ALI ZAMANI
Full Stack Developer — web apps, games, cross-platform software, AI solutions, and robotics.
RESUME
// cat resume.log --skills --experience
projects_startups.log
HomeHost
LearningCity
FreeGadget
farmhero
work_experience.log
Freelance Full Stack Developer
Senior Software Engineer
Full Stack Developer
education.log
Associate — Computer Software
B.Sc. Software Engineering
M.Sc. Software Engineering
LAST POSTS
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How Does a Robot Know Where It Is Without GPS? A Hands-On Introduction to SLAM
SLAM — Simultaneous Localization and Mapping: why counting wheel turns is not enough, how the chicken-and-egg problem of map and position gets solved, what loop closure does, and how front-end and back-end split the work — with a complete 2D landmark SLAM in Python and SciPy that cuts path error from 1.3 meters to 8 centimeters.
What Was That Screech When Dial-Up Connected?
That dial-up screech was not noise; it was a conversation between two modems. From the dial tone and DTMF to the 2100 Hz answer tone, the V.8 menu, and line probing: why every key played two tones, why the screech was audible on an ordinary handset, and why picking up the phone killed the connection — with a full Python rebuild of the sound and an interactive dial-up lab.
Ibn Sina and AI: When a Machine Says "I"
From Ibn Sina's Flying Man thought experiment to the problem of machine consciousness: intelligence vs self-modeling vs inner experience, Searle's Chinese Room, scientific theories of consciousness and the 2023/2025 reports — with a runnable Python example and an interactive demo.