About Me
Hi, I’m Xander van Pelt. I’ve explored optimization research, signal processing, graphics programming and SaaS, driven by curiosity about how math, code, and art converge. Along the way, I’ve written a few essays which all live here. Enjoy!
Recent Writings
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ClassroomFeed Is Up: Time For a Breakdown!
ClassroomFeed Is Up!
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Why Agentic Wins (and Why It Sometimes Doesn't)
How rebuilding a broken LLM-powered automation system led to a paradigm shift—from brittle procedural logic to robust agentic design.
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From Digital Bops to Twigs Snapping in Swedish Woods
How natural sound design can make our digital world feel warmer.
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Neutron v2: A Modular, AI-Native Java Game Engine
Neutron v2: A Modular, AI-Native Java Game Engine
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Hot Hands in the NBA: Is the Streak Real?
Hot Hands in the NBA: Is the Streak Real?
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Neutron v2 Devblog: New Features, New Visuals
Neutron v2 Devblog: New Features, New Visuals
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Ship Fast Directory: Tools to 10x Your Product Launch Speed
Ship Fast Directory: Tools to 10x Your Product Launch Speed
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Effortless MySQL with AI: Introducing lazy-mysql-wizard
Introducing lazy-mysql-wizard
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HHIS Tutor Board Design Revision and Addendum
layout: post title: “HHIS Tutor Board Design Revision and Addendum” date: 2025-02-19 categories: tutor-board hhis —
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Technical Report: Implementation of Sand and Water Simulation in java-sand-sim
Implementation of Sand and Water Simulation in XenenDev/java-sand-sim
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Jansen’s Linkage Optimization
A comparison of Genetic Algorithms (GA), Gradient Descent (GD) and Simulated Annealing (SA) and how they differ in effectiveness when optimizing li...
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Fractal PCA Image Compression: An Exploration
An exploration into JPEG image compression and developing my own ideas.
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A Looong Devblog: The Tutor Board Design Process
A Looong Devblog: The Tutor Board Design Process”
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HHIS Tutor Board Design Outline