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Autonomous Systems
How machines perceive, decide, and move through the world.
ActivePersonal digital space
ASLAM.
I work with Tesla’s Autopilot team, and spend my time learning how the modern world actually works.
Fields of interest — tap a sticker
Four fields, one curiosity. Tap a sticker to see what each one means here.
01 — Now
What I’m exploring
A living list. It changes as my curiosity does — last updated September 2026.
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Battery Management Systems
How energy is stored, balanced, and kept safe.
Studying03
Artificial Intelligence
Following the frontier — models, agents, and what’s actually new.
Active04
Electronics
Microcontrollers, circuits, and learning by building.
Building05
Financial Markets
Six years of investing — still watching price discover truth.
Active02 — Writing
Notes & essays
Long-form thinking on AI and economics. Written by a human, read by whoever’s curious.
SpaceX Wants 80,000 Towers. It Does Not Want to Own Them.
SpaceX isn't buying 80,000 towers — it's trying to rent space on them. Here's why satellites alone can't replace towers, why the tower owners win either way, and why a fourth carrier is still years away.
I Fired Every Budgeting App and Hired a Bot That Works for Free
My accountant charges $0 a month, never sleeps, and lives inside WhatsApp. All I do is photograph receipts. Here's how I built a budget bot for the laziest version of myself — and why it worked when every app failed.
The AI Revolution: How a Simple Guess Became Something That Feels Intelligent
From autocomplete to intelligence — how predicting the next word scaled into something that feels like thinking.
Every AI CEO Is Warning About Danger. But What If the Real Problem Is Economics?
The loudest warnings about AI are about safety. The quieter — and nearer — disruption is economic.
03 — Experiments
Things I’m building
Small builds and honest notes — not a portfolio of claims. If it isn’t here, it isn’t finished (or isn’t worth showing yet).
E.01Ongoing
Microcontroller Prototypes
Hands-on builds — circuits and code, learning electronics by making things work.
E.02Live
iamaslam.com
This site. Hand-built with plain HTML, CSS and JavaScript — no frameworks, no tracking.
04 — About
The short version
I work with Tesla’s Autopilot team, and I’m fascinated by the systems underneath modern life — the machines that drive themselves, the batteries that power them, and the intelligence increasingly woven through both.
Step 01
Business
Started in business and commerce — learned how markets move and why incentives matter.
Step 02
Technology
Moved from using technology to needing to understand it. Taught myself along the way.
Step 03
Autonomous Systems
Now working with Tesla’s Autopilot team — machines that perceive and decide.
Step 04
Electronics
Prototyping with microcontrollers. There’s no faster teacher than a circuit that won’t blink.
Step 05
Battery Systems
Studying battery management — because the future runs on stored energy.
Step 06
Artificial Intelligence
Writing and thinking about where intelligence is going — and what it costs.
Education
Master’s in Economics & Commerce
Markets
Investing for 6 years
Currently
Battery Management Systems certification
My background is unconventional — I came to technology through business and went deeper from there. This site is where I keep notes on what I’m learning, building, and thinking about.
05 — Contact
Have something interesting?
Say hello.
hello@iamaslam.com
I read everything. I reply to most things.