From the Lab & Beyond
Thoughts on computational biology, AI, software development, and other curiosities.
Visitor Number Three-ish: A Friendly Look at 3I/ATLAS
A personal, science-forward look at interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS. Why it matters, why it’s not a light show, and a tiny bit of tinfoil fun.
Building a Sentiment Tracker over BlueSky
A sentiment analysis tracker for the lost people over at the more free version of a certain 250-character post social media outlet. BlueSky has evolved into a good alternative to that chirping bird (formerly named obvoiously).
Building a Lightweight Job Scheduler Prototype
A lightweight job scheduling and status tracking prototype built with Flask, Celery, Redis, and MongoDB. Designed to quietly queue, process, and monitor tasks without overengineering. A clean backbone for bigger builds.
Clinical mental health classifier with a dash of "Vibe coding"
A simply overcomplicated mental health detector. What started as a random project, turned into a full-fledged MVP Clinical Mental Health Classifier.
My Journey Writing a Review on AI in Drug Discovery
From the initial literature survey to the final submission, this post details the months-long process of writing my first review paper on AI's role in advancing drug discovery.
Building the ADMET AI Module for InstaDock v2
Building the ADMET AI for InstaDock v2 was a solo journey through massive datasets, complex models, and the frustrating world of academic publishing.
The Software Engineering Behind InstaDock v2
Beyond the science, a robust tool needs solid engineering. This post covers the UI/UX redesign, backend refactoring, and packaging challenges for the new InstaDock release.
The Story of PyPAn: From a Simple Script to a Published Tool
PyPAn started as a personal script to automate protein analysis. This is the story of how it evolved into a user-friendly GUI, the hurdles faced, and the path to publication.