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
2026-06-08 | Comet R3 PanSTARRS Through Time
What happens to a comet as it leaves our inner Solar System? Now, the arrival of a comet into the inner Solar System is typically heralded with great fanfare and high hopes that the comet will become bright and photogenic. But on the way out, the comet's nucleus is less warmed by the Sun, less gas and dust are expelled, the bright coma around the nucleus shrinks and fades, and the tail length drops off. Many comets will then return to the outer Solar System and only return in hundreds or thousands of years. In contrast, some comets -- like Comet C/2025 R3 (PanSTARRS) -- receive a gravitational kick from the planets and so will never return. Pictured, Comet R3 PanSTARRs was imaged deeply many nights in early to mid-May near Cerro Paranal in Chile. Later images appear closer to the top and clearly show the shrinking ion tail. Comet R3 Gallery: Comet R3 PanSTARRS in 2026