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Humans were built to remember places, not flashcards. Loci turns everything you study into a 3D world you walk through, because the oldest memory trick in the book just got a breathtaking upgrade. Built at YHack 2026.

Built with TanStack Start, React, Three.js, Auth0, and MongoDB Atlas. Extracts concepts from text or PDFs, generates metaphor-backed 3D objects through TRELLIS, and places them inside familiar scanned rooms for visual recall.

• TanStack Start
• React
• Three.js
• MongoDB
• Auth0
• Cloudflare R2

Ever run into a friend finishing up lunch or their last set at the gym? Never again. Built at Ramp @ Cornell 2026.

Built with Next.js, PostgreSQL, Prisma, and Google Calendar. Combines availability, proximity, and activity preferences before asking Claude to generate and persist ranked meetup suggestions.

• Next.js
• TypeScript
• PostgreSQL
• Prisma
• Claude API
• Google Calendar

No more blinding MacBook keyboards at 3am. macOS menu bar app that dims a MacBook keyboard backlight below Apple's normal minimum.

Built in Swift with CoreBrightness-based hardware control, a unified normal-to-sub-minimum slider, configurable brightness shortcuts, automation, presets, and runtime diagnostics.

• Swift
• SwiftUI
• macOS

No WiFi, no problem. Run Python and Java from any SMS-capable phone. Built at Claude @ Cornell Spring 2026.

Built an SMS-based REPL with TanStack Start, Cloudflare Workers and Sandbox, SMS8, Drizzle, and Neon. Executes code in isolated containers and returns bounded output over text message.

• TanStack Start
• Cloudflare Workers
• Cloudflare Sandbox
• Drizzle
• Neon
• SMS8

Composable agent skills for practical engineering workflows and personal development that I use daily.

Skills to improve default behavior and give agents new powers. Guidance on concise inline-docs, establishing and referencing a design system, teaching new coding skills, and more.

• AI Agents
• Codex
• Claude Code
• Developer Tools

Adaptive studying and tutoring platform focused on personalized question selection and modern edge deployment.

Built with TanStack Start, React, Drizzle ORM, and PostgreSQL. Created a CI/CD pipeline for Cloudflare Workers, Neon, and R2 storage, designed an adaptive question algorithm using semantic vector similarity with tag-based fuzzy search, and implemented authentication and email flows with Better Auth and Google OAuth.

• TanStack Start
• React
• Drizzle ORM
• PostgreSQL
• Cloudflare Workers
• Neon
• R2
• Better Auth
• Google OAuth

Safer, accessible routes powered by crowd-sourcing and validated with the power of AI. Built at Hack@Brown 2026.

Built a Spring Boot backend with PostgreSQL/PostGIS, integrated A* pathfinding with hazard-aware edge weights, and shipped a React + Leaflet/OpenStreetMap client with crowdsourced image reporting and Gemini-assisted danger scoring. Containerized with Docker Compose.

• React
• Spring Boot
• PostgreSQL
• Docker
• Leaflet
• OpenStreetMap
• Gemini API

Swipe left on that song: make music discovery feel like a dating app. Built at Big Red Hacks 2025

Led backend architecture development with Flask RESTful APIs, Gemini prompt engineering, and SQLAlchemy persistence for personalized playlists.

• SwiftUI
• Flask
• Spotify API
• Gemini
• Python

Language parser and distributed simulation platform. Built in CS 2112 :).

Implemented custom-language recursive descent parser and AST, simulation logic, multithreaded distributed computing, SparkJava APIs, and JavaFX client GUI. It's not about the points.

• Java
• SparkJava
• JavaFX

Quest 3 mixed-reality archery training range with room-aware boundaries, accurate arrow physics, and precise hand tracking.

Designed and developed with Unity, C#, and Meta XR SDK for immersive gameplay right in your bedroom.

• Unity
• Meta XR
• C#