Independent Research Lab

GRIM
LABS

by obed.gyamfi

An independent research and engineering laboratory exploring software, hardware, and scientific systems through design, experimentation, security research, and open knowledge sharing.

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001 — About

Profile

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GRIM LABS is an independent research and engineering laboratory focused on understanding, building, and analyzing complex systems.

Our work spans software systems, hardware systems, security research, and applied sciences. Through experimentation, engineering, and first-principles investigation, we explore how systems are designed, how they behave, and how they fail.

By documenting projects, research, discoveries, and lessons learned openly, we aim to build a long-term body of knowledge that bridges theory, engineering, and real-world systems.

DOMAINS
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ACTIVE PROJECTS
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RESEARCH AREAS
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002 — Domains

Research
Domains

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Software Systems

Application engineering, software architecture, automation, developer tooling, intelligent systems, and computational infrastructure.

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Hardware Systems

Embedded systems, electronics, PCB design, firmware development, electrical engineering, and physical computing.

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Security Research

Vulnerability discovery, application security, adversarial analysis, system failures, reverse engineering, and security automation.

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Applied Sciences

Mathematics, physics, computational modeling, systems theory, and the scientific foundations of engineering.

003 — Knowledge

Technical
Cartography

Software Systems
  • Web applications
  • Backend systems
  • Developer tooling
  • Automation platforms
  • System architecture
  • Computational infrastructure
Hardware Systems
  • PCB design
  • Embedded systems
  • Firmware development
  • Electrical design
  • Industrial control systems
  • Physical computing
Security Research
  • Application security
  • Vulnerability research
  • Attack surface analysis
  • Security automation
  • Reverse engineering
  • System failure analysis
Applied Sciences
  • Mathematics
  • Physics
  • Computational modeling
  • Systems theory
  • Scientific computing
  • Engineering analysis
004 — Projects

Selected
Works

- Selected builds from the lab.

grimx - GCC Runtime & Installation Manager, Cross-platform

A Python CLI tool that scaffolds, builds, and manages dependencies for C and C++ projects. Wraps vcpkg (manifest mode), CMake, and a manager-agnostic lock file into a minimal, reproducible developer workflow.

in progress
005 — Writings

Research
Notes