charlie rodiger

serial generalist, serial hobbyist

email: charlie@rodiger.io

this page automatically updates its content from a google doc, and will therefore be quite raw. it’s more of a personal journal than a portfolio site

C/2025 A6 (Lemmon) Over Newark, NJ -- taken by me

— random thought —

Local LLMs are incredible. I can work anywhere, and have lossy access to humanity’s knowledge inside my laptop.

now: signal processing, local ML

projects

gdguess

Machine learning model trained to take an audio clip and predict the date of the corresponding Grateful Dead show. {in progress, trained multiple models, none great. still pushing here}

emoji connections

NYT connections, but with emojis.

rodiger.io

~this~

haiku weather

The daily local weather, via haiku.

spellbook notes

Concept similar to notebook lm, but made by me. No longer under active development, and does not work well.

hobbies i’m proud of

dev

ghostty
glove80

deep space astrophotography

astrobin <- more images here

gear 1 (2023 - 2025)

scope: Orion Apex 90mm
mount: Star Adventurer GTi
primary cam: ZWO ASI533MC Pro
guide cam: ZWO ASI120MM-MINI
guide scope: William Optics 32mm f/3.75 UniGuide
dew heater: Generic one from china
power: Jackery Explorer 300

gear 2 (smaller, better, 2025 - ?)

optimized for portability + setup speed

scope: Redcat 51
mount: ZWO AM3
primary & guide cam & computer: ZWO ASI2600 MC Air
dew heater: these are mostly all the same
Power: Jackery Explorer 1000