Thoughts on software development, design, and technology.
A mathematical deep dive into why ChArUco boards have become the gold standard for camera calibration — with Python code, real-world results from a guava sorting system, and the math behind sub-pixel corner interpolation.
Every AI agent tutorial shows a dozen providers, six models, and three proxies. Here is the boring, reliable version: one provider that works, one fallback that probably does not.
I wanted my AI agent to find real papers, not hallucinated citations. Here is how I deployed the openags paper-search MCP server to a small VPS and what I learned.
Every API key expires eventually. Here is the exact sequence I follow when a provider goes dark: diagnose, isolate, switch, verify, document. No panic, no guessing.
Telegram started ignoring my bot. The fix was a 30-line Cloudflare Worker acting as a clean-IP proxy. Here is the full setup, the gotchas, and the cost math.
Stop talking to one giant AI. Set up a small team of specialists with one orchestrator that decides who does what. Here is the architecture I run every day.
My local OpenCode setup was getting too useful to leave on one laptop. Here's the weekend I cloned it all to a $5 VPS, swapped the provider, and kept Telegram working.
Too many tools, too much context-switching. Here's how I installed OpenFang and turned daily micro-friction into a reusable agentic workflow I actually trust.
Optimize your developer workflow by setting WSL Ubuntu as the default shell in Windows Terminal. Follow these simple steps to update your defaultProfile GUID and learn how to automatically provision your terminal with a custom dotfiles repository.
Tired of Docker Desktop eating up your RAM? Discover how to migrate to a native WSL Docker setup on Ubuntu 24.04. This complete guide covers everything from installation and DNS tweaks to seamless Windows CLI integration for a leaner, faster dev environment
Missing mandatory seminars due to chaotic, word-of-mouth schedules is a classic final-year struggle at ITERA. To end the "seminar drama," I built a custom automation system that cleans messy Google Sheets data from six different majors and turns it into real-time Telegram alerts and Google Calendar events. Discover how a little smart parsing transformed passive spreadsheets into a 24/7 digital assistant for students.
Processing gigabyte-sized satellite imagery isn't magic it's engineering. From 'pixel assembly lines' to two-speed architectures, unpack the 4 critical design patterns that turn a simple AI model into a scalable geospatial platform
The FINARA system is one such integrated platform for retail and warehouse management. At first glance, it looks like a clean, modern tool for day-to-day operations. However, a deep dive into its technical documentation reveals a surprising level of sophistication. We found several powerful capabilities typically reserved for much larger, more expensive enterprise systems. Here are the four most impactful takeaways from our analysis.
Why does a 'VLM-only' approach fail on complex documents? Discover how we built a robust Hybrid OCR pipeline for Indonesian Family Cards (KK). This article breaks down the architecture of combining YOLOv8 for layout detection and Gemini for text extraction to solve real-world digitization problems
We’ve all stood in front of the recycling bin, holding an item and wondering, "Does this go here?" The challenge of correctly sorting organic from recyclable waste is a common, everyday problem. A sophisticated Deep Learning project now offers a high-tech solution, revealing three impactful takeaways about how teaching an AI to "pay attention" can solve this messy, real-world problem