# Hello there! This is my first blog post, and my about page. ## A few facts about me (may be outdated; check out [@tetraslam](https://x.com/tetraslam) for the latest) - I'm currently a CS + Linguistics major at Northeastern University - I'll be joining [Natural](https://natural.co) as a founding engineer in January 2026 - ML Engineering Intern at [Mosaic AI Labs (YC W25)](https://usemosaic.ai/) where I built their entire public-facing API, wrote [all the docs](https://docs.usemosaic.ai/), and am currently building all their external integrations :) - I've traveled to over 30 countries (my favorites so far are Greece, Croatia, Vietnam, and Thailand) - I'm a fan of roguelike and roguelite videogames (my favorite games: Owlboy, Hades, Dead Cells, the Final Fantasy series, the Persona series, and Wildermyth) - My favorite game engine is [Godot](https://godotengine.org/) - My favorite authors are [Brandon Sanderson](https://www.brandonsanderson.com/) and [Leigh Bardugo](https://www.leighbardugo.com/) - I'm a worldbuilder in my free time - I mostly listen to [J-rock, shoegaze, and K-pop](https://open.spotify.com/user/jg360tzwslfct5mu6ftg2t46m?si=65ec44ebc07942a6) - I'm a licensed scuba diver - I speak English and French, and am currently learning Japanese, Korean, Latin, Greek, Thai, Mandarin, Vietnamese, and Italian - I like urban planning (in particular, I've worked with genetic algorithms and efficient path planning) - My favorite field of math is [topology](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Topology) - My favorite anime in no particular order are [sakurasou no pet na kanojo](https://myanimelist.net/anime/13759/Sakura-sou_no_Pet_na_Kanojo), [kill la kill](https://myanimelist.net/anime/18679/Kill_la_Kill?q=kill%20la%20kill&cat=anime), [bunny girl senpai](https://myanimelist.net/anime/37450/Seishun_Buta_Yarou_wa_Bunny_Girl_Senpai_no_Yume_wo_Minai?q=bunny%20girl%20senpai&cat=anime), [mushoku tensei](https://myanimelist.net/anime/39535/Mushoku_Tensei__Isekai_Ittara_Honki_Dasu?q=mushoku%20tensei&cat=anime), [sousou no frieren](https://myanimelist.net/anime/52991/Sousou_no_Frieren?q=frieren&cat=anime), [konosuba](https://myanimelist.net/anime/30831/Kono_Subarashii_Sekai_ni_Shukufuku_wo?q=konosuba&cat=anime), [no game no life](https://myanimelist.net/anime/19815/No_Game_No_Life?q=ngnl&cat=anime), [5 centimeters per second](https://myanimelist.net/anime/1689/Byousoku_5_Centimeter?q=5%20cm%20per%20second&cat=anime), [cyberpunk edgerunners](https://myanimelist.net/anime/42310/Cyberpunk__Edgerunners?q=cyberpunk&cat=anime), [horimiya](https://myanimelist.net/anime/42897/Horimiya?q=horimiya&cat=anime), and [evangelion](https://myanimelist.net/anime/30/Shinseiki_Evangelion?q=evangelion&cat=anime) - I'm a national [RoboCup](https://www.robocup.org/) winner and international finalist - My favorite historical eras are the [Tokugawa Shogunate](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokugawa_shogunate), the [French Revolution](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolution), the [Roman Republic](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Republic), the [Carolingian Empire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolingian_Empire), the [Ming Dynasty](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ming_dynasty), the [Napoleonic Era](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleonic_era), the [Inca Empire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inca_Empire), and the [Renaissance](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance) - My favorite philosopher is [Slavoj Žižek](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavoj_%C5%BDi%C5%BEek) - I've been playing the piano for over a dozen years - My favorite programming language is [Nim](https://nim-lang.org/) - My favorite code editor is [Helix](https://helix-editor.com/), but I mainly use [VS Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/) for convenience - I love cooking and baking because of my mom, who is a Cordon Bleu-trained pastry chef - I'm an [effective accelerationist](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effective_accelerationism) - I'm a visual novel enthusiast - I'm a cybersecurity hobbyist, training to become a red teamer for my university - I grow cherry blossom bonsai in my dorm - Piracy is morally correct - My favorite clothing brand is [Superdry](https://www.superdry.com/) - My favorite youtube channels are [gigguk](https://www.youtube.com/@gigguk), [fireship](https://www.youtube.com/@Fireship), [suckerpinch (tom7)](https://www.youtube.com/@tom7), [brackeys](https://www.youtube.com/@Brackeys), [low level learning](https://www.youtube.com/@LowLevelLearning), [louis rossman](https://www.youtube.com/@rossmanngroup), [ryan trahan](https://www.youtube.com/@ryan), [sebastian lague](https://www.youtube.com/@SebastianLague), [citynerd](https://www.youtube.com/@CityNerd), [good work](https://www.youtube.com/@GoodWorkMB), [theanimeman](https://www.youtube.com/@TheAnimeMan), [kai lentit](https://www.youtube.com/@kailentit), [oxford mathematics](https://www.youtube.com/@OxfordMathematics), [pan piano](https://www.youtube.com/@panpianoatelier), [animenz](https://www.youtube.com/@Animenzzz), [rememberthebeat](https://www.youtube.com/@RememberTheBeat), [sphaerophoria](https://www.youtube.com/@sphaerophoria), [tim ferriss](https://www.youtube.com/@timferriss), [tom scott](https://www.youtube.com/@TomScottGo), [trevor wallace](https://www.youtube.com/@TrevorWallace), and [wesley wang](https://www.youtube.com/@wesleywangfilm) - I started an applied math startup/lab called Sapientia Research with [Yoyo Yuan](https://twitter.com/indiraschka)! Our first project was a fully homomorphically encrypted platform for neuroscientific data analysis. - I'm currently designing my own domain-specific programming language for linguistic analysis, which comes with integrated phonology tools, a morphological analysis engine, a syntax tree generator, semantic analysis features, corpus management, multiscript support, tts and automatic speech recognition, lexical database integration, statistical + ML tools, pragmatics and discourse modules, an extensible plugin architecure, and VS code extension support.