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Tower Defense

August 28, 2025

I used to spend my time before classes playing the original Desktop Tower Defense. It had a long loading screen, it lagged when there are too many units, and it was written in Flash. I wanted to make a modern JavaScript version that’s smoother and more optimized, but I wasn’t a web developer… until LLMs came along.

r/biotech Salary Survey 2024

June 20, 2025

What are the normal salary ranges in biotech? How does this change for different experience levels? How much do bonuses and equities contribute to income? In this post, we explore these questions and more using survey data from r/biotech.

Setting up Python dev tools in linux

February 21, 2025

I wish installing these tools in linux were as simple as `brew/chocolatey/npm install xyz`.

An ode to uv

January 16, 2025

After using uv for a couple months, it continues to impress. It’s fast. It’s easy to use. I have not completely abandoned Poetry because my existing projects are already configered to use Poetry, and my colleagues have not yet adopted uv. Nonetheless, uv still offers tremendous advantages in my workflow. This post will explain how I make use of uv in my workflows and its advnatages over other tools, when my projects are still configured for Poetry.

Displaying and saving live serial port data with FuncAnimation

October 6, 2023

inspired by Matplotlib's raindrop simulation
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r/boston's favorite dishes, 2023

July 30, 2023

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