Papers, essays, technical notes, and project write-ups on optimization, systems design, and machine learning infrastructure.
What if you could run a fully local AI assistant on 25 watts? I built Monroe: a plug-and-play box with RAG, streaming chat, and no cloud dependency. Here's the architecture, the compromises, and what I learned about building AI systems under real hardware constraints.
Three weeks, 2 AM Discord calls, and a hybrid MILP + simulated annealing approach that turned a factory scheduling problem into a first-place finish. A deep dive into what worked, what didn't, and how we combined exact methods with metaheuristics.
During an ERASMUS programme at Kaunas University of Technology, our team shipped Skayla's Worshippers, a stylized arena roguelike, and won the Best Game Visuals Award. This is the full story: the Blender-to-Godot pipeline, the animation headaches, and what it takes to build a game from scratch.