Software Architecture 13 min read
School Handbook RAG: Flask + Gemini + FAISS Explained
Deep dive into the School Handbook RAG system: how Flask, Gemini embeddings, FAISS search and retrieval-augmented generation power an AI handbook chatbot.
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12 articles covering software architecture — from fundamentals to practical engineering.
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Software Architecture 16 min read
Unbeatable Tic-Tac-Toe AI: Python Minimax Guide
Build an unbeatable Tic-Tac-Toe AI with Python Minimax, Alpha-Beta pruning, and Flask — game logic, memoization, and microservices architecture explained.
Software Architecture 8 min read
Gesture-Controlled Rock Paper Scissors with Python: How OpenCV + MediaPipe Turn Your Hand Into a Controller
A deep-dive into Gesture-RPS-Game — an open-source Python game that uses OpenCV and Google MediaPipe to play Rock Paper Scissors with hand gestures. We break down the tech stack, every method, and how computer vision logic works end-to-end.
Software Architecture 11 min read
Inside Advanced Screen Recorder: Building a Desktop Screen Capture App with Python, Tkinter, and OpenCV
A code walkthrough of azario0's Advanced Screen Recorder — a Python/Tkinter desktop app that lets you visually select a screen region and record it to MP4/AVI/MOV with OpenCV, threading, and pyautogui.
Software Architecture 9 min read
Inside a Typing Speed Tracker: Tkinter, Flask, and Chart.js Working as One System
A code walkthrough of azario0's Typing Speed Test app — a Tkinter desktop client that measures WPM/accuracy in real time and streams results to a Flask + Chart.js web dashboard over a simple REST API.
Software Architecture 5 min read
Building a Cross-Platform Zip & Unzip GUI Tool with Python and Tkinter
A deep dive into the zip_unzip_tk open-source project, exploring how Python, Tkinter, and threading come together to create a responsive, user-friendly file compression and extraction application without any external dependencies.
Software Architecture 9 min read
Inside a Real-World ML Pipeline: Building a Car Price Predictor with Scikit-learn and Flask
A code walkthrough of azario0/car_price_predictor — a full regression pipeline that engineers features, compares four models with ColumnTransformer and Pipeline, and serves the winning RandomForest model through a Flask web app.
Software Architecture 3 min read
Under the Hood of Focus Flasher: How Window Focus and Visual Alerts Work in Code
A technical breakdown of the Focus Flasher open-source project, exploring its programming language, core methods, window handling mechanisms, and visual alerting logic.
Software Architecture 8 min read
Building LexiGem: An AI-Powered Dictionary App with Google Gemini and Flask
Learn how LexiGem turns the prototype shown in its Jupyter notebook into a web application that uses Google Gemini to generate detailed dictionary-style definitions in English and French. The app combines prompt engineering, the Gemini API, Flask, Markdown rendering, and a Bootstrap-based interface to create an interactive AI-powered lexicographer.
Software Architecture 5 min read
Optimizing Teacher Schedules with Python and the Hungarian Algorithm
A deep dive into the TeacherSchedulerApp, an open-source Python project that uses SciPy, NumPy, and Tkinter to generate conflict-free, preference-optimized weekly teaching schedules for school administrators.Learn how to solve the classic assignment problem in Python. This article walks through an open-source Teacher Scheduling Application using Tkinter and the Hungarian algorithm to maximize teacher satisfaction.
Software Architecture 5 min read
Clean Architecture: What It Actually Means
Clean Architecture is not about layers and folders — it's about dependency direction. A practical explanation of the pattern, the dependency rule, and when it's worth the ceremony.
Software Architecture 6 min read
An Introduction to Distributed Systems Concepts
Replication, consensus, partitioning, and the fallacies that make distributed systems hard. A clear foundation for engineers building their first distributed service.