** welcome! **

hey! i'm amarnath — physics & mathematics student at UCF, programmer, linux nerd, and occasional tinkerer with things that blink or beep. this is my little corner of the internet.

i work on instrumentation software at UCF CREOL's astrophotonics lab and on physics education research with the UCF physics department. mostly i write rust and python and break my arch install on a weekly basis.

this site is hand-coded HTML/CSS/JS — no frameworks, no npm, no build step. you can read my writing, grab my résumé, or just look at the badges.

:: writing ::
2025-03-15
Getting clangd to work on NixOS
fixing the "vector file not found" and iostream errors once and for all
2025-01-20
The built-in Windows tree command is trash
and here's how to replace it with something actually good
:: projects ::
PolyOculus 8-telescope array control software — INDI-protocol mount control, RA/Dec slewing, backlash compensation
ESTELA multi-version exam generator for physics problem banks — rust backend, vanilla JS, KaTeX math rendering, NSF/Gates funded
gentec-camera python SDK for Gentec IR beam profiling cameras — automated acquisition, FITS output
holography automated pipeline for characterizing photonic lanterns via digital holography — 4-instrument orchestration, 7-mode LP decomposition
AEV advanced experimental vehicle — arch linux arm on Pi 5, wireguard VPN, real-time telemetry. 2nd place + Lockheed Martin award (2024)
:: friends ::
zachary lopezzachl.tech
jossaya camillejcamille.dev
thandi menelasstr1ke.codes
eoghan mcivorgithub/eoghanmc22
jason (makai) pindellmakaip.com
alex castronovoalexcastronovo.com
valerie fils-aimegithub/Valenciola
:: site info ::
hosted: github pages
built with: neovim + raw html/css/js
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tiles: sadhost.neocities.org (~826 tiles)
badges: cyber.dabamos.de (4540 badges)
fonts: tahoma + VT323 (google fonts)
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