React Component IDE and Publishing Marketplace
Built a cloud-based IDE for developing and reusing React components using VS Code Server hosted on AWS ECS — allowing developers to create, test, and publish...
What It Is
Teaching is the practice of helping others acquire knowledge or skills. On this site, it matters because it transfers across technical, operational, and venture work instead of staying trapped in one narrow context.
Learn more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teaching
Reflections and Queries
This section captures how I think through ideas, questions, and experiences over time.
Reflections and Questions
A hub for formative stories, unresolved questions, and reflective pages that have shaped how Michael Orlando thinks.
Remote Lab for Teaching LabVIEW (Google Meet + AWS Workspaces)
Built a remote learning environment during the pandemic so students could access LabVIEW software and physical lab hardware from anywhere — keeping a robotics program running when everything else shut down.
Robotics (FIRST, FRC, and Beyond)
Robotics brings together many of the things I care about most: building, learning, teamwork, mentorship, and the joy of making complex systems real.
Robotics and Teaching
Projects building robots, mentoring students through FIRST Robotics, and creating the tools and environments that make hands-on learning possible.
Study and Philosophy
Engagement with philosophy, religion, poetry, and wisdom traditions as practical tools for living — not abstract decoration, but working frameworks for meaning, ethics, and equanimity.
Theories That Appeal to me
Fascinating Theories and Concepts: Explore the theories and ideas that captivate my intellect and influence my thinking.
What I’m learning
This page reflects what I am actively learning right now.
What I’m thinking about
This page is a place for the ideas that are actively occupying my attention.