Thinking Out Loud

Journal

“Every great thinker keeps a journal, you know.”
— Trenton Lee Stewart, The Mysterious Benedict Society

~ where ideas take shape ~

Building AI for Cold Chain Monitoring

How I trained a lightweight ML model to predict temperature anomalies before they happen — a deep dive into TinyML and edge deployment for GuardianShot.

Feb 28, 2026Key breakthrough!

Hardware10 min

My First Custom PCB: Lessons Learned

From schematic to manufactured board — all the mistakes I made designing the SuperMic PCB and how to avoid them on your first hardware project.

Feb 10, 2026Still learning

AI7 min

Memory Architectures for AI Companions

Exploring vector stores, knowledge graphs, and the tradeoffs in building persistent memory for Nomi — what works, what's uncanny, and what's still unsolved.

Jan 30, 2026

Technical12 min

Beamforming: From Theory to FPGA

Breaking down delay-and-sum beamforming and how I implemented it in SystemVerilog on a Lattice iCE40 for SuperMic.

Jan 15, 2026

Building6 min

What Wearable Data Actually Tells You

Digging into what HealthKit and BLE sensors can realistically surface — and the gap between raw biometrics and meaningful health insight. The problem Beet is solving.

Dec 20, 2025Draft 2

Reflection5 min

Hackathon Reflections: 48 Hours to MVP

Lessons from building under pressure — on scope, sleep, systems thinking, and why the most important thing isn't the code.

Nov 10, 2025

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