April 2026 – fiquett.com

19 days of listening: what my balcony microphone learned about seattle’s corvids

a raspberry pi on my balcony has been listening for 19 days. using birdnet and mfcc voice fingerprinting, it identified…

brandon fiquett2026/04/272026/04/27

do it yourself projects technology

raspberry pi 5 wifi rejected by eero: status_code=16 (and what finally fixed it)

if you’ve landed here because your raspberry pi 5 refuses to connect to an eero mesh router and your logs…

brandon fiquett2026/04/072026/04/27

brandon is an infrastructure engineer and systems builder focused on creating technology that holds up under pressure. his work spans cloud architecture, large scale linux automation, and resilient systems designed to be durable, observable, and dependable in real world conditions.

after stepping away from a fundamentalist background, he rebuilt his life around curiosity, agency, and ethical responsibility. that evolution shapes how he approaches technology. systems should expand human capability without diminishing human dignity.

his interests explore the edges of distributed systems, signal research, remote sensing, and science fiction as a blueprint for better futures. he writes and builds at the intersection of infrastructure, exploration, and stewardship, always asking how to design systems that last and genuinely help people.