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Lab Notes

Personal technical notes, build logs, and experimental observations.

U.S. Drone Readiness and Counter-UAS Reality

A high-level note on drone capability, homeland counter-drone limits, distributed sensing, and infrastructure awareness.

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NPU vs TPU: Practical AI Hardware Notes

A practical breakdown of NPUs, TPUs, GPUs, and edge AI hardware from an engineering and infrastructure perspective.

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MQTT and Lightweight Automation

Experiments using MQTT to connect sensors, automation events, notifications, and lightweight services.

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Static Publishing Workflow

Notes on using a Markdown-driven static site as a durable personal technical notebook.

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Home Renovation Systems Thinking

Notes and lessons learned while working through the coordination side of a large renovation project.

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Thermal Printing and ZPL Experiments

Working through command-driven thermal printing systems, automation workflows, and print integration ideas.

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Spatial Computing Experiments

Working through multi-camera depth sensing, point clouds, and real-time spatial analysis.

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Local LLM Workflows

Experiments with local AI models, VS Code tooling, GPU hardware, and offline workflows.

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Frigate + Local AI Stack

Experiments with local-first surveillance infrastructure, MQTT events, and lightweight AI workflows.

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FreeCAD Datum Wizard

Experiments focused on improving datum workflows and reducing modeling friction in FreeCAD.

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Linux Infrastructure Lab

Ongoing experiments with Debian systems, Docker, networking, virtualization, and self-hosted infrastructure.

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