PROJECT / LOCAL COMPUTE
Four small computers. One custom rack. One local system that exists mostly because I wanted infrastructure I could touch.
Microblade is a tiny compute cluster built as one complete system: physical hardware, networking, repeatable configuration, automation, and the experiments that eventually run on top of it.
THE MACHINE
One controller coordinates the lab. Three workers do the work. The interesting part is everything required to make that sentence true.
the rack became its own rabbit hole →
THE PHYSICAL SYSTEM
The enclosure is not an afterthought. It has to hold the machines, manage cables, respect airflow, survive repeated revisions, and still be easy to expand. That turned a compute experiment into a mechanical-design problem too.
If the part does not exist, apparently I print it.THE SOFTWARE SYSTEM
The interesting part is not owning four computers. It is making them predictable: consistent setup, repeatable changes, understandable roles, and enough automation that adding or rebuilding a node stops being a special event.
WHY LOCAL
Networking, Linux, containers, automation, model experiments, and physical design all meet in one place. A local cluster makes the abstractions visible - and when something breaks, there is nowhere for the magic to hide.
Small system. Very real problems.CURRENT STATE
The current work is physical assembly, wiring, and getting every node into a clean, repeatable baseline. The goal is not to rush into workloads; it is to build a foundation I can trust when the experiments get more ambitious.
REAL-WORLD EVIDENCE
PROJECT DNA
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