building brainbust
technicaljune 8, 2026•10 min read
how i built a camera-based monitoring system for the office espresso machine
some learnings from building and breaking things.
how i built a camera-based monitoring system for the office espresso machine
how i hooked my doorbell feed up to a raspberry pi to detect & classify trick-or-treaters in real time
an exploration of the linguistic, cultural, and cognitive dimensions of untranslatability
what i've learned from reading aloud to myself
how i scraped together one of the largest collections of book recommendations on the internet
what i learned from building (and debugging) my own mcp server
how i built an autonomous group chat
how i went from "immediately hackable" to "reasonably secure" in 24 hours