// physicist, builder, occasional over-engineer

Joseph
El-Forzli
notebook

Young passionate about physics and informatics. Writing about projects that drive me and stuff I build.

// projects

13 projects
Preview for Barnes-Hut N-body simulation

Barnes-Hut N-body simulation

An O(N log N) gravitational simulation using the Barnes-Hut octree algorithm.

// physics · numerical physics

Barnes-Hut N-body simulation

An O(N log N) gravitational simulation using the Barnes-Hut octree algorithm.

July 2024·10 min
Preview for René the boozer

René the boozer

A tiny live LLM coded from scratch and trained on books from François René de Chateaubriand.

// ml · literature

René the boozer

A tiny live LLM coded from scratch and trained on books from François René de Chateaubriand.

Feb. 2026·∞ min
Preview for Ising Model sampler

Ising Model sampler

A 2D Ising model using Metropolis-Hastings (rendered live in the browser). Explores phase transitions near T_c and classify phases using ML.

// physics · numerical physics · ml

Ising Model sampler

A 2D Ising model using Metropolis-Hastings (rendered live in the browser). Explores phase transitions near T_c and classify phases using ML.

Jan. 2026·10 min
Preview for Tesla Coil pt.1, DIY

Tesla Coil pt.1, DIY

Design and building of a Tesla coil capable of producing 30cm arcs. It is based on two RLC resonnant circuits.

// diy · physics

Tesla Coil pt.1, DIY

Design and building of a Tesla coil capable of producing 30cm arcs. It is based on two RLC resonnant circuits.

July 2020·8 min
Preview for Tesla Coil pt.2, Simulation

Tesla Coil pt.2, Simulation

Multi-physics simulation of my Tesla Coil. The inductance and coupling of coils ate calculated, and used with a time-domain electronic solver.

// numerical physics · informatics · physics

Tesla Coil pt.2, Simulation

Multi-physics simulation of my Tesla Coil. The inductance and coupling of coils ate calculated, and used with a time-domain electronic solver.

July 2020·8 min
Preview for Tesla Coil pt.3, Electric Discharge Simulation

Tesla Coil pt.3, Electric Discharge Simulation

Simulation of a high-voltage electric discharge in a dielectric medium. Based on an electronic field solver + a stochastic cellular automaton, the Dielectric Breakdown Model.

// numerical physics · informatics · physics

Tesla Coil pt.3, Electric Discharge Simulation

Simulation of a high-voltage electric discharge in a dielectric medium. Based on an electronic field solver + a stochastic cellular automaton, the Dielectric Breakdown Model.

Mar. 2026·8 min