Programming & the web
I’m learning by building useful pages and applications, then working through the problems that come with them.
- PHP & MySQL
- HTML & CSS
- Python
- Arduino programming / C++
About me / George Makarow
A lifetime of making.
Still learning.
Master cabinetmaker, maker, and lifelong learner. I spent 43 years building with wood. Today, that same curiosity carries me into electronics, programming, and 3D printing.
I enjoy understanding how things work — and finding a way forward when they don’t.
Born August 26, 196343 years in cabinetmakingRetired, with plenty left to build
01 / The foundation
Craftsmanship stays with you.
Working as a master cabinetmaker taught me the value of accuracy, planning, patience, and problem solving. A good result starts with a solid foundation and an understanding of how every piece fits.
Those habits still guide me. Whether I’m wiring a breadboard, designing a printed part, or tracking down a PHP error, I take it one step at a time: understand the job, build carefully, test it, and learn from the result.
“Every bug has its lesson.”
02 / New tools, familiar curiosity
What keeps me building
Electronics & design
Small bench experiments help me understand how software, circuits, and moving parts work together.
- Arduino, ESP32 & Raspberry Pi Pico
- Breadboards, LEDs & motor control
- Autodesk Fusion
- 3D modelling & printing
RC builds & hobbies
I’ve always enjoyed building, adjusting, and understanding models that move — on the ground and in the air.
- RC airplanes
- RC trucks & cars
- RC helicopters
- Wireless controls & printed parts
03 / My lab
Where ideas meet the workbench.
This is where I work through ideas and turn them into real projects. Some begin with a kit, others with a circuit, a piece of code, or a part I want to design.
The useful part is understanding the result. When something doesn’t work, I keep testing until the pieces start to make sense.
See what’s on the workbench →04 / Learning through real projects
Useful things, built one step at a time.
G-Portal
My personal cloud storage project is a practical way to learn PHP, MySQL, web development, and server management. Login, uploads, file tools, ZIP downloads, and dashboard statistics have grown from small, manageable steps.
I read the code, work through the bugs, and keep earlier versions as I go.
GEOMAC Maker Notebook
A growing record of my electronics and RC projects, with photographs, demonstration videos, sketches, connection drawings, and build notes as they become available.
It brings the experiments together and keeps credit with the original makers when I build from a kit.
Visit the maker notebook ↗05 / Share an idea
There’s always another project.
If you’d like to ask about a build, available plans, or a kit I’ve worked with, get in touch. I’m happy to share what I’ve learned.
Forged in Troubleshooting.
Clean. Learn. Build. — George Makarow