Experience
Skills
My favourite creations
I've always had a side project (or two) on the go. Trying (and failing) to make something new has taught me more about engineering and myself than anything else ever has. Here's the highlight reel:
Globe Robot
For MIE438, my friends and I developed a globe robot which can respond to user queries and highlight the user's requested location on a globe with a magnifying glass, combining ChatGPT and Google's Text to Speech APIs to vocally respond with an interesting fact. I focused on the stepper mount design, the Arduino code, and the project's wiring.
One Pin Keypad
One Pin Keypad was the first product I ever made for my first company, and was one of the biggest learning experiences of my life. It makes a typical matrix keypad far easier to wire, much easier to program, and saves you a ton of digital I/O on your microcontroller or single board computer.
![Chestor [Coming Soon]](/chestor.jpg)
Chestor [Coming Soon]
AI-enhanced storage app for iOS and Android. Currently internally testing release candidates. Aiming to release in Spring 2025.
BitCaml - Bitcoin Anti-Money Laundering Tool
Developing a web-based blockchain explorer with AI-based money laundering detection for my thesis. The tool uses a custom AI model to detect money laundering patterns in Bitcoin transactions.
I like building things
Not all my projects knocked it out of the park. Here are some of the other projects I've worked on in the past, some of these were for Progetto Company, but being a one-man show, I still consider them personal projects. I'm proud of all of them, weird ones and all.
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Home Buddies - Interactive Visual Home Assistants
Developed various interactive home assistants using several Raspberry Pis networked together with our laptops. Employed various computer vision libraries to track users faces and interact with them. - D
DIY Raspberry Pi Volume Control Knob
To market the ADS1115 module I started carrying, I created a volume control knob for the Raspberry Pi using a potentiometer, an ADS1115 16-bit ADC, a breadboard, and some jumper wires. This is more of a tutorial module than a project and should serve as a great baseline for any projects where you need analog inputs on your Raspberry Pi. - P
PairwiseDNA: Using Deep Learning to Predict Incorrect Binding During Synthetic DNA Assembly
For our APS360 final project, my group and I developed a deep-learning model which aimed to predict the binding affinity between two short regions of DNA. I worked mostly on the non-deep learning-based baseline for this project, a k-nearest neighbours approach. I also trained a small ANN as a baseline but it performed even worse than the kNN solution.It was interesting to apply my machine-learning skills to a new industry and I learned a lot about DNA throughout this project. - S
Spinify - A Spotify-Powered Record Player
Spinify uses NFC stickers to recognize a record and Spotify’s API to play the song associated with that record. Place a record on the turntable, and Spinify will identify the song, album, or playlist associated with that record and start streaming the corresponding song, album or playlist from Spotify when the needle is placed on the record. Under the hood it uses an Arduino (my focus during the project) which reads the user inputs and sensor data, controls the motor and interfaces with the display and the Raspberry Pi which plays the music from the speaker and interfaces with the Spotify API. Getting the display working, especially transitioning from volume control to play back was very challenging and I learned a lot. - A
Arduino New Year's Countdown Clock
To market my products, I created an Arduino-based New Year countdown, which uses a real-time clock (RTC) module to get the current time and determine how much time there is remaining until the New Year. Be sure to see the video above for a demo! - A
Arduino Reaction Time Tester
To market some of my new products I created an Arduino-based reaction tester back in 2021, which measures the user's reaction time by randomly activating an LED, starting a timer and then displaying the value of the timer when the user pushes the button. Be sure to see the video demo! - R
Raspberry Pi Cryptocurrency Tracker
To promote my products I created a simple cryptocurrency tracker using a Raspberry Pi. a 16x2 I2C LCD, and a One Pin Keypad, along with a few other miscellaneous components. Since this project uses Python to connect to the CoinGecko API, you can easily add support for other cryptocurrencies beyond the three (Bitcoin, Ethereum and Litecoin) included in the code for this tutorial. - S
Simple Arduino Calculator
To market some of my products I created a simple Arduino calculator with basic arithmetic operators and support for numbers with decimals. However, this calculator does have other limitations, to simplify the code, this calculator evaluates the result from left to right, without regard for the order of operations. It also has no support for negative numbers. Be sure to see the video demo.
I like making money
I've always been interested in entrepreneurship. Here are some of the ventures I've worked on in the past. Some made money, some didn't.
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Oneno Development
Launching Soon
Offshoot of Progetto Company, focusing on app and web development, many upcoming projects, the first of which is Chestor, an AI-enhanced storage app for iOS and Android. - T
Twinkling Ink
Abandoned
Offshoot of Buy The Hearth, focused exclusively on reselling printer ink and toner on eBay. I found that the margins were too low to justify the time spent sourcing and listing them. - e
eployee services
Abandoned
I started a small SaaS company with my friend Ishan Baliyan, we only ever finished one, a pixel art upscaler on Fiverr, we then tried to make a Downdetector-powered Discord bot, but the API we relied on was discontinued. We abandoned the business soon afterward due to lack of sales. - A
Aesthetaphi
Abandoned
I briefly tried my hand at print on demand, but I found the key to success is a combination of great marketing and enjoying the process of creating the designs, neither of which I had the time or inclination for. - B
Buy The Hearth
Active
I resell used electronics, video games and other assorted items on eBay, Facebook Marketplace, and Kijiji. I've sold over 200 items and have a 100% positive feedback rating on eBay. - F
Fix o' Bricks
Suspending Operations
Reselling used inventory requires constant sourcing, I thought I would have better luck reselling LEGO sets once they retired, but the margins were too low to justify the time spent holding them until prices climbed. I'm actively selling off my remaining inventory and will be suspending operations. - T
The Wolf Cave Dev
On Hiatus
I briefly tried my hand at making a YouTube channel, but I found that I didn't have the time to dedicate to it and didn't enjoy the video editing process. I'm keeping the channel up for now, but I'm not actively producing content. - P
Progetto Company
Active
As mentioned in my experience section, I sell hobbyist electronics modules for Arduino and Raspberry Pi enthusiasts. Progetto now has ~7.5K followers on Instagram, with paying customers in 8 countries.
Get in Touch
I'm currently looking for full-time opportunities post graduation (May 2025). As I hope my projects demonstrate, I have a broad set of interests and skillsets. If you think I'd be a good fit for your team, or if you just want to chat, feel free to reach out to me via email or LinkedIn, as you prefer.