Hey 👋🏻
I'm Christopher Burns.
I build developer-first tools for a more private, human web.
I've always been curious about how things work, especially the systems that shape how we interact online. My journey started back in school, where I discovered browser dev tools and began experimenting with the building blocks of the web. That sense of creative control never left me.
Over time, that curiosity grew into a deep belief that software should be intuitive, respectful, and built with integrity. Every click and every interaction is an opportunity to make things simpler, to reduce cognitive load and make technology work better for people.
I founded Everfund to help charities raise more through better infrastructure. We built a modern donation platform from scratch, grounded in empathy and user research. It helped charities across the UK accept donations with less friction and more confidence.
That journey taught me what it means to lead, not just teams but ideas, through the messy, iterative process of building real-world systems. I spent time in San Francisco, learning from the tech scene there, and returned to the UK with a sharper sense of what I want to build next.
Today, I'm the founder of Consent.io and the author of c15t, an open-source framework turning cookie consent from a compliance checkbox into developer-first infrastructure. I care deeply about performance, privacy, and creating tools that developers actually want to use.
When I'm not building privacy infrastructure, I'm probably cycling around London, prototyping ideas, or reflecting on how we can make the web a little more trustworthy. I still believe the best software feels invisible, not because it's complex but because it just works.