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title: "Uses"
description: "Hardware, software, and tools Abdalrahman Ibrahim uses daily"
updatedAt: "2025-05-15"
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## Workstation

- **OS:** Ubuntu 22.04 LTS — everything in robotics runs on Linux
- **Machine:** [TODO: add hardware spec] — running ROS2, Docker, and CUDA workloads
- **Editor:** VS Code with C/C++, Python, and ROS extensions

## Development

- **Languages:** C++17 for inference and robotics; Python for prototyping and data pipelines; TypeScript for tooling
- **Build:** CMake + colcon (ROS2 workspaces)
- **Containerisation:** Docker — all deployment targets use containers; dev environments use Dev Containers
- **Version control:** Git, GitHub

## Robotics stack

- **Middleware:** ROS2 (Humble / Iron)
- **Inference runtime:** ONNX Runtime — runs the same model on x86 dev and ARM robot hardware
- **Computer vision:** OpenCV 4.x
- **Point cloud:** PCL (Point Cloud Library)
- **Simulation:** Gazebo / Ignition

## ML / AI

- **Training:** PyTorch — export to ONNX for deployment
- **Quantisation:** ONNX Runtime quantisation tools (INT8, FP16)
- **Experiment tracking:** [TODO: MLflow / W&B — confirm]

## Hardware I work with

- AGILOX AMR hardware (proprietary)
- LiDAR sensors: [TODO: specific models]
- RGB-D cameras: [TODO: specific models]
- Edge compute boards: [TODO: Jetson / other]

## Terminal / Shell

- **Shell:** zsh + Oh My Zsh
- **Terminal:** [TODO: add terminal emulator]
- **Multiplexer:** tmux — essential for multi-pane ROS2 development

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*Updated May 2025.*