What I'm focused on right now. Inspired by nownownow.com.

Last updated: February 2026

🔧 working on

  • Finishing MS thesis on agentic AI workflows
  • Building privacy-preserving LLM evaluation tools
  • This portfolio (obviously)

📚 reading

📖
Designing Data-Intensive Applications Martin Kleppmann
📚
The Alignment Problem Brian Christian

🎧 listening to

Lo-fi coding beats Chillhop
Japanese Breakfast Khruangbin Men I Trust

🧠 learning

  • Advanced Rust async patterns
  • Graph attention networks
  • Claude MCP development
  • Better cooking (sourdough era)

✨ obsessed with

  • Making my terminal aesthetic
  • Morning cold brew ritual
  • The concept of "good enough"
  • DC's hidden coffee shops

📍 based in

Washington, D.C.

Open to: remote, hybrid, or in-person opportunities

👋

that's me, checking in!