gyenes.xyz

Who am I?

I’m Béla, a 20-year-old high school student. I’m interested in physics, engineering, 3D printing, note-taking , and photography. I study informatics in school.

I like projects where learning something new will actually help me in the future, or help develop a deep understanding in certain subjects. Lately, I started connecting ideas, events, people and topics together in simple markdown notes. I am still working on my note-taking methods.

Free time

My (free) time right now consists of:

  • maintaining some small websites
  • writing programs in low-level languages, both in embedded systems and for my own purposes
  • finding a way to automate everything, as cost-free as I can

Focus areas

Right now, I am focusing on...

  • converting my soon-to-be public notes to my website
  • solving high school level physics problems with ease
  • learning the ins and outs of Solidworks and 3D printing
  • building small engineering projects with embedded systems, with the help of Arduino or Raspberry Pi
  • learning composition, good editing in my photography sessions (importance in order: street, nature, portrait photography)

I keep my notes organized in the following way:

  • I use tags and links
  • I avoid unnecessary folder structures

Physics

I’m most interested in models that help explain or predict things. Thus, my main focus area is classical physics. I use physics to solve real-life problems I face during projects. But it is really fun to solve textbook problems.

3D Printing

My 3D printer is an Neptune 4 Plus. I 3D print...

  • replacement parts for faulty devices
  • mechanisms
  • organizing items
  • decorative items

Engineering

I use Matlab, Solidworks, LTSpice, ANSYS for design purposes. The actual physical systems I work with are microcontrollers, Raspberry Pi computers for electronics projects; the aforementioned 3D printer for cases and mechanisms.

Photography

Photography gives me a reason to slow down and observe. Focusing on street photography most of the time, I usually try to capture the moment or just shoot a nice photo. Part of me thinks it's art, part of me thinks it's just capturing memories. Nowadays, I can rarely spare time for this hobby of mine.

Note-Taking

Neatly organized notes are external memory. We can call this external memory a second brain, like most note-takers do.

Across everything I do, I try to stay consistent in...

  • keeping my notes organized
  • tracking my progress on projects