https://aashvik.com/ aashvik's feed 2026-03-20T12:30:57Z aashvik aashvik@aashvik.com generator shell script /favicon.png/favicon.png © ash CC BY-NC-SA content, GPL code computers, robotics, and more https://aashvik.com/posts/shell-ssg an ssg written in shell 2026-01-18T00:00:00Z Notes on writing this site's new, mildly cursed, and fun static site generator in (mostly) POSIX shell.

]]> https://aashvik.com/posts/jelly-star jelly star and the universal android debloater 2025-12-09T00:00:00Z

I experience, review, and debloat my new Unihertz Jelly Star, the world's smallest Android 13 smartphone.

]]> https://aashvik.com/posts/sonshi-keyboard-systemd sonshi-style external keyboards with systemd 2025-12-06T00:00:00Z

I set up a python systemd service to disable my internal keyboard when an external one's connected.

]]> https://aashvik.com/posts/ds_store ds_store and dotfiles on mac and in finder 2025-07-13T00:00:00Z quickly stopping macos file-hell

]]> https://aashvik.com/posts/dsc-h55-dummy 2010s cybershot dummy battery 2025-06-18T00:00:00Z

I made a dummy battery to let me use my 2010 Sony DSC-H55 Cybershot camera with a power bank.

]]> https://aashvik.com/posts/client-route-md routing markdown for a single-page blog 2025-05-08T00:00:00Z A blog post about how my single-page and dynamic, GitHub-based javascript website works.

]]> https://aashvik.com/posts/555-revolution doin' it all with 555s 2025-04-01T00:00:00Z

For April First, a guide to replace everything with 555 ICs.

]]> https://aashvik.com/posts/aoc24 advent of code 2024 2024-12-25T00:00:00Z

I did this year's Advent of Code. I enjoyed it.

]]> https://aashvik.com/posts/eagerthello simplest python othello bot goes demented 2024-12-21T00:00:00Z A post about a short and greedy python bot that plays othello for a competition. And another...

]]> https://aashvik.com/posts/golway72 golway72: a conway's game of life trinket 2024-11-02T00:00:00Z

About a torus led matrix game of life plaything I threw together.

]]> https://aashvik.com/posts/zippermau5 zippermau5, my micromouse 2024-10-27T00:00:00Z

A post about ZIPPERMAU5, a WIP micromouse robot using a custom pcb, teensy 4.1, brushed dc motors, and time-of-flight sensors.

]]> https://aashvik.com/posts/rfgy24 rfgy24: the tryhard's trap 2024-10-17T00:00:00Z

A competition I recently participated in for which I didn't see the easy way.

]]> https://aashvik.com/posts/mc-version-control quick mc mod version switching from the shell 2024-09-14T00:00:00Z A quick and easy shell script so many find themselves needing.

]]> https://aashvik.com/posts/blon-bl03 blon bl-03: in a sentence 2024-07-01T00:00:00Z

A single-sentence post expressing my intense love for my new IEMs.

]]> https://aashvik.com/posts/fg305 fg305: helping a computer mouse lose weight 2024-06-14T00:00:00Z

An extreme 3d-printed mod for the Logitech G305 that reduced its weight to 29 grams.

]]> https://aashvik.com/posts/led-matrix-touch makeshift touch sensitive led matrices 2024-05-14T00:00:00Z A small demo of using fast-flickering LED matrices and LDRs for coarse touch sensing.

]]> https://aashvik.com/posts/selenium-llm trying out selenium with llms 2024-03-08T00:00:00Z About a small LLM python interface I made to try Selenium.

]]> https://aashvik.com/posts/fart-386 lm386 noodling: fart synth 2024-01-09T00:00:00Z

While messing around with an LM386 audio amplifier, I made a fart synthesizer.

]]> https://aashvik.com/posts/linuhs linuhs: starting to follow lines 2023-11-05T00:00:00Z

I made a line follower for a competition.

]]> https://aashvik.com/posts/mazebeetle mazebeetle: an attempt to micromouse 2023-10-14T00:00:00Z

About an initial small and heavy maze-solving robot I made.

]]> https://aashvik.com/posts/minimate minimate: on the shoulders of companions 2023-03-31T00:00:00Z Small write-up for a companion robot I made for a competition.

]]> https://aashvik.com/posts/qlock qlock: a max7219 led desk clock 2022-10-04T00:00:00Z

About a 3d-printed RTC and LED matrix desk clock I made.

]]> https://aashvik.com/posts/kida kida: to make a quadruped 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

A post about a janky robotic insect I made.

]]> https://aashvik.com/posts/carros carros: teaching motor driving and arduino 2021-12-25T00:00:00Z Three simple robot cars for learning.

]]> https://aashvik.com/posts/first-pc-build building my first computer 2020-09-13T00:00:00Z

I built my first computer.

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