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2025: My reads in review

Returning to blogging with an AI-assisted look at my 2025 reads.

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Using Notion to track my books

Notion is a document organizing tool that has really enabled me to centralize all my books information in one place.

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LaneNet on NVIDIA Jetson

A guide to implementing and optimizing the LaneNet deep neural network for lane detection on NVIDIA Jetson devices.

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Esther's Books, a SwiftUI app for viewing my reads

A SwiftUI redesign of the Reading Quantified iOS app, showcasing the power of declarative UI for faster development.

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TinyML Book

Exploring the TinyML Book with a companion GitHub repo.

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Introducing Potter Pi

I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.

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Reading Quantified, iOS Edition

An iOS app for Reading Quantified featuring a dashboard with key metrics and a searchable, sortable books list.

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Refactoring Reading Quantified

A complete overhaul of Reading Quantified, migrating from Node.js and Parse to Django and Metabase for improved analytics.

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Books and notes

Note-taking strategies for reading that help with recalling and reinforcing what you've read.

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Redesigning Reading Quantified

Redesigning the Reading Quantified dashboard to focus on annual trends instead of monthly breakdowns for better long-term insights.

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Alexa, turn on the light

Building a voice-controlled lighting system using Alexa and Particle Photon.

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Asking Alexa for the temperature and humidity from a Particle Photon

Creating an Alexa skill that retrieves temperature and humidity data from a Particle Photon.

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Using Edison and Arduino 101 together

A simple IoT demo with Intel Edison and Arduino 101.

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Introducing Reading Quantified

A data dashboard for tracking reading progress and metrics from my Trello book board.

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LediMote - Remote-controlled LEDs using Intel Edison and Node.js

Building a web-based remote control for LED lights using Intel Edison, Node.js, and WebSockets.

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Speech-activated LEDs using Intel Edison

Controlling LED lights with voice commands using Intel Edison.

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Video streaming on Edison

Setting up video streaming on Intel Edison using a webcam, Node.js, and WebSockets.

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Real-time face detection using OpenCV, Node.js, and WebSockets

Building a real-time face detection system that streams video processing results to a web browser using OpenCV, Node.js, and WebSockets.

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Build a custom Edison image with an expanded root partition for additional storage space.

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Connecting a USB device to the Edison Mini breakout board

How to connect and power USB devices with the Intel Edison Mini breakout board.

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Getting started with Intel Edison on OS X

A comprehensive guide to setting up and configuring Intel Edison on OS X.

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