An irregularly updated collection of notes on software, engineering, and startups.

Aut inveniam viam aut faciam.

The Two Cultures and the Engineering Revolution

Risk, shiny objects, speed, and ego: notes from the valley of a cultural divide

How to program an Arduino from WSL2

Forcing cooperation between PlatformIO, Windows, WSL2, and a USB-connected Arduino.

A human-readable indexing approach that can accommodate user-configurable sort orders.

Three.js, toggling projections, and building a viewer that's familiar to CAD users.

Post-mortem reflections on a failed engineering software start-up.

Design, partial derivatives, and the allure of automatic differentiation.

Whether you split atoms or roast beans, your tools are important.

Engineering review procedures and using Three.js to visualise 3D CAD data.

Sudden realisations, blind spots, and commercial naivety.

A quick script to shave repetitive tasks off a GitLab Flow style branch model.