“Whale in Space: NASA COVID-19 Space Apps Challenge”

June 06, 2020   /   ~4 minute read
Whale in Space: NASA COVID-19 Space Apps Challenge

An attempt to convey personal emotions during the challenging COVID-19 times through an interactive piece of art. This is our submission for NASA’s international COVID-19 Space Apps Challenge.

“The Curious Case of Switzerland's Languages”

January 11, 2020   /   ~7 minute read
The Curious Case of Switzerland's Languages

What language do the Swiss speak? While it might seem like a simple question with a straightforward answer, it’s actually a little bit more complicated than it seems. This post is the extended version of the long answer to that question.

“Writing AWS Lambda Functions in Rust”

December 29, 2019   /   ~7 minute read
Writing AWS Lambda Functions in Rust

This article is intended to serve as a guide on how to write serverless AWS Lambda Functions in the Rust programming language and how to deploy them onto Amazon Web Services.

“I Built a Robot to Beat a Friend at a Mobile Minigame”

September 07, 2019   /   ~16 minute read
I Built a Robot to Beat a Friend at a Mobile Minigame

This post is about how I over-engineered a solution involving a robot and OpenCV object detection to beat a friend at a silly mobile minigame.

“What Developing Selfie2Anime Taught Me”

September 01, 2019   /   ~5 minute read
What Developing Selfie2Anime Taught Me

Working on Selfie2Anime has taught me numerous things on thinking quick and acting fast, scalability, rapid growth, inevitable decline, and taking sub-optimal compromises.

“Welcome To SilentByte”

August 31, 2019   /   ~1 minute read
Welcome To SilentByte

Welcome to SilentByte! This blog is intended to be a place for me to post my thoughts on certain topics and discuss some of the projects I’ve been working on that may be of interest to others. There’ll also be code. I love code.