Shooting Down Ideas Is Not a Skill
Criticism can prevent mistakes. It can never create value. Only ideas can do that. The two are not equal contributions, and most meetings get this backwards.
Scott Lawson
I'm a software and robotics engineer who builds things that cross boundaries between code, electronics, and hardware. I write about what I've built and what I learned from building it.
Recent Posts
I Am a Cross-Cutting Concern
Everything I've built in the last decade lives in one repo. Not because the projects are related, but because I am.
The Hardest Part of a Raytracer Is Fitting It in Your Head
A raytracer evolves at the speed you can understand it, not the speed you can code it.
Audio Reactive LED Strips Are Diabolically Hard
I spent years building one of the most popular LED strip visualizers on GitHub. It's the kind of project that's easy to get started but diabolically hard to master.
A Dot a Day Keeps the Clutter Away
The simplest organization system I've tried is a sheet of colored dot stickers. It's also the best.