The latest articles on Forem by Alexander Melde (@alexandermelde). https://forem.com/alexandermelde https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F390289%2F397a5432-457e-4c6d-a187-d6c3c622911f.jpeg https://forem.com/alexandermelde en Alexander Melde Tue, 21 Oct 2025 22:27:12 +0000 https://forem.com/alexandermelde/spooky-css-scene-2maf https://forem.com/alexandermelde/spooky-css-scene-2maf <p><em>This is a submission for <a href="https://dev.to/challenges/frontend-2025-10-15">Frontend Challenge - Halloween Edition, CSS Art</a>.</em></p> <h2> Inspiration </h2> <p>Classic Trick or Treat in the Neighborhood - Jack o Laterns, Pumpkins, Ghosts, a Full Moon and some bats.</p> <h2> Demo </h2> <p> <iframe height="600" src="https://codepen.io/melde/embed/wBMmBqE?height=600&amp;default-tab=result&amp;embed-version=2"> </iframe> </p> <h2> Journey </h2> <p>I thought about the scene, described it carefully, and then had some help from AI when implementing it. Finally, I converted it to HAML, which is really convienient when using codepen.</p> frontendchallenge devchallenge css Alexander Melde Wed, 20 May 2020 13:51:17 +0000 https://forem.com/alexandermelde/synthetic-data-for-action-recognition-28lm https://forem.com/alexandermelde/synthetic-data-for-action-recognition-28lm <p>I am currently writing my masters thesis about using synthetic videos (generated using game engines) to improve the accuracy of action recognition models.</p> <p>Stay tuned for more, i will publish first results soon!</p> <h2> Abstract </h2> <p>Human action recognition in public places is a challenging task. In this thesis a new dataset of actions in public places is presented, which was generated by a 3D simulation. It is then shown that the dataset can be used to improve existing action recognition models.</p> <h2> My Final Project </h2> <p>will be published on <a href="https://github.com/AlexanderMelde">https://github.com/AlexanderMelde</a> after the official examination procedure.</p> <h2> How I built it </h2> <p><em>what's the stack? did I run into issues or discover something new along the way?</em></p> <p>Currently using Unity Game Engine and Keras, more information will be published here after the official examination procedure.</p> <h2> Additional Thoughts / Feelings / Stories </h2> <p>I have the feeling this will lead to a success, stay tuned and follow me here or on <a href="https://github.com/AlexanderMelde">GitHub</a> for more information!</p> octograd2020 devgrad2020 showdev upcoming