Nathan Tornquist.com

Hi, I'm Nathan.

I'm a software engineer living and working in Chicago building something new.

Previously I led platform architecture and dynamic context capabilities for the software powering Beyond Zero at Google. Before that, I led cloud services at Auterion, was the CTO at SkinIO and co-founded Uplink Sports with my brother. I also enjoy working on side projects, my most recent being Time, an iOS time tracking app.

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Collecting Keyboards

Jan 24, 2026

I’ve accidentally started a small mechanical keyboard collection. I’ve been buying keyboards in an attempt to get a compact keyboard that works reliably and isn’t a hassle to use. An argumenent could be made if this counts as a collection (I’m not buying them for the purpose of collecting), but... more

Garage Networking

Feb 8, 2025

Our condo building has a callbox with a physical landline. It’s reliable and low maintenance but over the last few years it’s become very clear that AT&T is no longer interested in being in the business of these old phone lines and is charging as such. After fighting with AT&T... more

Home Server

Jan 4, 2025

Overview I’ve been running a set of APIs on Digital Ocean and a second set of smart home applications on a Raspberry Pi for the last 6 years or so. Originally I had planned to publicly launch Time and wanted to prepare for isolation, but I ended up deciding just... more

HomeKit Everything

Feb 8, 2023

I’m a huge fan of single-day household projects. Better light switches, a new faucet, etc. Small things that make our home nicer or easier. A few years ago I wrote about using HomeKit + Homebridge to automate turning our HVAC off and back on so we could hear the tv.... more

Finishing Time

Nov 12, 2022

Background In August 2018 I started working on Time. I had recently finished analyzing where my time went throughout 2017 and I wanted a tool that would let me see that kind of data continuously. I also wanted to make sure that I would control my own data. There was... more