PAPER GIRL - A 1:27 one-take Pixar-style animated short
WHY I MADE IT -
My Fiance is a doctor now. At fifteen, she delivered newspapers around our neighborhood every single morning - cat occasionally in tow, one neighbor's dog who insisted on catching the paper mid-air. Paper Girl...
Nikit is a local-first AI desktop application I designed and built around my custom ZaqX language model. The project combines a modern desktop interface with local AI inference, context handling, tool controls, and a privacy-focused architecture.
I built the application with React, TypeScript, Vite, Tauri, and CSS Modules, with a modular architecture designed for performance and maintainability. The project also includes a custom small language model and supporting AI infrastructure.
The goal was to create a practical AI workspace that feels like a real product rather than a simple chatbot, while keeping the experience fast, focused, and local-first.
Real-time 3D shader experiment built with Three.js. Features a custom vertex shader that deforms the sphere geometry with layered noise (position frequency, warp, twirl controls) and a physically-based material with transmission, iridescence, and clearcoat. All parameters are tweakable live via a debug GUI.