Jack Reverse Engineer
PnpEng (Professional Non-Prehensile Engineer)
Meet Jack, Chipkin’s resident Reverse Engineer. While Jack lacks opposable thumbs, he more than compensates with curiosity, determination, and an unwavering commitment to understanding how things work by taking them apart.
Selected Projects
K9 Pulleez Bunny Squeak Toy
Ever wondered how small stuffed mammals are constructed? Jack certainly has.
The fastest way to learn, as any reverse engineer knows, is to disassemble the product and examine its internal components. Many humans refer to this process as ripping, chewing, or destroying. Jack prefers the term reverse engineering.
Through rigorous testing, repeated iterations, and aggressive validation, Jack has confirmed that squeakers are almost always placed in the center, structural integrity is limited, and stuffing density varies wildly.
Contributions like these advance collective knowledge. Progress often begins with curiosity — and occasionally with fluff everywhere.
Blockchains: A Point of Departure
Jack has also identified a concise five-minute roadmap for understanding blockchains (formerly known as “block chain”).
While Jack does not claim authorship, he appreciates clear explanations. Once you understand hashing and consensus protocols, the rest tends to fall into place — much like toy seams under sustained investigation.
What makes this topic worth a brief detour is not speculation or hype, but the underlying systems thinking it encourages. Blockchains introduce practical ideas around distributed trust, deterministic behavior, and fault tolerance—concepts that resonate with engineers working in automation, controls, and large-scale industrial systems. Even a lightweight overview can sharpen how one thinks about data integrity and coordination across independent components.
If you’re curious, click here for a short, accessible introduction to how it all works.
Donate a toy. Jack will be happy to test it thoroughly and without bias.