Open-source projects

These projects address different workflows: checking data models, transcribing speech locally, and controlling a CNC machine. Each article explains the implementation and its constraints.

dbt-guard checks dbt projects before deployment. Soufflé explores local transcription on macOS. The Maslow controller connects desktop software to a CNC workflow.

YotoMediaManager: The Songs My Kid Wants on Our Yoto

27 October 2026·522 words·3 mins

Development Open Source Yoto Audio Open-source projects Desktop

My toddler has a very precise taste in music: a handful of nursery rhymes, on repeat. We have a Yoto at home, and I wanted those songs coming out of it. The exact versions. Anyone with a toddler will understand why the exact versions matter.

Soufflé: Local Transcription on macOS (and Learning Rust Along the Way)

21 August 2026·3413 words·17 mins

Development AI Open Source Rust Tauri Kyutai STT Open-source projects MacOS LLM

I originally just wanted an app that transcribes what I say and pastes the text wherever my cursor is. That’s it. Not a product, not an open source project, just a tool I figured I’d find in ten minutes of searching.

Maslow Desktop: A CNC Controller Built Around a State Machine

4 July 2026·1390 words·7 mins

Development Open Source Rust Tauri CNC Open-source projects MCP LLM

I backed the Maslow 4 Kickstarter. I received it, assembled it, and then it sat in its box for eighteen months. It happens. The kind of project you fund with enthusiasm and get back to when life finally opens a window.

dbt-guard: My First Python Package (and Why I Needed It)

5 April 2026·1486 words·7 mins

Data Engineering Open Source dbt Python Data Engineering Open-source projects

Publishing a package on PyPI. It’s one of those things that looks intimidating from the outside, but turns out to be a matter of good timing and a precise enough problem to solve.

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