Derek Wang

I spent 4 brutal months building a full Stereo Visual SLAM system from scratch in C++17 + CUDA. NO pre-made libraries. NO black-box magic. I just wanted to understand the underlying mechanics behind SLAM. Here’s the intuitive breakdown (the full SLAM pipeline, the math that almost broke me, and the real KITTI footage)👇 cc @aelluswamy your work in this space is a massive inspiration for tackling this from absolute scratch

I implemented @GoogleResearch's TurboQuant as a CUDA-native compression engine on Blackwell B200. 5x KV cache compression on Qwen 2.5-1.5B, near-loseless attention scores, generating live from compressed memory. 5 custom cuTile CUDA kernels ft: - fused attention (with QJL corrections) - online softmax -on-chip cache decompression - pipelined TMA loads Try it out: devtechjr.github.io/turboquant_cut… s/o @blelbach and the cuTile team at @nvidia for lending me Blackwell GPU access :) cc @sundeep @GavinSherry

My 6-axis robotic arm controller PCB that I designed back in high school. The v2 specs: - 4-layer board, 12A max current - Dual ESP32 + STM32 integration - Custom op-amp servo feedback - Optimized for thermals & signal integrity - Fully validated But getting to this point wasn't easy. I learned a lot the hard way. v1 had major signal integrity issues that forced me to cut traces, add bodge wires, and do a ton of messy rework just to get basic functionality. But that board forced me to learn: power distribution, spacing, layout discipline, and hot loop control. Now that exact stuff is the foundation for the RF + power electronics boards I design at UWaterloo.

🎬Floaty BTS @float_financial

@parsaxa @float_financial @anirudhbv_ce @gtskeg @shaheersan GitHub: github.com/Parsa1ll/floaty

🛟 Introducing Floaty for @float_financial > me and @4derekwang went to the Susa x KP event > thought about panel talk on: Execution > Idea > decided to execute in 24 hrs > researched and built an MCP over Float API with 60+ tools shoutout @anirudhbv_ce @gtskeg @shaheersan

@parsa_ahhh @cursor_ai @YTExo1k @dishes_io 🔥

🤵 we built @cursor_ai for fashion > made it in 24hrs @ nexhacks (cmu) > got noticed by vcs and businesss > now we’re building it for production as an ai stylist @4derekwang @YTExo1k @dishes_io

📍 E7 —> CMU 6 hour drive, exited to be building at NexHacks for the nex 24hrs @4derekwang @YTExo1k @dishes_io

cannot fathom how Waterloo students are this locked in. just organized a project building event in uw cs club. damn these waterloo students are cracked. 👩‍💻