Cyberdeck BUILD

A solar-powered, off-grid computing device that carries an offline library of civilization — technical manuals, reference texts, survival knowledge, Wikipedia snapshots, and a locally-running language model. Built to function independently when the network is gone.

The hardware is a custom-built Raspberry Pi rig with a portable display, mechanical keyboard, and a solar charge controller feeding a LiFePO4 battery pack. The whole thing fits in a messenger bag and runs indefinitely in direct sunlight.

The software stack is intentionally minimal: a local LLM (Ollama + Mistral) for reasoning tasks, Kiwix for offline Wikipedia and reference libraries, and a custom Python dashboard for system status and book access. No telemetry, no cloud dependency, no subscription.

This project sits at the intersection of solarpunk values and practical preparedness — not doomism, but the quiet satisfaction of knowing you can think, learn, and create regardless of infrastructure. Knowledge should be resilient.