Now:

• Engineering @ Uplimit: AI-powered learning platform. Engineer #6.

Previously:

• Engineering @ FlowGPT: character AI + prompt engineering platform. Pre-series A startup backed by DCM + Goodwater -- raised $10m; early engineering hire on the team.
• Software engineering @ Coursera: Worked on foundational services powering the largest MOOC platform in the world
• Lead of engineering @ HackSC: ~IT support~ for the flagship hackathon @ USC w/ 1,000 participants / yr; led a technical team and built an open-source plug-and-play hackathon portal and full-stack platform

Alma mater: Computer Science @ USC

Cool stuff I hacked together:

• tw: a fast terminal file & directory navigator
• Supernova: a fast and beautiful open-source todo list
• 2048-cli: ASCII-powered 2048 on the CLI, made on an airplane trip because bored
• type.vuvincent.com: I had 2hrs to spare so I made a typeracing game
• sharded-kv: I built a sharded KV store that's partition-tolerant with consistency as part of my distsys class. Learned a ton about how hard it is and the pain with that uses Paxos

In my free time I enjoy:

• Podcasts: I mostly enjoy takes about the current state of technology and product + human capabilities. Favorites are The Knowledge Project (personal motto) and Lenny's Podcast
• Tennis: racket sports have been a passion ever since I was a kid
• Gaming: have been playing various FPS titles e.g Valorant and Apex Legends

Here's a typeracer scorecard because why not, as I love typing to warm up my fingers everyday: