Growing a Seashell in Code

A beach holiday got me curious about how seashells get their shapes, so I rebuilt one from scratch in Rust: coiling, ornament, pigment and light, with live 3D viewers you can play with.

The 2,000-Year Code Review: Building an IDE and AI Arena for the Kural

A closest ancient skill to computer programming that I can think of, is writing poems (pun intended). I always felt close to Thiruvalluvar, as he was one of the ancient…

The Day My Smart Vacuum Turned Against Me

Would you allow a stranger to drive a camera-equipped computer around your living room? You might have already done so without even realizing it.

Learning Rust lang by implementing a Ray Tracing renderer using AI

Whenever I want to learn a new programming language, explore an acceleration framework, or dive into a new chipset or math co-processor, my go-to experiment is implementing a ray…

PowerTiger - Monitoring energy consumption with better granularity

A few years before the Covid pandemic, I set out to apply my tech skills to everyday life with the goal of enhancing my lifestyle. Having worked extensively in product…

Decoding 2D Lidar Data: Interfacing Sensor from Robotic Vacuum Cleaner 3irobotix CRL-200S

After removing the Lidar sensor from my robotic vacuum cleaner, my curiosity was around how this remarkable device operates. My goal was to understand the interface protocol and…

AI assisted coding (GitHub Copilot) and never going back

It began when the CTO at my workplace, where I'm currently employed full-time, proposed, "Let's give GitHub Copilot a try; it could cut down engineers' time by 40%." He reiterated…

Custom PCB for the gaming console based on RP2040

In this blog post, we delve further into the fascinating journey of crafting a retro-style game console entirely from the ground up—an extension of my previous article.

The Leopard of silence - Street Art in Bucharest

Bucharest, Romania was very different than how I imagined. People were very cool, unjudgmental and very calm. Usually cities are very different as people tend to be fast and look…

The dream of reaching near space

Around the 1990s, my parents moved to a rented house in the center of our home town Rajapalayam. Thats when I first met our landlord Mr.Rajalingam Raja who was a retired…