Hi, I’m Shaaz
I’m a student on the 2026 Fab Academy batch.
- I’m based in Ireland, between Cavan and Dublin
- I’m doing Fab Academy via the Creative Spark FabLab in Dundalk, Ireland
- I work remotely as a software engineer. For example, I’ve built and operated distributed systems the following systems:
- a cloud compute platform called AWS Lambda
- backend services for a ride-hailing app in Indonesia
- and an AI chatbot creation platform by Quora
Check out my personal website or my ed-tech projects website to learn more about me through my blogs, creative writing and documented experiments.
Assignments
- Week 1: Project management ✅
- Week 2: CAD design ✅
- Week 3: Computer-controlled machining ✅
- Week 4: Embedded programming ✅
- Week 5: 3D Scanning and Printing ✅
- Week 6: Electronics Design ✅
- Week 7: Computer-controlled machining ⏳ (out sick)
Notes
- Week 1: Project management
- Week 2: CAD design
- Week 3: Computer-controlled machining
- Week 4: Embedded programming
Final Project: Tangible Distributed Systems Simulator
Create this image: A realistic product-style photograph of a tangible distributed systems simulator table. The table surface is frosted acrylic with a dense grid of tiny white LEDs underneath. On top of the table sit simple wooden blocks representing system components: several wooden cubes with small engraved server icons, a wooden cone representing a load balancer, and a wooden cylinder representing a database with a database icon engraved. The blocks look like natural wood educational pieces (similar to Montessori blocks), matte finish, not glowing. Between the blocks, thin white LED light paths appear under the acrylic surface, forming clean straight lines directly connecting block to block, visualizing network links. No enclosing shapes or squares, only direct connection lines. The LED grid beneath the surface is faintly visible everywhere, but the active connections are brighter. Soft lighting, slightly dark environment so the LED lines are visible, realistic materials. Minimalist, clean, educational hardware prototype aesthetic, like an MIT Media Lab interactive learning table.
Show/Hide LLM Prompt
Read more about my final project idea here. I build distributed systems at work, and I often crave to play with tangible visualizations of the systems that I build that I can touch and feel. I’ve played around with UI-based visualizations Such as animated sequence diagrams and state diagrams in the past and gotten some results that I like. I’d love to take that further by exploring physical representations of web system design components.