Logs
Notes on building, the hard parts.
Technical deep-dives, hardware post-mortems, and system write-ups I wrote so the next person — usually me — doesn’t make the same mistakes.
- Local AI / Systems
Deploying Quantized Open-Weight LLMs on Local Edge Infrastructure
What running open-weight models on Apple Silicon and Linux edge devices actually takes: quantization benchmarks, unified memory, and a custom streaming router.
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- Local AI / Systems
Self-Hosting Open-Weight LLMs on Apple Silicon (Mac Mini)
The operational walkthrough: keeping a private model server alive on M-series hardware with a launchd watchdog, model hot-swapping, and a hard context cap.
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- Systems / OS
Flow Arch — Engineering a Productivity-First Operating System
Why I built an Arch Linux distribution with Hyprland compositor-level focus enforcement, custom QML session daemons, and an automated Calamares installer — reaching 700+ installs and a SourceForge Rising Star Award.
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- Hardware / Robotics
The Anatomy of a Drone: Understanding the Key Components
An in-depth engineering breakdown of the essential hardware and sensor subsystems that make up an autonomous multirotor UAV — from flight controllers to LiDAR.
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- Hardware / AI
Basil Home AI — Building an Embedded Smart Fridge Engine on QNX RTOS
How we engineered a real-time computer vision grocery inventory system on Raspberry Pi using QNX RTOS and Gemini API, winning Deloitte’s Best Use of AI for Green at Hack the 6ix.
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- Hardware / Robotics
GreenGuardian: Computer Vision on Embedded Edge Devices
How I designed an autonomous agricultural robot using 3D printing, OpenCV, and YOLOv5 to detect and spot-spray weeds — reducing herbicide use by ~90% and winning Bronze at the 2024 Canada-Wide Science Fair.
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- Hardware / Robotics
Developing a Robotic Claw and Walking Algorithm
Inverse kinematics mathematics, ROS pub/sub integration, an interactive web joint control GUI, and 12-servo gait generation with sway compensation.
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- Hardware / Robotics
All About the Field of Robotics: Ethics, Impacts, and Careers
An expansive analysis of the societal, economic, and ethical dimensions of autonomous robotics, career trajectories in the field, and my research paper on autonomous litter recovery.
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- Hardware / Robotics
Building an Autonomous Drone with Raspberry Pi & Pixhawk
Bridging companion computer autonomy with Pixhawk flight control over hardware UART @ 57600 baud using DroneKit Python, custom 3D vibration mounts, and load testing.
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- Games / Physics
Engineering an Aerodynamics Flight Physics Engine in Java
Writing a real-time aerodynamics simulation loop in Java for Minecraft — implementing lift, drag, and angle-of-attack vectors at 60 FPS.
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