Exploring the intersection of hardware and software to create innovative solutions for tomorrow's challenges. A maker's notebook — long-form writing, weekend builds, and small useful apps.
Long-form posts on hardware projects, software craft, and the surprisingly fuzzy line between them.
I lost my wallet on a night bus, so I turned a hacked ₹249 smartwatch into an Apple FindMy tracker and built my own app to follow it.
A bike navigation idea led me to reverse engineer a ₹249 smartwatch, crack its SWire debug port, and flash my own firmware on it.
A gifted Porodo watch, no SDK, and a binary format nobody documented. How I ended up writing a watch face editor.
Can shared hosting stream HLS? I built a browser-powered HLS pipeline, measured its limits, and shared the lessons learned.
Discover Elabins Portfolio Blocks, a modern WordPress portfolio plugin designed for developers, designers, and creators. With seamless GitHub integration, customizable portfolio blocks, and Gutenberg support, it makes showcasing projects easier, faster, and more professional.
Take a behind-the-scenes look at the evolution of CakeMail, from a simple Google Sheets-powered mailing tool to a more scalable solution built around the Google People API. Discover the challenges, lessons learned, and technical decisions that shaped its growth.
Small, focused software I've built and put online. All open-source or freely usable — no accounts unless you really need one.
Browser-based visual editor for designing smartwatch faces compatible with the Da Fit / MoYoung ecosystem. Import an existing Type C .bin, swap assets, retouch positions, regenerate digits from a font, and export a watch-ready binary — without ever touching a hex editor.
A loose photo journal — builds in progress, soldering iron at 2 AM, the occasional walk to clear my head.
I split my time between embedded firmware, cross-platform apps, and the kind of weekend projects that take three weekends. This site is where I write everything down so I don't have to remember it twice, and so you don't have to figure it out the hard way.
