Laboratory / Notes from the workbench
Working notes, made useful.
The Laboratory is my engineering notebook: practical guides, experiments, and reference notes created while learning, debugging, and building. Some articles are polished tutorials; others are working notes that I continue to update.
Latest notes / 2025
Experiments
Recent work across mobile development, Android tooling, and AWS.
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01 / 2025
Build an Expo Application Locally
Build and sideload a signed Android application for local installation.
Expo · Android
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02 / 2025
Set Up an Android Emulator with the Terminal
Install and run an Android emulator without relying on Android Studio.
Android · Linux
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03 / 2025
Set Up AWS Accounts
A practical starting point for organising AWS accounts and access.
AWS · Infrastructure
Earlier notes / 2024
Systems and tooling
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01 / 2024
Connect Two Docker Compose Projects
Share a development network between separate Compose projects.
Docker · Networking
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02 / 2024
Manage Multiple SSH Accounts
Keep personal and work Git identities separate with SSH configuration.
Git · SSH
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03 / 2024
HTML to PDF
Notes on page breaks, spacing, and footer styling for generated PDFs.
HTML · PDF
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04 / 2024
Set Up the Android SDK Without Android Studio
Install the Android command-line tools and prepare a Linux workstation.
Android · Linux
Archive / 2023
Deployments and interfaces
01 / 2023
Netlify Custom Domain with Namecheap
Connect a Namecheap domain to a Netlify site with DNS and SSL.
Netlify · DNS
02 / 2023
OpenVPN on Arch Linux
Connect to an OpenVPN Access Server from an Arch Linux machine.
Linux · VPN
03 / 2023
Horizontal Navigation with White-Space
Keep navigation links readable when available space becomes limited.
CSS · Frontend
04 / 2023
Deploy AdonisJS with SQLite on Fly.io
Deploy an AdonisJS application and configure SQLite persistence.
AdonisJS · Fly.io
Reference notes
My notebook
Shorter references I return to while working.
NOTE 01
Fundamentals of Circuit Boards
A personal reference for board markings, multimeters, and safety.
Hardware · Learning
NOTE 02
AWS Cheatsheet
Common AWS CLI commands and service notes.
AWS · CLI
NOTE 03
PostgreSQL Cheatsheet
Reusable queries and patterns for everyday PostgreSQL work.
SQL · PostgreSQL