System Builder, Independent Hardware Engineer & Reverse Engineer Engineering autonomous, decentralized, and bare-metal systems from the ground up. Stripping away the bloatware.
- Hardware & Power Electronics: High-efficiency power distribution architecture, RF/analog signal paths, zero-crossing control, and end-to-end PCB design (schematic to fabrication).
- Embedded Systems & Firmware: Bare-metal C/C++ development, bit-banging communication protocols (SPI/I2C/UART), and custom MCU toolchains.
- Network Infrastructure & Edge: Managing high-availability homelab servers, hardware routing, custom DNS zone handling, and isolated split-tunnel networks.
- Hardware & Software Reverse Engineering: Analyzing board-level traces, probing buses, disassembling MCU binaries, and retrofitting closed hardware into open systems.
- Frontend & Vibe-Coding: Rapidly prototyping sleek, dark-mode, glassmorphic web/desktop interfaces and lightweight APIs without bloated frameworks.
- Fundamental Science: Self-directed research in calculus, electromagnetism, and theoretical physics toward long-term goals in cosmology.
- Digital Hot-Air Station Firmware: Custom bare-metal C++ PID temperature control, zero-crossing detection, and ICSP programming toolchain.
- High-Efficiency Distributed Power Architecture: Designing a 350W lab-grade main power supply unit with 50V bus stepping down to local rails.
- Hi-Fi Audio Preamplifier: Multi-panel PCB design for balanced audio, microphone preamps, and active filtering circuits in KiCad.
- Self-Hosted Lab Network: Bare-metal Linux servers running local DNS routing, WebSocket telemetry, and containerized internal services.

