Bazaar Market
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Systems + Software
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
A full-stack marketplace for used gear, vehicles, tools, and other high-value goods.
A custom dashboard for comparing collected test data against model predictions and engineering expectations.
An arcade-style C++ project focused on moment-to-moment control, collision, and responsive gameplay systems.
An interactive modeling and analysis dashboard built to make simulation outputs easier to inspect and compare.
An early client-facing website built to present a Pacific Northwest sculptor and quarry operation online.
NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day
Is this what will become of our Sun? Quite possibly. The first hint of our Sun's future was discovered inadvertently in 1764. At that time, Charles Messier was compiling a list of diffuse objects not to be confused with comets. The 27th object on Messier's list, now known as M27 or the Dumbbell Nebula, is a planetary nebula, one of the brightest planetary nebulas on the sky and visible with binoculars toward the constellation of the Fox (Vulpecula). It takes light about 1000 years to reach us from M27, featured here in colors enhanced by red for hydrogen and blue for oxygen. We now know that in about 6 billion years, our Sun will shed its outer gases into a planetary nebula like M27, while its remaining center will become an X-ray hot white dwarf star. Understanding the physics and significance of M27 was well beyond 18th century science, though. Even today, many things remain mysterious about planetary nebulas, including how their intricate shapes are created.