Building tools for tinkerers and creating hopeful futures.

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Projects

Projects

Tools, robots & applications built to help people tinker and create with optimism.

  1. Starmind

    Building a tiny, intelligent language model that even a 5-year-old can run on a $15 Raspberry Pi.

  2. Bentobot

    A robot fight tournament you can play from your bed. 3 robots, 1 app, 100+ players. Featured on Raspberry Pi Magazine.

  3. OG ComfySpace

    A universal remote control for hobbyist robots — the project that started it all. 1.5 years in the making.

Lab

Lab

Active experiments, prototypes & weekend builds — all code, datasets, and budgets shared openly.

  1. CADMonkey

    Fine-tuned Gemma3 to generate 3D files from text. 35k synthetic OpenSCAD dataset. 380+ models created in 12 hours on Reddit.

  2. Arcadia

    An infinite canvas anyone can draw on and everyone can see. Built in 1 week, 400+ users from 2 Reddit posts.

  3. Starmind Pico

    Training a language model to run on the RP2040 microcontroller. 176 architecture variants tested for $20.

  4. TinyGSM

    Replicating Microsoft's TinyGSM with multi-teacher synthetic data and diverse LLMs. Fine-tuning Gemma3-270M for grade school math.

Writing

Writing

Inspiration, field notes, and reflections on making things.

  1. Bumble Bee

    "Ignoring these laws, the bee flies anyway." An inspirational reminder that you can just do things.

  2. Building Hopeful Futures

    On making software that feels handmade, hopeful, and human — the philosophy behind ComfySpace.

  3. YouTube Channel

    Making complex robotics & AI projects simple and fun. @thomasthemaker

About

About

Thomas the Maker — an Engineer from Melbourne, FL who loves to tinker and build.

  1. Who is Thomas?

    Mechanical/Robotics Engineer turned Software & ML. Building tools for tinkerers from Melbourne, Florida.

  2. The ComfySpace Philosophy

    Building tools for tinkerers — the goal is to allow people to build things with a sense of optimism.

  3. Uses

    The tools, hardware, and software that power the workshop.