PhotographyMetadata editor for EFD files pulled from a Canon EOS 1V. ![](https://cdn.m4t.tf/projects/project-container.png) [ogle](https://github.com/ma-tf/ogle)Go · Docker · TUITUI for monitoring Docker Compose projects. [Photography](/photography) Digital and analogue photography. --------------------------------- In my spare time I am an amateur photographer. I shoot on both digital and film, and have collected a small family of cameras over the years, each covering a different use case. The cameras I use include: a Canon EOS-1V as my primary camera with swappable lenses; an Olympus mju mini Digital for when I want retro digital shots; a Ricoh Mirai when I need an all rounder bridge camera. They have served me well so far. I scan every roll myself on a Nikon CoolScan V ED using SilverFast, and colour correct the frames in SilverFast HDR. It's a slow, hands-on part of the process, but it's become as much a part of the craft as the shooting itself. [View photography](/photography) EOS-1VCanon MiraiRicoh mju mini DigitalOlympus [Vignettes](/vignettes) Motion work; exploring through the lens. ---------------------------------------- ![](https://cdn.m4t.tf/vignettes/bolex-bg-dither.png)![](https://cdn.m4t.tf/vignettes/bolex-fg-dither-anon.png) A series of short motion studies, shot on location in the quiet hours — small observations of a place and the details that give it character. Photography freezes a single instant, but some places only come alive in motion, and these studies are an attempt to hold on to those moving moments. Everything is shot on 16mm film: its grain and soft frame corners give the footage a texture digital struggles to match, and each scene is a single deliberate take, with no chance to reshoot without paying for the footage again. [View vignettes](/vignettes) Vision3 Color NegativeKODAK Vario-Switar 16-100mmKern-Paillard 4mm f/2.8 FisheyeLAOWA [Graphics](/graphics) Digital illustrations and visual experiments. --------------------------------------------- Visual experiments and illustrations made for the joy of it. Studies of form and colour, and other loose ends. ![](https://cdn.m4t.tf/graphics/old%20house.webp) [Music](/music) Original compositions, remixes, and live recordings. ---------------------------------------------------- ![](https://cdn.m4t.tf/music/20251014_Japan%206_19.webp) My music splits into two strands. The drum and bass leans into an atmospheric style. Long evolving pads sit under chopped breaks, the space left between them doing as much work as the drums themselves. It is built around tension and groove - breaks cut up and re-assembled, with percussion threading through the gaps to keep things moving forward. The ambient work moves slower, toward darker, more sinister soundscapes. Drone and texture over melody, made to fill a room rather than hold a hook. ![](https://cdn.m4t.tf/music/20251014_Japan%206_19.webp) WM-D6C Walkman ProfessionalSony HD 800 SSennheiser Element IIIJDS Labs [View music](/music) FAQ ### Who am I? I’m Matt Fehrenbach, a full-stack developer. I started programming in 2013 and have worked professionally since 2018, across public safety, finance, and intellectual property. ### How can you contact me? See my [contact](/contact) page for ways to communicate with me. ### Can AI agents read this site? Yes. I serve every page as HTML or markdown, and publish an [agent guide](/llms.txt) and an [OpenAPI document](/openapi.json). No API key or registration is required. Explore[Blog](/blog)[Photography](/photography)[Graphics](/graphics)[Music](/music)[Vignettes](/vignettes) Site[About](/about)[Contact](/contact)[Privacy](/privacy) Resources[Developers](/developers) Back to top