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Setting up kopano video conferencing in mattermost

2018-11-7

Diagnosed a Go runtime panic in Kopano's kwmserverd by tracing a nil pointer dereference to a missing --iss flag and patching the Docker startup command

Blog
Skill
Software
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Writing GatsbyJS configuration in Typescript

2019-11-21

Migrated GatsbyJS node configuration to TypeScript using ts-node, exposing implicit assumptions about GraphQL result shapes and making page-generation logic verifiable at compile time

Blog
Philosophy
Skill
Software
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Recovering disk space in NixOS

2020-5-7

Diagnosed NixOS disk space usage with ncdu to identify the largest space consumers across system and user directories

Blog
Skill
Software
Nixos
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Determining why docker command hands at startup in WSL2

2020-1-29

Diagnosed a 30-second Docker startup delay on WSL2 by tracing syscalls with strace and identifying a stale DOCKER_HOST pointing to an unreachable TCP endpoint

Blog
Skill
Software
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Worse is Better: Setting up Gatsbyjs drafts

2019-11-17

Replaced a feature-branch workflow for article drafts with a filesystem-based approach using a dedicated drafts folder in Gatsby.js

Blog
Philosophy
Skill
Software
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Replacing X window system with wayland and sway

2020-3-20

Migrated NixOS desktop from X11 to Sway and Wayland, restoring dual monitor functionality after a BIOS update broke the second display

Blog
Skill
Software
Nixos
Wayland
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Using Windows 10 to fix UEFI after BIOS update

2020-3-27

Restored dual-boot functionality after a BIOS update overwrote UEFI boot entries, recovering access to a NixOS / Windows 10 system

Blog
Skill
Software
Nixos
Windows
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Adding Jupyter Notebook (and Rust) to Gatsby

2019-12-11

Integrated Jupyter Notebook execution into a Gatsby static site using gatsby-transformer-ipynb to render live code output at build time

Blog
Skill
Software
Rust
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Correcting a bug in notebook-render

2019-12-11
1st article in Adding Jupyter Notebook (and Rust) to Gatsby

Debugged a server-side rendering crash in @nteract/notebook-render caused by remark-rehype producing unhandled "element" AST nodes

Oss
Skill
Software
Blog
Rusty Jupyter
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Simplifying Jupyter integration by eliminating heterogenous lists

2019-12-23
2nd article in Adding Jupyter Notebook (and Rust) to Gatsby

Resolved heterogeneous content-type problem by embedding Jupyter notebooks as markdown custom blocks instead of abstracting into virtual post types

Philosophy
Skill
Software
Blog
Rusty Jupyter
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Android development on NixOS

2020-3-19
1st article in Hanging Plotter

Configured a reproducible Flutter and Android development environment on NixOS using shell.nix with custom package overlays

Skill
Software
Nixos
Android
Project
Hanging Plotter
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Using an Arduino as a logic analyzer

2020-4-1

Repurposed an Arduino Uno as a multi-channel logic analyzer to capture and inspect digital signals on ports 8 through 11

Skill
Software
Embedded
Esp 32
Capability
Embedded
Project
Hanging Plotter
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Connecting an ESP32 to android with bluetooth

2020-3-20
4th article in Hanging Plotter

Established BLE GATT server on ESP32 using ESP-IDF, upgrading the SDK to resolve core panic memory allocation issues

Skill
Software
Nixos
Android
Bluetooth
Flutter
Project
Hanging Plotter
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Spinning a Stepper

2020-3-12

Set up a reproducible ESP32 ESP-IDF development environment on NixOS by patching Nix packages and debugging the VSCode Espressif extension from source

Skill
Software
Nixos
Embedded
Esp 32
Capability
Embedded
Project
Hanging Plotter
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Driving steppers with the RMT module

2020-4-19

Resolved ESP32 RMT looping artifacts by disabling software transmit interrupts before enabling hardware loop mode, achieving precise square wave generation

Skill
Software
Embedded
Esp 32
Capability
Embedded
Project
Hanging Plotter
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Using Nix to write rust on the esp32

2020-5-9

Packaged a reproducible Rust cross-compilation toolchain for ESP32 microcontrollers using custom Nix derivations

Skill
Software
Nixos
Embedded
Esp 32
Rust
Capability
Embedded
Project
Hanging Plotter
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Using an ESP32 as a logic analyzer

2020-3-31

Repurposed an ESP32 as a SUMP-compatible logic analyzer by integrating esp32_sigrok with sigrok and Pulseview for capturing stepper motor timing signals

Skill
Software
Embedded
Esp 32
Capability
Embedded
Project
Hanging Plotter
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ESP32 development in NixOS using VSCode

2020-3-12

Built reproducible Nix derivations for the ESP-IDF SDK and xtensa-esp32 toolchain on NixOS

Skill
Software
Nixos
Embedded
Esp 32
Capability
Embedded
Project
Hanging Plotter
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Translating an esp32+esp-idf bluetooth example to rust

2020-5-19

Implemented ESP32 Bluetooth Low Energy heart rate service in Rust using the NimBLE stack by translating and adapting C reference implementations

Skill
Software
Embedded
Esp 32
Rust
Bluetooth
Project
Hanging Plotter
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Using a smooth stepper driver on the esp32 in rust

2020-5-14

Replaced L298N H-bridge with TMC2208 stepper driver to reduce GPIO overhead, eliminate overheating, and simplify microstepping control

Skill
Software
Embedded
Esp 32
Rust
Capability
Embedded
Project
Hanging Plotter
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Paid Software Engagements

2018-1-31

Selected client engagements covering full-stack web, mobile, and machine-learning work

Skill
Software
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Native and Hybrid App Development

2019-10-20

Developed native iOS applications using Objective-C and Swift for platform-optimized mobile experiences

Skill
Software
Discipline
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Layered Backup Workflow

2023-1-15

Built host-specific Borg backup automation with per-machine pattern files, session logging, and centralized archive management

Project
Skill
Software
Nixos
Python
Bash
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Embedded and Firmware

2020-3-3

Firmware and bring-up on ESP32 and Arduino targets, in C, C++, and Rust

Skill
Software
Discipline
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Local LLM

2026-5-12

Engineered a reproducible local coding-agent environment using Nix and llama.cpp, enabling Pi to run against a shared Qwen model on an RTX 3090

Project
Ai
Developer Tools
Infrastructure
Nix
Skill
Software
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Northwest Waxworks

2024-6-30

Built a digital fabrication pipeline converting mountain terrain data into 3D-printed candle molds, automating geometry tuning too complex for manual adjustment

Project
Manufacturing
Product Design
Entrepreneurship
Skill
Software
Cad
Capability
Fabrication
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Jar Candles and a Second Toolchain

2026-4-28

Migrated a CAD toolchain from Jupyter to marimo by forking and refactoring cad-viewer-widget, creating marimo-cadquery, and building purpose-built map and mesh viewer widgets

Skill
Software
Manufacturing
Capability
Fabrication
Project
Nwww
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Mountains Into Geometry

2025-4-28

Built a reproducible terrain-to-geometry pipeline using Jupyter notebooks, TouchTerrain, and CADQuery to iterate on 3D mountain models for fabrication

Skill
Software
Cad
Manufacturing
Capability
Fabrication
Project
Nwww
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Repeatability and Product Shape

2025-6-10
5th article in Northwest Waxworks

Implemented dict-hash-based memoization and disk caching for mesh generation to eliminate redundant geometry computation during iterative design

Skill
Software
Cad
Manufacturing
Product Design
Project
Nwww
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What Is the Project?

2025-3-10

Built a CAD/CAM workflow to transform real terrain data into iteration-ready geometry for wax sculptures

Skill
Software
Product Design
Capability
Fabrication
Project
Nwww
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Obsidian Remotion

2026-1-28

Extracted TypeScript blocks from Markdown and synthesized them into virtual TSX modules for live, type-checked Remotion previews inside an Obsidian plugin

Project
Developer Tools
Typescript
Obsidian
Remotion
Skill
Software
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Building My Portfolio Into a Publishing System

2019-8-30

Evolved a static site into a full publishing and editorial system through seven years of iterative tooling changes

Project
Writing
Developer Tools
Skill
Software
Gatsby
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The benefits of trad-coding

2026-5-28
1st article in Building My Portfolio Into a Publishing System

Migrated a portfolio from unmaintained Gatsby to Astro after evaluating Next.js and Contentlayer trade-offs

Trad Coding
Skill
Software
Project
Solutions Land
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From Static Site to Publishing System

2019-8-30
2nd article in Building My Portfolio Into a Publishing System

Migrated portfolio from Zola to Gatsby and React to gain component-driven layouts, richer plugin ecosystem, and more flexible theming

Writing
Skill
Software
Gatsby
Project
Solutions Land
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Inventing a Content Model for Real Projects

2019-11-23
3rd article in Building My Portfolio Into a Publishing System

Designed a Gatsby content architecture supporting articles, series, clusters, and tags with custom page-generation logic

Writing
Typescript
Skill
Software
Gatsby
Project
Solutions Land
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LLM Tooling for Portfolio Writing

2026-5-27
4th article in Building My Portfolio Into a Publishing System

Built a git-narrative tool that analyzes commit history, file churn, and diffs to produce structured article scaffolds with development arcs and problem summaries

Writing
Ai
Tooling
Skill
Software
Project
Solutions Land
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Owning the Seams: Plugin Forks and Toolchain Drift

2021-4-30
5th article in Building My Portfolio Into a Publishing System

Recovered a broken Gatsby publishing stack from years of toolchain drift by pinning dependencies to GitHub commits and vendoring unstable components

Dependencies
Maintenance
Skill
Software
Gatsby
Project
Solutions Land
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Publishing Dense Technical Work Without Watering It Down

2020-1-12
6th article in Building My Portfolio Into a Publishing System

Built a custom Gatsby remark plugin to embed Jupyter notebooks inline within markdown articles, preserving experiments and code as narrative evidence

Writing
Notebooks
Skill
Software
Gatsby
Project
Solutions Land
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Turning the Site into a Portfolio Editorial Machine

2025-8-11
7th article in Building My Portfolio Into a Publishing System

Built a content-addressed blob storage system to deduplicate project media across repos while preserving git-driven directory structure and rsync-based recovery

Writing
Ai
Tooling
Skill
Software
Project
Solutions Land
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Staübli Reborn: Industrial Robot with a Modern Control System

2024-6-30

Reverse-engineered a legacy Staübli RX90 robot controller and replaced its failing floppy boot disk with a ZuluSCSI SD card emulator after six disassembly iterations to derive a working boot image

Project
Portfolio
Skill
Software
Software
Cad
Nixos
Machine Building
Hardware Software
Python
Integration
Javascript
Freecad
Mechanical Design
Capability
Fabrication
Embedded
Robotics
Type
Retrofit
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Staübli Reborn: Industrial Robot with a Modern Control System

2024-6-30

Reverse-engineered a legacy Staübli RX90 robot controller and replaced its failing floppy boot disk with a ZuluSCSI SD card emulator after six disassembly iterations to derive a working boot image

Project
Portfolio
Skill
Software
Software
Cad
Nixos
Machine Building
Hardware Software
Python
Integration
Javascript
Freecad
Mechanical Design
Capability
Fabrication
Embedded
Robotics
Type
Retrofit
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Framework & Dependencies

2025-3-4
4th article in Staübli Reborn: Industrial Robot with a Modern Control System

Built an 800-line frontend framework using signals and Web Components to implement functional reactive programming for state-driven UI updates

Skill
Software
Robotics
Javascript
Project
Staubli
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Implementation

2025-6-30
5th article in Staübli Reborn: Industrial Robot with a Modern Control System

Built web-based robot control interface with visual playback preview using JavaScript motion approximation

Skill
Software
Robotics
Python
Javascript
Project
Staubli
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Operating System & Deployment

2025-3-1
6th article in Staübli Reborn: Industrial Robot with a Modern Control System

Replaced fragile WSL serial passthrough with an internally mounted Raspberry Pi, solving persistent driver and USB connectivity issues for embedded robot control

Skill
Software
Nixos
Robotics
Capability
Embedded
Project
Staubli
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Prototype Software

2025-1-9
7th article in Staübli Reborn: Industrial Robot with a Modern Control System

Built a terminal-based control workflow using Python over RS232 to program a Staubli robot after the teach pendant failed

Skill
Software
Robotics
Python
Project
Staubli
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Full Stack Web Development

2019-10-20

Delivered full-stack web applications spanning frontend design with Adobe XD, React/TypeScript middle-end, and backend services in Python, Go, and Rust

Skill
Software
Discipline
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