Right now I’m living in my van half time (I still spend the weekends sleeping at home, while working on Rusty). It’s interesting; and I think in the long run it will be a good change. But how did it all start?

Last week me and a couple of friends had an idea: let’s use PySC2 (a Python wrapper for the StarCraft 2 API) to build a reinforcement learning agent that can teach itself how to play StarCraft 2.

This is the first 3D part I designed and printed myself. Well, designed is an overstatement. This part is a remix of the Tevo Tarantula LCD bracket.

It’s been more than a year since my last progress report, and about 1.2 years since I bought my 3D Printer. I have made some updates to it, which I’ll be describing below.

I changed my networking setup and switched from Proxmox to Ubuntu, moving most of my services to containers.

This Christmas I visited Switzerland and Liechtenstein. I used the chance to visit the Rhine Falls, visit Vaduz (and send a couple of post cards), travel on the Swiss highways 13 and 2 (through the Alps), and visit some Swiss towns.

So, this is not a tutorial, but a showcase of a project I recently build for HackTM 2018 together with a few colleagues from college. The project consists of 3 main components: a raspberry PI with a webcam (and optional display), that will be placed next to an automated door, which will run a face detection algorithm; a webserver running a Flask API and a face recognition algorithm based on OpenCV and finally and administrative progressive web app (what they are is apps that are installed seamlessly when you visit a webpage, and which can then provide offline access to data) for managers to see when their employees are at work.

About 2 month ago I bought a Tarantula I3 3D printer from Aliexpress. After getting it through customs and assembling it, I must say it is one of the most challenging and rewarding projects I have ever worked on. I only had time to work on it during weekends, but now I must say I am quite satisfied with the results. There is room for improvement, but that will come at a later date.