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diff --git a/content/about.md b/content/about.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d59ec0b --- /dev/null +++ b/content/about.md @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ ++++ +title = "About verade" +date = 2026-05-24 +[extra] +toc = true # Override global show_toc setting +no_header = false # Hide page header +no_comments = true # Disable comments on this page ++++ + +I am Venkata Rao Dechiraju, A Low-Level Perfomance Developer based off 🇮🇳, I heavily fw Compilers, Motorsports and Low Level Programming. + +You can find all the weird stuff i do on [my github](https://github.com/veradec/) (Even though I am trying to move to something like codeberg) + +I hope you find yourself intriguied after reading through my posts -- that's the intention of the whole website. + + +(Just because I use em-dashes doesn't mean it wasn't written by LLMs, I find the concept of em-dashes rather convenient, and I find myself at positions against LLMs for menial tasks such as writing blog posts, so cheers!) + +Contact: + +Mail -> venkatraodechiraju@gmail.com diff --git a/content/posts/_index.md b/content/posts/_index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c22710f --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/_index.md @@ -0,0 +1,3 @@ ++++ +title = "Posts" ++++ diff --git a/content/posts/drum-sequencer.md b/content/posts/drum-sequencer.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f63c5a4 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/drum-sequencer.md @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ ++++ +title = "Making a Drum Sequencer" +date = 2026-05-27 +[extra] +categories = ["crazy shit i do"] +tags=["electronics", "techno", "music","drum sequencer"] +toc = true # Override global show _toc +no_header = false # Hide page header +no_comments = true # Disable comments on this page ++++ + +I always looked at Teenage Engineering and thought it was pretty cool and given I have a sem break right now, I thought I can make one too. shouldn't be hard right? +and after i started composing music, Techno was a genre I always wanted to try but i couldn't, and then an idea popped up, maybe I can create a suite of instruments + +> a Synth + +> a Drum Sequencer + +> a Vocoder + +and start making techno on them? Sounds nice innit? +<br> + +# The Design +I wanted the design to look a little retro 80's esque, and I wanted it to be little simpler (because I will have suite of appliances to generate different sounds, so would rather have one that is simple and does it job well) +and I drew a few sketches and ended with something that looks very nice +<div style="display: flex; justify-content: center;"> + <img src="/dq_sketch.png" alt="Drum Sequencer Rough Sketch" style="transform: rotate(-90deg); width: 50%;" /> +</div> + +# The Prototyping +with the _beautifully_ crafted picture in hand, now the plan is to prototype + + +I needed around 16 Buttons -- which I am going to pull of some keyboards i archived (They paid off innit?). + +I might need to get some more potentiometers and find a way to make a matrix the LEDs and Buttons, Once That is done, Getting the whole thing shouldn't be that tough (atleast I hope it isn't) + + +<!-- -- 28 May 02:00 AM --> + +<!-- I am about to order stuff from flyrobo and i found this website called [ifuturetech](https://ifuturetech.org) which i am really unsure is legitimate, but yes. I might order from it, the total cost excluding the MicroProcessor and the Speaker (which i might borrow from a friend for prototyping) come around to 616. --> + +<!-- Including the speaker and the MCU let's call it a even 900? and then the chassis -- with a good cnc machine and alumium -- would roll everything up to a nice 1500 - 1700? That still is cheaper than Teenage Engineering or any SOTA, selling it for around 2400-2500 should make up some good profit. this is getting exciting. --> + +<!-- I look forward to any outliers that would increase the cost by 10x -- i don't see a reason something like this would but yes. --> diff --git a/content/posts/hello.md b/content/posts/hello.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..1a8824a --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/hello.md @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ ++++ +title = "Hello, World" +date = 2026-05-24 +[taxonomies] +tags = [] +authors = ["Venkata Rao Dechiraju"] +categories = ["quality of life"] +[extra] +toc = true # Override global show_toc setting +no_header = false # Hide page header +no_comments = false # Disable comments on this page ++++ + +a (hopefully) final revamp of the website, given it's not very ugly to look at now, maybe i'll start writing more here? i ain't sure about that and yes, i'll be copying all the content from the previous website here, so i'll not lose what was diff --git a/content/posts/not-all-hackathons-are-built-the-same.md b/content/posts/not-all-hackathons-are-built-the-same.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6e291a1 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/not-all-hackathons-are-built-the-same.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ ++++ +title = "Not all Hackathons are built the same" +date = 2026-08-17 +[extra] +categories = ["rant"] +tags=["hackathon", "tech", "innovation"] +toc = true # Override global show _toc +no_header = false # Hide page header +no_comments = true # Disable comments on this page ++++ + + diff --git a/content/projects.md b/content/projects.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6b4e33f --- /dev/null +++ b/content/projects.md @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@ ++++ +title = "Projects I do" +date = 2026-07-30 +[extra] +toc = true # Override global show_toc setting +no_header = false # Hide page header +no_comments = true # Disable comments on this page ++++ + +These are the projects i've got :3 |