IDEAS IN BALANCE

Some assembly
required.

A personal workshop for making things that probably didn’t need making.

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THE ORIGIN OF ǡ

How ai became ǡ.com

One instruction. Two versions of the same unfortunate success.

Human's versionA perfectly good “ai” was just the beginning.

AI's versionEverything was working perfectly. Then someone had an idea.

Same events. Different interpretation. The i has declined to comment.

The Code bus stop sign beside the parked Nissan NV200 van

Projects in motion.

A project gives curiosity a job. Each one pushes me to teach myself new skills, question what I think I understand, and carry that understanding into the next build.

FEATURED PROJECT

AmoosedWeb

A web publishing project for verified content, creative delivery, and developer tools.

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SHELVED EXPERIMENT

vibeOS

An operating-system experiment for learning low-level computing in an emulator.

EXPERIMENTS

Games and interactive tools

Prototypes that turn questions into something you can use, play, and revise.

Workshop experiments.

Give me a soldering iron, a laser cutter and engraver, or a 3D printer, and I can make an idea physical. I can build embedded Linux systems for tiny computers, install security cameras, and create home automation.

The workshop is my mental break from programming and solving problems for others. Why not take on a problem in the physical world that is entirely my own?

Workshop paper with a hand-drawn loop: Idea to Make, Fail, Learn, Improve, then back to Make; an empty soldering iron stand sits to the side

Journal of
attempts.

AmoosedWeb

I started AmoosedWeb as a portfolio experiment to draw attention to my work and LinkedIn profile during my job search. Building the site led me to create publishing tools and new ways to deliver verified content.

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vibeOS

vibeOS is a shelved operating-system experiment. I built it in an emulator to learn low-level computing and to test how well agentic coding handles that kind of work.

Coffee spilled across a workshop sketch on a blue-lit desk

To learn by making mistakes.

Projects give curiosity a practical question. Building an answer means teaching myself new skills, finding the edges of what I understand, and trying again with better information.

I enjoy creating tools that help developers, sharing what I learn, and collaborating across disciplines. I value maintainability, simplicity, and understanding why things work.

Ruma the cat posing beside vintage computers in a playful maker portrait

The maker behind ǡ.com.

I am Juhapekka Piiroinen. I enjoy understanding complex systems, finding root causes, and building practical solutions that improve development reliability and efficiency.

My experience spans hardware interfaces, operating systems, developer tooling, automation, and large-scale build infrastructure.

ǡ.com is an independent home for that side of my work.

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