Embedded
I have a fascination with embedded devices, robotics, and constrained environments. I have worked on a number of embedded devices in my professional life including IVF incubators, MFD copiers, and satellites. I always enjoy seeing my software actuate change in the physical world.
Sometimes the fascination means just kicking the tires on a RISC V microcontroller (maximize to see clearly):
Sometimes it manifests in creating a bare metal embedded game for the Gameboy Advance in Rust:
Other times it manifests as playing around with FPGAs and Verilog:
And sometimes it manifests in building robots with my daughter: