Andrew Yourtchenko
@ayourtch.bsky.social
Embedded programming, some Rust, 3D-printing and active mobility. Hacking on fd.io by day at cisco. Release manager for VPP. CiscoLive Europe NOC - automating stuff. Bits of code: GitHub.com/ayourtch ; all posts are entirely only mine.
Next steps: build a rotor, and wire up the stator to the brushless controller
October 12, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Next steps: build a rotor, and wire up the stator to the brushless controller
Fun finding, which before measuring never even occurred to me: the neodymium magnets are all different strengths. 🙈
October 12, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Fun finding, which before measuring never even occurred to me: the neodymium magnets are all different strengths. 🙈
The first totally unscientific experiment is successful - a CR2032 is enough to kick off a small neodymium magnet off the coil. 🎉🎉😂
October 12, 2025 at 6:06 PM
The first totally unscientific experiment is successful - a CR2032 is enough to kick off a small neodymium magnet off the coil. 🎉🎉😂
The PCBs have arrived, look pretty neat :)
October 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The PCBs have arrived, look pretty neat :)
wanted to play with tangled.org, but attempting to do oauth login feels a bit off - surely the *identification* should not require all these privileges ? 🤔
September 30, 2025 at 5:08 PM
wanted to play with tangled.org, but attempting to do oauth login feels a bit off - surely the *identification* should not require all these privileges ? 🤔
Let’s try two new things at once - a new variant of PCB coil, and a driver for it... what can go wrong :)
September 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Let’s try two new things at once - a new variant of PCB coil, and a driver for it... what can go wrong :)
Did myself a little treat - pcb generator for coils. This little contraption went into production in. JLCPCB, will see how it turned out !
September 24, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Did myself a little treat - pcb generator for coils. This little contraption went into production in. JLCPCB, will see how it turned out !
A short story in 4 pictures. Hope it may help @elkevandenbrandt.bsky.social in her conversations.
September 21, 2025 at 8:41 PM
A short story in 4 pictures. Hope it may help @elkevandenbrandt.bsky.social in her conversations.
I am glad you adjusted the viewpoint. As for the “personal bubbles”: I enclose an exhibit sample of content which I would like to shun myself from, and would be interested in your opinion whether I am losing some valuable view points in that process.
August 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I am glad you adjusted the viewpoint. As for the “personal bubbles”: I enclose an exhibit sample of content which I would like to shun myself from, and would be interested in your opinion whether I am losing some valuable view points in that process.
FWIW, the target of their research seems sceptical about it… :-)
August 20, 2025 at 12:20 AM
FWIW, the target of their research seems sceptical about it… :-)
The future is a lot of fun. 😂
August 15, 2025 at 11:09 PM
The future is a lot of fun. 😂
Clauding a bit on the matter has resulted in some very interesting info, which, upon quick verification search, seems correct - if you feel like geeking it further 😂 (though maybe a cheaper option, if it is the sensor issue, is to field some more sensors), to see which one is going into the bin :)
July 30, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Clauding a bit on the matter has resulted in some very interesting info, which, upon quick verification search, seems correct - if you feel like geeking it further 😂 (though maybe a cheaper option, if it is the sensor issue, is to field some more sensors), to see which one is going into the bin :)
Give Claude the tools and see if it can make some fire or something. Now I have Claude playing senior engineer and Groq running Kimi playing junior engineer. Since I am paying for both, I suppose that makes me an adventure capitalist. 😂
July 25, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Give Claude the tools and see if it can make some fire or something. Now I have Claude playing senior engineer and Groq running Kimi playing junior engineer. Since I am paying for both, I suppose that makes me an adventure capitalist. 😂
Amazing, the palette is pretty close to my “local radio” music collection streamer app 😂 I used Claude Code.
July 17, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Amazing, the palette is pretty close to my “local radio” music collection streamer app 😂 I used Claude Code.
Spent last night a couple of hours with claude taking another shot at making a more intuitive UX for the refactor-oriented code editing tool.
July 13, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Spent last night a couple of hours with claude taking another shot at making a more intuitive UX for the refactor-oriented code editing tool.
rollerbikeparade.be/en/ was pretty awesome tonight. Was pretty hilly, so it was a great 3h exercise in glorious weather !
July 11, 2025 at 8:56 PM
rollerbikeparade.be/en/ was pretty awesome tonight. Was pretty hilly, so it was a great 3h exercise in glorious weather !
Brussels is full of tourists these days! 😂
July 10, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Brussels is full of tourists these days! 😂
For the first time ever I have a program whose source code gradually appeared on my computer in a matter of couple of days and I haven’t seen a single line of it. Was a kind of throw away thing (in the end I think figured out a solution with much less new code), but will be fun to pick it apart.
July 5, 2025 at 11:16 PM
For the first time ever I have a program whose source code gradually appeared on my computer in a matter of couple of days and I haven’t seen a single line of it. Was a kind of throw away thing (in the end I think figured out a solution with much less new code), but will be fun to pick it apart.
My DIY rear rack expansion, idle view and a couple of many many load-bearing views.
July 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
My DIY rear rack expansion, idle view and a couple of many many load-bearing views.
Long post, but it was a fair bit of fun to play with this.
June 27, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Long post, but it was a fair bit of fun to play with this.
Today’s end point for @critmassbrussel.bsky.social sports some really cool posters. And very nice to see 3000 or so of my good friends again! 😂
June 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Today’s end point for @critmassbrussel.bsky.social sports some really cool posters. And very nice to see 3000 or so of my good friends again! 😂
Did a couple of errands in the morning. The little 30cm*60cm luggage frame contraption is so convenient - with the widening of the base, anything I carry is attached much more securely, without the risk of falling on the side.
June 19, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Did a couple of errands in the morning. The little 30cm*60cm luggage frame contraption is so convenient - with the widening of the base, anything I carry is attached much more securely, without the risk of falling on the side.
I bet it’s a keyboard layout issue.
June 14, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I bet it’s a keyboard layout issue.