writing
2026 · 08 · 16
The haunted potentiometer
A servo that answered to my touch instead of the knob, and how long it took me to accept the bug was not in the code.
2026 · 07 · 19
Two phone stands, both ugly, both work
Finished the Onshape design and printing exercises. Designing was the easy part. Getting the parts from CAD onto the print bed in one piece was the actual fight.
2026 · 07 · 16
CAD fundamentals done, now the smoke
Onshape fundamentals are in the bag and the bench is live. Now frying components on purpose, and a few by accident, through Make: Electronics.
the build
The curriculum: 54 weeks, zero to a coordinated fleet
the self-directed field manual I build from
Rover v2
1.25 m deck · month 7
Long-endurance VTOL
month 11 · queued
Fleet coordination
year 2 · flagship