Steven Hay

Welcome

I’m Steve, an engineer learning neuroscience.

After twenty years working on complex systems—nuclear reactors, grid-scale batteries, machine learning—I’m pursuing a PhD in computational neuroscience, with interests in early visual processing.

This site is where I write about what I’m learning, share projects I’m working on, and think through ideas in public.

Photography

Photography

I’ve taken various photographs over the years, some published for the Washington Post, Washington City Paper, and other publications. (gallery)

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Digital Music

Digital Music

16-bit Scream Tracker 3 music compositions created for PC demos, playable in emulated hardware.

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Batocera Linux

Batocera Linux

Linux kernel and embedded systems work for retrogaming platform, focusing on ARM boards with RK3588 chipsets.

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MAC Address Scanner

MAC Address Scanner

Network utility using FastAPI and ZeroMQ to identify devices on a subnet by collecting and categorizing MAC addresses.

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Nonesible

Nonesible

Sometimes you need to give a simple explanation of Ansible to a person who loves using shell scripts.

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Various Coding Pursuits

Various Coding Pursuits

A relatively unorganized set of public code snippets and other tools I’ve adapted for personal use.

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