Career

In my previous life, I did my undergrad in electrical and computer engineering, spending most of my time working with everything fun from large-language models to embedded microcontrollers.

I've worked as a Summer Research Intern @ UCSC (Go Slugs!) and as a lab member at Tech4Good for over a year. I was also fortunate enough to work with Prof. KC Sivaramakrishnan at Indian Institute Of Technology, Madras on Hardcaml, Jane Street's embedded DSL for designing and testing hardware designs. My long term career goal is to produce the same level of influence as Kanye West but for computer systems as a whole.

I enjoy building novel systems and reliable tools that work seamlessly and stand the test of time. This was inspired by using and exploring the design of beautiful software such as Vim, Emacs, Ripgrep, Fish shell, Linear, SQLite, Signal, Graphviz, Blender, Linux Mint, Amp, and many more.

I like programming in Rust, OCaml, C++, and Python. My experiences have taught me to prioritize ownership, autonomy, and align myself with a strong sense of mission over my work. My process for building cutting-edge systems is through rigorous engineering with creative exploration. I strive to write simple and clean code that is incredibly well-tested, approachable, and thoughtful.

I deeply care about my craft and often discuss various programming topics with senior engineers and domain experts. My engineering philosophy is heavily inspired by TIGER_STYLE, Andrew Kelley's Practical Data Oriented Design, Hard-Mode Rust, and some elements of functional programming.

Here's a quick TL;DR of me:

• I have an extreme bias for rapid prototyping and building quality software fast. I'm also hyper-optimistic when it comes to solving challenges and passionate when it comes to my work.

• I enjoy cultivating deep technical competence, seek feedback constantly, and always am on the lookout to expand my skills. I also know what I don't know, and am not afraid to reach out for help.

• I learn relatively quickly, can hit the ground running, and love debugging complex codebases. I have genuine passion for delivering outstanding results.

• I'm a niche subset of T-shaped developer, and my operating principles were heavily inspired by Valve's Employee Handbook and the blogs of Paul Graham and Joel Spolsky.