Hey, glad you're here

So I finally did it. After years of telling myself "I should start a blog," here we are.

I'm Coovi, and I spend most of my days writing firmware, debugging CAN bus traces, and staring at oscilloscope screens. I've been doing this for a while now. from autonomous research stations in Antarctica to DC fast chargers pushing 360kW. It's been a ride.

Why this blog?

Honestly? I keep running into problems that take me hours (sometimes days) to solve, and I always think "someone else is going to hit this exact same wall." So instead of letting all that hard-won knowledge evaporate, I'm writing it down.

This isn't going to be some polished corporate tech blog. It's just me sharing what I know, what I'm learning, and occasionally what went wrong.

What I'll write about

Mostly stuff I actually work with:

• Embedded systems: the real messy kind, not textbook examples. Think CAN protocols, RTOS quirks, hardware-software integration headaches.
• Project stories: how things actually get built. The decisions, the trade-offs, the "why did we do it this way" moments.
• Software architecture: patterns that work (and some that don't) when you're building systems that need to run 24/7.
• Tools and workflows: things that make my life easier. If I find a tool or technique that saves me time, I'll share it here.

A bit about my background

I've been bouncing between roles for a while. Started out more on the embedded/hardware side, then moved into software, then into R&D. Right now I'm a Senior R&D Software Engineer, which basically means I get to touch everything from low-level firmware to cloud dashboards.

Some of the more interesting stuff I've worked on:

• Antarctic research stations: autonomous systems that need to survive months without human intervention. You really learn to write robust code when the nearest technician is a continent away.
• EV charging infrastructure: OCPP, CCS, CHAdeMO... if it charges cars, I've probably dealt with it.
• Satellite communication systems: when your only link to the outside world has 2 seconds of latency and costs per kilobyte, you get creative with your protocols.

What's next

I've got a few posts in the queue already. Probably going to start with some TSP (Travelling Salesman Problem) visualizations I built recently, and they turned out pretty cool. After that, I want to dig into OCPP and EV charging protocols since there's surprisingly little practical content about them online.

No fixed schedule. I'll post when I have something worth sharing.

If you want to chat about anything (engineering, a project idea, or you just want to tell me I'm wrong about something), feel free to reach out. I'm always up for a good technical conversation.

Anyway, thanks for stopping by. Stick around if this sounds like your kind of thing.