My Personal Interests

Outside of academics and work, I spend a lot of time exploring technology and building personal projects at home. My interests help me sharpen my technical skills while keeping things fun and creative.

Home Lab Projects

Managing a dedicated NAS server hosted on an older Dell tower.
Operating a personal "play server" (IBM x3650 M4) running:

Virtualized Linux environments using Hyper-V.
A Plex media server for home streaming.
A Minecraft server for personal and small group play.
An arcade game server hosting retro games.
Pi Hole for DNS caching and ad blocking.

3D Printing

Owner of a Creality K1C 3D printer with web-based management.
Designing and printing custom gadgets, tools, and household items.
Experimenting with various filaments and optimizing print settings.

Personal Computer

Intel I7-14700KF
32 GB DDR5 RAM
Radeon RX 7800 XT GPU (for AI training)
2x 500Mb important files ssd in raid 1
4tb split work/gaming high speed nvme m.2

On my pc i spend alot of time playing around with AI modles and training my own for customizable use cases by sourcing and making datasets.

Outside of that i play alot of flight and space sim games, i have a full HOTAS setup with the saitech X52 Pro