Why I Still Love Assembly
In a world of high-level frameworks, there's something magical about pushing bits directly into registers...

Random thoughts on electronics, assembly code, RF magic, robots that misbehave, and why teaching is the best way to learn
In a world of high-level frameworks, there's something magical about pushing bits directly into registers...
Invisible waves carrying information through the air? That's not technology, that's wizardry with equations...
Software bugs are annoying. Hardware bugs are expensive. Robot bugs? They can literally run away from you...
Everyone's building AI. Most are just using if-else statements with extra steps...
The best way to learn something? Try to teach it. The best way to humble yourself? Try to teach it well...
Everything is just 1s and 0s, but somehow we built the entire digital world on top of it...
Your toaster doesn't need WiFi. Your fridge doesn't need an API. Please, I'm begging you...
Building robots teaches you patience, persistence, and the humbling reality that sensors lie...
Digital is discrete and perfect. Analog is continuous and messy. I love them both, and here's why...
From ER diagrams to ETL pipelines, the art and science of making data behave...
I still have a drawer full of random resistors, capacitors, and ICs that I'll "definitely use someday"
I once spent 6 hours debugging an RF circuit only to find I had the antenna connected backwards
My first robot crashed into a wall so many times, I named it "Determination"
I learned assembly before Arduino existed. Kids these days have it too easy with their libraries! π
Teaching someone to code gives me more joy than writing code myself (most days)
I believe every software engineer should build at least one circuit. Nothing humbles you like magic smoke.
I love talking about electronics, coding, teaching, and everything in between
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