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1. Building a Homebrew AI Cluster from Old Dell XPS Laptops

   Turning discarded office laptops into a DIY compute cluster for AI/ML workloads. It won't beat cloud GPUs, but it's a fun way to learn distributed computing on a budget while giving old hardware a second life.

   Written on 2025-08-30 by ollie

2. dlt Merge leading to Memory Overcommit in ClickHouse

   Root cause analysis of the dlt merge strategy leading to a Memory Overcommit error and possible options.

   Written on 2025-07-23 by ollie

3. Making a Wi-Fi picture frame with an old monitor

   Using an old monitor and a Raspberry Pi Zero to make a Wi-Fi enabled picture frame

   Written on 2024-02-04 by ollie

4. WhatsApp Android Image Scraper

   Automating WhatsApp image scraping via ADB, Python, and OCR

   Written on 2023-03-19 by ollie