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2026

Laser Vector Projector

Vector graphics using fast mirrors, on the cheap!

lasers
esp32

Matter integration for LED matrices

Connecting my wall-mounted LED display to my smart home

matter
homeassistant

Meshtastic on an Adafruit MagTag

Repurposing an E-Ink board by hiding a LoRa radio module inside

radio
firmware

Modding the Fisher-Price Gamepad

Turning a toy video game controller into a real one

soldering
reverse engineering

Vector Text Rendering Toolkit

A Rust library for rendering text using a variety of common vector fonts.

graphics
vector

2025

KiCAD SVG Prettifier

A web app to make realistic-looking SVGs of KiCAD boards

web
hardware

Wall Matrix, Take 2

A wall-mounted LED matrix display for weather and transit data, take 2!

python
hardware

PCBs for LED Matrices

Designing a board to make my LED matrix project more compact and versatile

python
hardware

Mini-Rack Homelab

A 10" rack system for network equipment and experimentation.

networking
hardware

orb.breq.dev

Web-based control of my desk light using HomeAssistant

home automation
python

2024

Codeplug

Automatically generate radio configurations from a crowdsourced list of repeaters and channels.

radio
python
cli

88x31 Dungeon

A set of web experiences to traverse the 88x31 graph, inspired by text-based dungeon crawl games.

javascript
88x31
web

Make a FiSSH

An SSH-based fish generator that only works at 11:11.

go
ssh
networking

Rolodex

A "contacts app" for amateur radio callsigns and DMR IDs.

radio
react
web
firebase

2023

eightyeightthirty.one

A snapshot of the social graph of 88x31 badges.

javascript
88x31
web
redis
rust

2022

MIDI LiDAR

Control a digital musical instrument by moving your hands in free space.

python
music

MOTD Necklace

Display a different message every day on an e-Ink necklace.

arduino
c++
hardware

Rave Choker / Outshine

A NeoPixel driver project, a companion Android app, and a stylish LED choker.

arduino
c++
hardware
react

remark-abcjs

A Remark plugin to format music notation.

javascript

Artificial Soundscapes

Sounds generated from historical weather data of different cities.

python
music

Wordle Clones

Two clones of Wordle, written in TypeScript and Rust.

javascript
rust

WorkerSocket

A JavaScript library to run a WebSocket inside of a Web Worker.

javascript
networking

2021

BotBuilder

A build-your-own Discord bot service.

discord
python
flask
web

Dynamic Music

Navigate and manipulate a virtual environment of sound sources.

javascript
three
music

Flask Discord Interactions

A Python library for making HTTP-based Discord bots with Flask.

python
flask
discord

flowspace

A social network.

node
react
sql

GenReGen

A mashup generator.

javascript
serverless

LetMeIn

Automate unlocking doors at Northeastern's IV dorm.

puppeteer
node

3D Printer Light Tower

An indicator to represent 3D printer status.

hardware
python

Links

A dynamic URL shortener made using SSR.

node
koa
redis

Nuisance

Northeastern University Information, Services, and Notifications Considered Essential

react

Picto

A Pictochat clone built on Web technologies.

react
node

React Twitter NoTrack

A React component library for embedding Tweets without Twitter's tracking script.

javascript
serverless
react

Wall Matrix

A small, flashy display I made to hang on the wall.

python
hardware

2020

Red Storm Robotics

I helped start one of VRC Maine's youngest and strongest teams.

robotics
c++

Breqbot

A Discord bot with minigames and utilities.

discord
python
redis

Cards

Generate and embed digital cards featuring custom images and text.

python
flask
puppeteer

Motion Sickness Fish

Billy Bass fish modified to sing a Phoebe Bridgers song

hardware
arduino
music

LPS System

A simple, calibration-free, vision-based local positioning system.

python
math

McStatus.js

A JavaScript library to embed information about a Minecraft server into a website.

python
flask

Snowflake

A scalable service to generate time-ordered, unique ID numbers.

python
redis

STMusic

A Guitar-Hero-style game built for the ST Discovery board.

c++
hardware
music

ATtiny85 Stacker Game

A simple stacking game running on a low-power Atmel chip.

arduino
hardware
power

Vibrance

Vibrance synchronizes computers and smartphones to display configurable animations and effects.

python
music

2019

MSSM Penguins Robotics

Our rookie team competed and won a World Championship slot.

robotics
c++

Mini-ITX Computer Case

My custom-built PC case that fit in my backpack.

hardware

2018

BlockChat

A simple Blockchain-based chat app.

blockchain
python

2017

Bounce Homepage

A simple homepage for my school laptop.

canvas
javascript

Mindjacker

A Python library wrapper to interact with the NXT

python
hardware

2016

Gemini

A canvas-based web game.

canvas
javascript

MakerGamer

A "fantasy console" built for tinkering.

python
scratch
javascript

R2D2 Clone

Made of an old plastic bucket.

python
hardware

2014

Pinewood Derby Car

A model car full of blinkenlights that I programmed when I was a smol child.

arduino
hardware