Derek Sivers Inspired Focus Page
What I'm Doing Now
Last Updated: August 2026
A real-time snapshot of my active software projects, research experiments, reading list, hardware setup, and focus playlist dynamically loaded from JSON.
Currently Building
- Offline local AI assistant with fast quantized LLaMA 3.1 8B inference
- IEEE Sensors Council robotics telemetry processor with complementary filtering
- Multi-tenant lab management database platform with PostgreSQL RLS
Currently Learning
- Quantized GGUF model memory layout & CPU cache optimization
- ROS2 (Robot Operating System) node pub/sub communications
- PostgreSQL Row-Level Security & index tuning for multi-tenant isolation
Active Engineering Experiment
Benchmarking LLaMA 3.1 8B Q4_K_M vs Q8_0 token generation latency on 16GB host RAM without GPU acceleration.
Primary Strategic Goal
Build lightweight, privacy-respecting local software that operates seamlessly without cloud dependencies.
Currently Reading Books
- 📖Designing Data-Intensive Applications by Martin Kleppmann
- 📖Hands-On Machine Learning with Scikit-Learn, Keras, and TensorFlow
- 📖The Linux Programming Interface by Michael Kerrisk
Current Focus Playlist
- 🎧Huberman Lab — Neural Networks & Focus Mechanics
- 🎧Lex Fridman Podcast — Robotics, AI & Autonomous Systems
- 🎧Chopin: Nocturnes (Deep Work Coding Audio)
Current Hardware Equipment
- ›HP Laptop (Core i5, 16GB DDR4 RAM, 512GB NVMe SSD)
- ›Arduino Uno R3 & ESP32 Microcontrollers
- ›MPU-6050 6-DOF Accelerometer & Gyroscope Sensors
- ›HC-05 Bluetooth & HC-SR04 Ultrasonic Transceivers
Current Software Stack
- ›Arch Linux (Linux 6.10 LTS Kernel)
- ›Neovim & VS Code (Dark Theme)
- ›Ollama local LLM runner (GGUF)
- ›PostgreSQL 16 & DBeaver
- ›FastAPI & Next.js 16