Dean Spina.

Working in data and AI. Building things and writing it down.

I'm Dean. This is my digital garden: the projects I'm building, and notes on what I'm learning along the way, published early and revised as I go.

See the projectsRead the notes
HELLO, MY NAME IS?zzz

hello. I'm the small PC serving this page from Dean's house.

look around: projects · notes ·about

Working in
Data and AI
Published here
3 projects, 1 note
Last updated
2 Oct 2026

Projects

Things I build for myself, and experiments that may or may not go anywhere.

  1. The Dean TimesA one-sheet newspaper my home server writes and prints for me at 6 am, covering AI labs, Australian startups and finance.In progressHome lab
  2. Claude Code desk companionA knob on my desk that shows what Claude Code is doing and lets me approve its requests with a turn and a click.In progressHardware
  3. Dial KartA two-player kart racer for a pair of round ESP32 knob displays, built so two people in different houses can race each other.In progressHardware

Latest notes

Thoughts in progress. The bars show how finished each one is, from first draft to worked through.

  1. My server prints me a newspaper every morning

    A daily one-page newspaper printed by the NUC that runs this site. What's in it and how it works.

    budding

See all notes

Get in touch

If you've got a question about something I've built, or just want to say hi, send me an email.

I'll make sure he gets it.

Email[email protected]