Bazaar Market
Visit bazaar.rocks Web Dev Full-stack commerce SvelteKitDjangoPostgreSQLTailwind CSS
A full-stack marketplace for used gear, vehicles, tools, and other high-value goods.
Systems + Software
Engineering tools with a product mindset
I'm Rob Rothschild, a systems & software engineer in Bellingham, WA, focused on simulation, data analytics, and interactive tools for hardware and test systems.
Explore projects across C++ gameplay, Python and MATLAB data-analysis tools, and modern web apps built with Astro, Django, and SvelteKit.
Current Projects
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Testing Dashboard
Engineering Lab workflow tooling MATLABPythonSQLSignal Processing
A custom dashboard for comparing collected test data against model predictions and engineering expectations.
Base Defender
Interactive Systems C++ prototype C++EmscriptenGameplay Systems
An arcade-style C++ project focused on moment-to-moment control, collision, and responsive gameplay systems.
Simulytics
Engineering Analytics platform PythonDjangoSvelteKitFlask
An interactive modeling and analysis dashboard built to make simulation outputs easier to inspect and compare.
Londonderry Quarry
Web Dev Client website AstroStatic Site DesignContent Structure
An early client-facing website built to present a Pacific Northwest sculptor and quarry operation online.
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day
2026-07-15 | Red Sprites in the Tatacoa Desert
Is there an angry Sith using force lightning in the Tatacoa Desert? This is not science fiction, but a red sprite with multiple streamers! Ordinary lightning occurs when thundercloud particles collide, lose their electrons, and build up negative charge at the cloud bottom. The cloud’s negative charge repels negative charge deeper into the Earth, leaving Earth’s surface positively charged. The opposite charges attract, reaching towards each other and superheating the air into a white strike of plasma. Red sprites are millisecond events triggered by positive cloud-to-ground lightning. They extend up into the mesosphere where the air is too thin for thunder. Their red glow comes from heated molecular nitrogen. There are several potential causes for red sprites, including that the preceding positive lightning exposes the negatively charged cloud core to the positively charged upper atmosphere, allowing those charges to connect. NASA’s Juno has observed sprites on Jupiter, indicating that sprites occur on other planets!