| A bit about me... |
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| 🥼 Head of AI Research and Development @ Pieces |
| 👨💻 Chief Technology Officer @ Phytomech |
| 📈 MS graduate in Applied Mathematics @ University of Washington |
I’m super cool. You should follow me on at-proto.
What I’m Working On¶
🤖 Robotics & AI¶
Currently knee-deep in robotics, working on connecting maniskill with lerobot. Building systems that help people explore and share their ideas, whether that’s robotics, math, or anything else.
🌱 Hydroponics & 3D Printing¶
Designing and printing vertical grow towers using FreeCAD and Python. Working on modular, stackable systems with precise water flow control and optimal plant spacing. The goal is to make high-efficiency growing systems that are both beautiful and functional.
🖥️ High-Performance Computing¶
Working with Slurm to manage computational resources for everything from robotics simulations to hydroponic system design. Building tools that make it easier to run complex simulations and process large datasets.
✍️ Technical Writing¶
Building a better system for technical content – not just another AI writing tool, but a system that helps organize scattered knowledge into coherent structures. Whether it’s a tweet, a blog post, or a book, the goal is to help people maintain consistency and build on their ideas without losing the human element.
🖧 Infrastructure¶
Working on a hybrid setup that combines local development with executable books, cloud runners, and bare-metal hardware so experiments can scale from a laptop to the cluster with minimal friction.
Recent journal entries¶
I don't know. What did I do this week? Feels strange like the sixth was more than five days ago. The Sim2Real failed because the Real2Sim step wasn't accurate enough. I started putting the meshes that make up the robot base and camera mounts together with the mesh for the base of
So I spent a lot of time this weekend trying to align the simulation camera with the actual camera, even going so far as to come up with multiple approaches to solve this problem with varying degrees of math and automation. The quick math one worked well enough that I
So cursor apparently realized now that Cody is dead they're the king of the mountain and the features they currently offer for \20 a month are now going to retail for \200/month. So I've been setting up [continue][continue] with huggingface providers because Qwen3-235B-A22B is a damn good model for only
I really want to get one of those roombas. I had one in Vegas and it was nice. I've got almost everything off the floor in the dining room and kitchen, but there's still a lot of work to do in the rest of the house. I figured I might
So I'm printing the parts I've been modifying this week. First up is the top piece of the [camera mount][overhead-camera]. I guess I'm printing out both camera mounts separately or something. I mean I know I want to use two cameras so the order isn't really that important. First print turned
I'm still so extremely pleased I can reference my book or my journal or my articles inside my site like this from chapter one of the scientific computing with python book's [`sin` curve](#sin-curve). I need to take a short break from the drive to push through the lerobot-sim2real tutorial and study
So I was scrolling deer.social and reading some scifi book after work and I was like: > "You know what I need to be reading? The specs for the LeRobot SDK is what." So I did some reading on my phone and started digging into the [docs on huggingface.co][so100-setup]. Eventually
I think I'm already starting to find having a publicly facing journal/blog that I'm supposed to update regularly a bit tedious. I don't know, feels sort of Big Brother. Like I'm trying to get out in them podcasts. I am not. I talked all this shit about my projects and how I
I didn't do much of anything this week outside of work, and even then I wasn't that busy at work. Not really sure what I've been doing to be honest. Weeks leading up to this week have been marked by goal after goal being accomplished. This week I just sort
Well I guess it's Monday already. Dang. Time flies when you're having fun typesetting. One thing I'd like to do is give my journal entries titles and change their names to the title after I'm done editing. But starting off with yeah Daily Journal - DD Mon YYYY works fine. :::::::{div} :class: