Interests
I've always been drawn to understanding how complex systems work, whether that's distributed software, embedded hardware, biological systems, or machine learning. I spend much of my free time building tools, reverse engineering hardware, or experimenting with technologies that help me understand the world better.
I'm particularly interested in Linux, distributed systems, observability, networking, and self-hosted infrastructure. I enjoy designing systems that are reliable, inspectable, and independent of proprietary cloud services whenever practical. My homelab is both a proving ground for new ideas and the infrastructure that runs much of my daily life.
Recently, much of my work outside of work has focused on local AI: running language models, computer vision, and multimodal systems entirely on self-owned hardware, and building tools around semantic search, automation, and privacy-preserving workflows.
Outside of computing, I'm an amateur mycologist interested in fungal cultivation, microscopy, taxonomy, and mycoremediation. I enjoy applying the same engineering mindset to biology: building imaging systems, cataloging observations, and exploring how software can augment scientific hobbyists.
Other recurring rabbit holes include reverse engineering consumer hardware, embedded systems, photogrammetry, computer vision, RF engineering, and the occasional deep dive into quantum computing or materials science. I tend to collect projects more than hobbies, and I'm happiest when I'm learning something difficult enough that I don't yet know how it works.