The history
Where I came from
Not a clean origin story. A real one. Here's the road that turned a rough start into a trade — and into a stubborn drive to help other people build theirs.
Early days
Came up rough
I didn't learn this in a clean lab. I learned it taking broken things apart because new ones weren't an option. The scars are real — and so is the stubbornness that got me through them.
Self-taught
Soldering iron and a library card
No formal pipeline. Just datasheets, forums, blown fuses, and the kind of persistence you only get when the only way out is through. I broke a lot before I built anything that lasted.
Turning pro
From tinkerer to builder
Somewhere along the way the side projects became the work. Hardware, fabrication, code, and security stopped being separate hobbies and started being one trade: making ideas real.
Now
Helping others build theirs
The thing I'm proudest of isn't a project — it's the people I've helped ship their first real thing. Heart of gold, and a genuine itch to see other people win. That's the whole point of this site.