ROOKWELD / THE WORKSHOP
Physical computing, local infrastructure, strange interfaces and blueprints for machines that do more than live behind glass.
Enter the lab ↓SYSTEM LINK
ONLINE01 / THE METHOD
The workshop is where software meets resistance: unreliable networks, limited displays, physical inputs, constrained hardware and everything that makes a clean diagram become a real system.
Not every experiment becomes a product. Every one should make the next build more honest.
02 / BUILDS & PROTOTYPES
A compact ESP32-S3 endpoint that turns system state into a physical glanceable interface — built around a 128×64 OLED, Wi-Fi telemetry and alert overlays.
An Ubuntu-based workshop server for services, monitoring, storage experiments and RealityOS infrastructure — designed to remain useful even while individual experiments change.
A split-compute approach where GPU-heavy local models live on the mobile workstation while web tools, services and monitoring remain on the server node.
Small hardware explorations that test how software can sense, signal and respond beyond a screen — from presence and identity to light, sound and environmental input.
03 / SYSTEM BLUEPRINTS
Selected architecture studies. Blueprints describe intent and system boundaries; they are not presented as proof that every connected component is currently production-ready.
Turn distributed state into a compact physical status surface with bounded alerts.
Place each workload where the hardware and availability make sense.
A system-design reference for RealityOS. The full case study remains paused until the current implementation can be inspected and verified.
04 / ON THE BENCH
A deliberately short queue. These are directions for the next useful build—not promises disguised as finished products.
Add a physical button path and intentional acknowledgement flow to the existing ESP32 status display.
Explore bounded BLE or RFID presence signals without turning the prototype into an unnecessary surveillance system.
A small Raspberry Pi or ESP32 surface for light, sound and environmental signals connected to RealityOS services.
05 / MATERIALS & TOOLS
ESP32-S3 · Raspberry Pi · Arduino · HP Z2 · ZBook Fury
OLED · RFID · BLE · GPIO · SPI · I²C · sensors · LEDs
Python · Flask · FastAPI · Node-RED · Docker · Ollama
Linux · Windows · Tailscale · Prometheus · Grafana
Blueprints · rapid prototypes · telemetry · failure-aware flows
THE WORKSHOP / ALWAYS IN PROGRESS