Projects and notes.

Six Shadertoy shaders, read line by line

Nov 6, 2026

A code reading of six GLSL shaders I published on Shadertoy in 2024: domain warping, a spiral, an anti-aliased grid, a sea scene, sun rays and a mouse-driven warp.

What a Canadian salary guide says once the tables are read correctly

Nov 5, 2026

Re-reading the 2023 salary guide text kept in AlgoETS/Salary: 19,387 rows, the finance tables that were read as experience levels, and what pay looks like by job family, province and city.

Website refonte with Hugo (part 2)

Rebuilding my Hugo portfolio: shared visual identity, bilingual articles, repository skills, interactive diagrams and local publication.

Following financial news through AINewsTracker

Following financial news from collection to analysis and historical backtesting with AINewsTracker.

IPC Toolkit: collision and friction inside a simulation

How IPC Toolkit supplies collision detection, distance derivatives and friction calculations to a simulation.

MistubaVideo: rendering simulation recordings with Mitsuba

From recorded body poses and surface fields to rendered frames, heatmaps and video.

TrueMapData: from measured height maps to usable assets

TrueMapData connects TrueMap and GelSight files to visualisation, surface metrics, wear analysis and mesh export.

Dimension: connecting Rust mathematics to a renderer

Oct 23, 2026

Inside my Dimension workspace: matrix storage, numerical methods, scene transforms and a wgpu renderer for native and web targets.

DasherControl: a homelab dashboard built around workspaces

Oct 23, 2026

A look back at DasherControl: Vue applets, Rust and Rocket handlers, persisted workspaces and a Docker interface.

Blender / object storagebloc.blend → S3 / MinIO

My bloc fork: browsing S3 and MinIO from Blender

Oct 23, 2026

A code tour of my Blender cloud-storage fork: multiple connections, folder browsing, fuzzy search and mesh imports.

My reverse proxy: separating provisioning, configuration and health checks

Oct 22, 2026

A code-based look at my Caddy infrastructure: Terraform for the VPS and DNS, Ansible for configuration, the order a deployment really runs in, and why its health checks and CI do not gate …

Artemis Switch: following a frame from the network to the screen

Inside Artemis Switch: Moonlight transport, NVDEC, deko3d, frame pacing and the telemetry that makes streaming delays easier to diagnose.

ComfyUI-UML: diagrams as nodes, images and shareable source

How ComfyUI-UML turns Mermaid and PlantUML source into images, file outputs and viewer links, with Kroki and optional local renderers.

Inside BatchBacktesting: parallel runs, explicit assumptions and useful outputs

Reading BatchBacktesting’s Python engine: worker pools, 0.2% commission, strategy defaults, CSV outputs and pitfalls in aggregate analysis.

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Porting sm64coopdx to Switch and New 3DS: keep the platform boundary small

A code-based tour of the Switch and New 3DS CoopDX targets: graphics, controllers, audio, build isolation and current hardware-validation limits.

Serilog.Sinks.SentrySDK: connecting structured logs to error reporting

A tour of the Serilog Sentry sink: SDK initialization, event handling, ASP.NET Core context, NuGet packages and observable project activity.

Teaching Python through an end-to-end data workshop

Inside AlgoETS Workshop1: nine notebooks connect Python fundamentals, APIs, pandas and visualization to an Apple stock EMA exercise.

Claude Academy: Building with the Claude API

Oct 10, 2026

Anthropic issued the Claude Academy credential Building with the Claude API in October 2026.

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Thesis submitted at ÉTS

Oct 10, 2026

The ÉTS master's thesis on real-time surface wear is submitted, with thanks to Sheldon Andrews and the people who helped.

uml-mcp — UML diagrams from chat via MCP

Sep 2, 2026

Open-source MCP server for Mermaid, PlantUML, and Kroki diagrams in Cursor and ChatGPT — why I built it, how to install, and links to earlier diagram tooling.

Handheld streaming and homebrew — Artemis-Switch, moonlight-N3DS, sm64coopdx-switch

Sep 2, 2026

PC game streaming on Nintendo Switch with Artemis (Apollo/Sunshine), Moonlight on New 3DS, and a Switch port of sm64coopdx — three homebrew repos and what each one does.

Joining La Caisse as a development intern

Aug 18, 2026

Internship at La Caisse on business-process automation with SharePoint, TypeScript, C#, .NET, APIs, and SnapLogic migration.

Master's thesis — contact–appearance coupling for wear in texture space

Aug 14, 2026

ÉTS master's thesis on real-time surface wear in interactive simulation — frictional dissipation, GPU texture atlases, GelSight validation, WearPaper and TextureFriction.

Make figurines with AI for 3D printing

May 22, 2026

Chibi vinyl figures, ComfyUI with OmniGen2 and Hunyuan3D v2, and resin printing notes with GLB examples.

CAÉC 2026 poster, second place in Optics

Apr 24, 2026

Poster at CAÉC 2026 on real-time visual texture wear from experimental data, second place in the Optics category.

Exploring movie similarities with vector search algorithms

Apr 13, 2026

A teaching narrative: pgvector kNN in SQL, Qdrant dense and sparse vectors on MovieLens behind a FastAPI app, then LangChain + Ollama RAG on the same catalog.

Python library for MarketWatch virtual trading

Apr 13, 2026

PyPI package marketwatch — Python client for MarketWatch’s virtual stock game, API surface, limits, and how it pairs with backtesting experiments.

AlgoÉTS MarkÉTS — first ÉTS paper-trading competition

Jan 15, 2026

First MarkÉTS paper-trading competition at ÉTS: 4,154 orders, 170+ participants, 99%+ uptime, and a club grown to 20 members.

25k uses for the diagram tool on the GPT Store

Oct 24, 2025

The UML diagram tool reached 25k uses on the GPT Store. I built it to stop dragging boxes in Lucidchart and I am open to handing it on.

Starting as a teaching assistant at Polytechnique Montréal

Sep 2, 2024

I started as a teaching assistant at Polytechnique Montréal. On the CV, that role is DevSecOps, LOG 8100, from September 2024.

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Multiple Technical Indicators Backtesting on Multiple Tickers using Python

May 30, 2024

Scaled BatchBacktesting across stocks and crypto — reading aggregate leaderboards without mistaking screening for a strategy.

Economics of LEGO Sets with Data Science

May 30, 2024

Rebrickable trends, BrickEconomy prices, Playwright scraping, and a humble regression on classic set 001-1 — narrative with charts, code in LegosTracker.

Experimenting with technical indicators using Python and backtesting

BatchBacktesting with an EMA strategy on the S&P 500 and crypto: the code, the leaderboard, and how to read extreme returns.

Making Caddy, AWS EC2, CloudWatch, Step Functions, and Lambda Work Together

Caddy on a t4g.nano EC2 instance: JSON access logs, a nightly Python shipper to CloudWatch, a Step Functions workflow that runs Logs Insights and geolocation Lambdas, and the fixes I would …

A Journey to AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

Two-week study plan — Udemy, AWS Skill Builder, Cloud Quest, Escape Room, and Pearson VUE tips (extra time, Credly badge).

Predicting Stock Prices with Monte Carlo Simulations

Forward Monte Carlo bands for AAPL from historical log returns — hold-out coverage, percentiles, and how that differs from MCMC.

Kinectron + p5.js — gestures, sketch controls and GIF export

Mar 15, 2024

Stream Kinect v2 skeletons from Kinectron into p5.js, detect simple gestures from joint positions, replay recorded frames, stop/play the sketch, and save the canvas as a GIF.

MediaBox homelab — what I run in Docker (and what stayed a bookmark)

Mar 15, 2024

How MediaBoxDockerCompose grew out of a homelab port map — what I actually wired up, and where Proxmox helper-scripts fit.

Create a portfolio with Hugo (week 1)

Jan 6, 2024

Week one of a Hugo portfolio — what the old repository held, a first Hugo links page, HBTheme tradeoffs, data embeds, Substack split, iframe shortcode, and what I would do differently today.

LiDAR apartment scan with Rhino on iPhone

Jan 2, 2024

Room-by-room LiDAR with Rhino on iPhone — layout checks, limits of consumer scanning, and when it beats full CAD.

My journey in software engineering

Dec 30, 2023

From Flash games and Unity demos to Algolux, ÉTS capstones, co-ops, and today’s backend, platform, and DevSecOps work—a personal timeline with project links.

Creating a professional résumé with JSON Resume

Sep 10, 2022

Write your CV once in JSON, then export HTML or PDF with community themes—or wire the same data into a Hugo site.

D2C OpenAI plugin — diagrams with PlantUML, Mermaid, and D2

ChatGPT plugin for PlantUML, Mermaid, and D2 diagrams — why I built it, install path, example prompts, and limits vs AIPRM templates.

Diagram prompts with ChatGPT and AIPRM (PlantUML, Mermaid, and more)

AIPRM prompt template for diagram type, elements, purpose, and tool — plus PlantUML and Mermaid sequence examples (React, FastAPI, Redis, MongoDB, cache hit/miss).

Live chat and support platforms compared (3CX, ManyChat, Kommunicate, Chatwoot)

Notes from picking website chat, bots, and a team inbox—how 3CX, ManyChat, Kommunicate, and Chatwoot differ, with logos, a decision flow, and links.

Snapchat Lens Creator

Snapchat lenses with millions of plays (2017-2020), Fiverr clients, a GIF-to-PNG tool, Lens Studio feedback, and 2026 Lens Insights totals.

Skate rack — from CAD to plywood

Dec 21, 2021

Vertical skate rack — shop-class welded frame detour, then Home Depot plywood, CAD slots, and a rental-friendly build, December 2021.

Renpho scale, Home Assistant, reverse-engineering the API, and a weight forecast

Oct 10, 2021

Forking hass_renpho for Home Assistant — old Renpho app API, APKLeaks, Lovelace dashboards, proxy quirks, a pandas + LSTM notebook that forecasts weight from the export, and habits that keep …

Networking evolution — building a home network lab

Sep 6, 2021

Homelab evolution — Dell R710, closet wiring, Docker stacks, Caddy, WireGuard, Proxmox, and why I still draw the network on the wall.

CodePen demos (collection)

Jan 10, 2017

Live CodePen embeds from the mid-2010s front-end era—forms, jQuery widgets, getDisplayMedia, Canvas blackboard, and a Three.js wave—in one bookmark.

Tutorials

Tutorial

A Method to Install Python Packages for Add-ons & Plugins in Blender (Windows, Blender 4.2+)

Feb 8, 2025

Install pip packages into Blender’s embedded Python — user modules folder, background thread, popups — without breaking the core install.

Conferences & events

From BMC to pitch — QcES journey notes (Spring 2024)

Apr 13, 2026

Notes from the QcES entrepreneurship program — business canvas, customer interviews, feedback, roadmap, and pitching without drowning in jargon.

GraphQuon 2025 — University of Toronto

Nov 15, 2025

Presented Where to Wear? at the Quebec–Ontario pre-SIGGRAPH workshop in Toronto—frictional wear, texture updates, and slides from GraphQuon 2025.

GraphQuon 2024 — ÉTS (Montréal)

Nov 9, 2024

GraphQuon 2024 at ÉTS — Quebec–Ontario pre-SIGGRAPH talks, the conference site we shipped, and hallway chats (including NVIDIA diffusion texture painting).

Byzantium’s first workshop — Solidity and an ERC-20 token on Ethereum

Mar 11, 2024

Byzantium’s first Ethereum workshop — Remix and Sepolia, OpenZeppelin ERC-20, deploy a token, and swap transfers with the room. Led by Khalil Anis Zabat.

Expo Manger Santé 2023 — olives, kiosks, and discoveries

Two days at Montreal’s health-food expo — olive kiosk sales, vendor notes, photo credits, and products worth buying again.

GitHub Copilot session at Cédille (with GitHub & Arctiq)

Cédille hosted GitHub and Arctiq for Copilot Chat, /createNotebook, and GitHub Next — expanded recap with photos and student takeaways.

Run:ai on AWS — webinar notes (inference & autoscaling)

Sketches from a Run:ai webinar — GPU inference on AWS, dashboards, CLI, and scaling models in shared clusters.

Snowflake Data-for-Breakfast Conference Insights