Charlie Gerard
@devdevcharlie.com
Senior research engineer 🧪 in cybersecurity, author about ML in JS, and creative technologist. Making weird things in JavaScript (mostly)
https://charliegerard.dev
https://charliegerard.dev
I ran my first half marathon on Saturday!! It was so hard 😫😅 I only started running this year and I used to think I couldn't run a 5k but I ended up running 2 5ks, 2 10ks and now a half marathon! 🤯 I'd like to try a full marathon next year but I really don't know how I could run for twice as long 💀
November 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I ran my first half marathon on Saturday!! It was so hard 😫😅 I only started running this year and I used to think I couldn't run a 5k but I ended up running 2 5ks, 2 10ks and now a half marathon! 🤯 I'd like to try a full marathon next year but I really don't know how I could run for twice as long 💀
As always, awesome talk by @sarahedo.bsky.social at #jsconf!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Sarah is such a great speaker, teacher, and her illustrations are amazing!
October 14, 2025 at 2:17 PM
As always, awesome talk by @sarahedo.bsky.social at #jsconf!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Sarah is such a great speaker, teacher, and her illustrations are amazing!
This weekend I ran the Double Up challenge at the SF marathon so 5k on Saturday and 10k today, and I beat my PR in both races! 😃🎉 Who am I?? I actually find running fun now 😂
July 27, 2025 at 4:15 PM
This weekend I ran the Double Up challenge at the SF marathon so 5k on Saturday and 10k today, and I beat my PR in both races! 😃🎉 Who am I?? I actually find running fun now 😂
And I also ended up doing a glacier traverse!!! 😃 That was so cool!
July 15, 2025 at 12:23 AM
And I also ended up doing a glacier traverse!!! 😃 That was so cool!
Trip update: we didn't end up climbing Mont Blanc because of bad weather but we did Gran Paradiso in Italy!
It was more challenging than I expected but because there was also drama in our group, one person can really ruin the experience for everyone... 🫤 Still happy I did it though!
It was more challenging than I expected but because there was also drama in our group, one person can really ruin the experience for everyone... 🫤 Still happy I did it though!
July 15, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Trip update: we didn't end up climbing Mont Blanc because of bad weather but we did Gran Paradiso in Italy!
It was more challenging than I expected but because there was also drama in our group, one person can really ruin the experience for everyone... 🫤 Still happy I did it though!
It was more challenging than I expected but because there was also drama in our group, one person can really ruin the experience for everyone... 🫤 Still happy I did it though!
Getting ready to climb the Mont Blanc! 😃🏔️
We're starting with a test climb of Gran Paradiso in Italy and if it goes well, we'll climb the Mont Blanc early next week!
The weather forecast isn't good so I'm not super hopeful but if we're lucky, I'll be all the way up there at 4,806m (15,770ft)! 🤞🏻
We're starting with a test climb of Gran Paradiso in Italy and if it goes well, we'll climb the Mont Blanc early next week!
The weather forecast isn't good so I'm not super hopeful but if we're lucky, I'll be all the way up there at 4,806m (15,770ft)! 🤞🏻
July 2, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Getting ready to climb the Mont Blanc! 😃🏔️
We're starting with a test climb of Gran Paradiso in Italy and if it goes well, we'll climb the Mont Blanc early next week!
The weather forecast isn't good so I'm not super hopeful but if we're lucky, I'll be all the way up there at 4,806m (15,770ft)! 🤞🏻
We're starting with a test climb of Gran Paradiso in Italy and if it goes well, we'll climb the Mont Blanc early next week!
The weather forecast isn't good so I'm not super hopeful but if we're lucky, I'll be all the way up there at 4,806m (15,770ft)! 🤞🏻
Always love to watch Tobi (@baldower) make music live using samples from the previous speaker's talk! He's so good!
June 20, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Always love to watch Tobi (@baldower) make music live using samples from the previous speaker's talk! He's so good!
I've been following Yehwan Song's work for a while so I'm so excited to see her speak live! Her projects are so awesome!
yhsong.com
yhsong.com
June 20, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I've been following Yehwan Song's work for a while so I'm so excited to see her speak live! Her projects are so awesome!
yhsong.com
yhsong.com
Super excited to speak at Bump Festival today in Kortrijk, Belgium! 🇧🇪
I love the mix of art & tech talks! 😃
I love the mix of art & tech talks! 😃
June 20, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Super excited to speak at Bump Festival today in Kortrijk, Belgium! 🇧🇪
I love the mix of art & tech talks! 😃
I love the mix of art & tech talks! 😃
I went to visit the Museum of Malware Art in Helsinki today!
It's really cool to see an exhibition mixing art and technology to demystify cyber threats. Loved the Virus Archive visualizing famous malware and the interactive installation with gesture recognition!
It's really cool to see an exhibition mixing art and technology to demystify cyber threats. Loved the Virus Archive visualizing famous malware and the interactive installation with gesture recognition!
May 30, 2025 at 2:02 PM
I went to visit the Museum of Malware Art in Helsinki today!
It's really cool to see an exhibition mixing art and technology to demystify cyber threats. Loved the Virus Archive visualizing famous malware and the interactive installation with gesture recognition!
It's really cool to see an exhibition mixing art and technology to demystify cyber threats. Loved the Virus Archive visualizing famous malware and the interactive installation with gesture recognition!
Running a little interactive art installation with motion control using Tensorflow.js at the conference on a very old laptop so it's a bit laggy but I'm surprised it works anyway!! Actually curious to see if it runs all day without crashing.
May 27, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Running a little interactive art installation with motion control using Tensorflow.js at the conference on a very old laptop so it's a bit laggy but I'm surprised it works anyway!! Actually curious to see if it runs all day without crashing.
Here's another one without the voice command so gesture only! 👎👍✋✌️
April 28, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Here's another one without the voice command so gesture only! 👎👍✋✌️
Little Sunday tinkering to test one of my demos for my talk about motion control with multimodal AI that I'll give at @futurefrontend.bsky.social and @jsnation.gitnation.org in the next few weeks! 😃 I'm really excited to share everything I learned researching this! 🧪
April 28, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Little Sunday tinkering to test one of my demos for my talk about motion control with multimodal AI that I'll give at @futurefrontend.bsky.social and @jsnation.gitnation.org in the next few weeks! 😃 I'm really excited to share everything I learned researching this! 🧪
I DID IT!! 🏃🏻♀️🏅🎉
Omg I'm not sure I'm made for this but I probably didn't help myself by not having dinner last night and no breakfast either 😅
I didn't beat the record I had set myself but honestly I'm super happy I even finished it!
Omg I'm not sure I'm made for this but I probably didn't help myself by not having dinner last night and no breakfast either 😅
I didn't beat the record I had set myself but honestly I'm super happy I even finished it!
March 23, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I DID IT!! 🏃🏻♀️🏅🎉
Omg I'm not sure I'm made for this but I probably didn't help myself by not having dinner last night and no breakfast either 😅
I didn't beat the record I had set myself but honestly I'm super happy I even finished it!
Omg I'm not sure I'm made for this but I probably didn't help myself by not having dinner last night and no breakfast either 😅
I didn't beat the record I had set myself but honestly I'm super happy I even finished it!
Today is the day!! I'm running my first race at the Oakland marathon! 🎉🏃🏻♀️
I'm not feeling super confident about it even if it's only the 5k race 😬 but we'll see!
I'm not feeling super confident about it even if it's only the 5k race 😬 but we'll see!
March 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Today is the day!! I'm running my first race at the Oakland marathon! 🎉🏃🏻♀️
I'm not feeling super confident about it even if it's only the 5k race 😬 but we'll see!
I'm not feeling super confident about it even if it's only the 5k race 😬 but we'll see!
Finished my vacation by getting my diving license so I am now a certified open water diver 🤿
Slowly getting closer to a goal of mine to one day dive with whales 🐋
Slowly getting closer to a goal of mine to one day dive with whales 🐋
March 4, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Finished my vacation by getting my diving license so I am now a certified open water diver 🤿
Slowly getting closer to a goal of mine to one day dive with whales 🐋
Slowly getting closer to a goal of mine to one day dive with whales 🐋
Big shout out to my guide Rony! I wouldn't have been able to do it without him. Getting to the hut was already tough (99% stairs 😭), then pushing to the summit but the descent also took about 7h, my legs completely gave up on me and I don't know how I would have made it back without his help.
March 1, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Big shout out to my guide Rony! I wouldn't have been able to do it without him. Getting to the hut was already tough (99% stairs 😭), then pushing to the summit but the descent also took about 7h, my legs completely gave up on me and I don't know how I would have made it back without his help.
I reached the summit of Mt Kinabalu!!! 😃🎉
The ascent took 3h starting at 2.30am, it was steep and windy. I had to pull myself up with ropes, not attached and seeing much, I really thought I wasn't gonna be able to do it.
When I finally saw this sign, I was ready to cry from exhaustion 😅
The ascent took 3h starting at 2.30am, it was steep and windy. I had to pull myself up with ropes, not attached and seeing much, I really thought I wasn't gonna be able to do it.
When I finally saw this sign, I was ready to cry from exhaustion 😅
March 1, 2025 at 11:49 PM
I reached the summit of Mt Kinabalu!!! 😃🎉
The ascent took 3h starting at 2.30am, it was steep and windy. I had to pull myself up with ropes, not attached and seeing much, I really thought I wasn't gonna be able to do it.
When I finally saw this sign, I was ready to cry from exhaustion 😅
The ascent took 3h starting at 2.30am, it was steep and windy. I had to pull myself up with ropes, not attached and seeing much, I really thought I wasn't gonna be able to do it.
When I finally saw this sign, I was ready to cry from exhaustion 😅
I'm about to go climb Mt Kinabalu! ⛰️🇲🇾
It might be the most physically challenging thing I've ever done so far.
First, I gotta get to Pendant Hut at 3,289m this afternoon and tomorrow morning, if everything goes well, we hike to the summit at 4,095m (13,440ft) to watch the sunrise! 😃🤞🏻
It might be the most physically challenging thing I've ever done so far.
First, I gotta get to Pendant Hut at 3,289m this afternoon and tomorrow morning, if everything goes well, we hike to the summit at 4,095m (13,440ft) to watch the sunrise! 😃🤞🏻
February 27, 2025 at 10:14 PM
I'm about to go climb Mt Kinabalu! ⛰️🇲🇾
It might be the most physically challenging thing I've ever done so far.
First, I gotta get to Pendant Hut at 3,289m this afternoon and tomorrow morning, if everything goes well, we hike to the summit at 4,095m (13,440ft) to watch the sunrise! 😃🤞🏻
It might be the most physically challenging thing I've ever done so far.
First, I gotta get to Pendant Hut at 3,289m this afternoon and tomorrow morning, if everything goes well, we hike to the summit at 4,095m (13,440ft) to watch the sunrise! 😃🤞🏻
Hello from Kota Kinabalu! 🇲🇾
February 27, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Hello from Kota Kinabalu! 🇲🇾
I'm in Singapore for a couple of days and just spent a few hours walking around the Gardens by the Bay and the Cloud Forest, it's absolutely gorgeous! 😍
February 25, 2025 at 2:33 AM
I'm in Singapore for a couple of days and just spent a few hours walking around the Gardens by the Bay and the Cloud Forest, it's absolutely gorgeous! 😍
I spent last night in a capsule hotel for the first time and it was actually really nice!!
February 24, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I spent last night in a capsule hotel for the first time and it was actually really nice!!
When I started training for my first 5K race, my goal was to do it under 30min by March and it felt maybe too ambitious considering I wasn't a runner at all but today I did it!! 😃🎉🏃🏻♀️
In only 6 weeks, I went from never running to doing it almost every morning. I'm kinda shocked! 😂
In only 6 weeks, I went from never running to doing it almost every morning. I'm kinda shocked! 😂
January 10, 2025 at 7:34 PM
When I started training for my first 5K race, my goal was to do it under 30min by March and it felt maybe too ambitious considering I wasn't a runner at all but today I did it!! 😃🎉🏃🏻♀️
In only 6 weeks, I went from never running to doing it almost every morning. I'm kinda shocked! 😂
In only 6 weeks, I went from never running to doing it almost every morning. I'm kinda shocked! 😂
I finally got an old project working! It's a browser-based tool that visualizes hardware data as spectrograms to be used to create ML models to classify different actions from live data.🧪
Rough demo with an IMU sensor but the real goal is to work w/ more sensors and devices! 😃
All in JS! 🎉
Rough demo with an IMU sensor but the real goal is to work w/ more sensors and devices! 😃
All in JS! 🎉
December 28, 2024 at 9:21 PM
I finally got an old project working! It's a browser-based tool that visualizes hardware data as spectrograms to be used to create ML models to classify different actions from live data.🧪
Rough demo with an IMU sensor but the real goal is to work w/ more sensors and devices! 😃
All in JS! 🎉
Rough demo with an IMU sensor but the real goal is to work w/ more sensors and devices! 😃
All in JS! 🎉