🖥️ Computers

Before 3D printing. Before amateur radio. Before I knew what half the pins on a GPIO header did — it all started with computers.

I don’t think I really chose to be into computers, they kinda just happened. And I got really interested in computers.

The kind you take apart. The kind you fix just to see if you can. The kind that boot sometimes, but only when you’ve jumpered something “wrong” and said a little prayer.

💾 My First Forays

Somewhere along the way, I stopped just using computers and started wondering why they work the way they do. I’d take apart laptops, swap out hard drives, try different Linux distros just to compare boot times or RAM usage. I was that kid.

But it wasn’t just a phase — it became my baseline. Even now:

• I regularly pull apart old machines to revive them.
• I run Debian, ReviOS, and whatever minimal OS fits the job.
• I’ve built weird Frankenstein setups just because it seemed like fun.
• If it boots, I’ll mess with it. If it doesn’t, I’ll definitely mess with it.

I’m not in this for RGB lights or top-of-the-line specs (my PC is 11 years old, my laptop is 8). I care more about making things work, especially when they aren’t supposed to.

Even as 3D printing and radios have taken the spotlight, computers are still the foundation. They’re the glue — the thing everything else builds on. Whether I’m using a terminal to upload firmware, tuning WSPR signals with a soundcard interface, or slicing a model for my Prusa, it all loops back to the same question I started with:

“What happens if I try this?”

Computers taught me to tinker. Everything else came after.