Not a student who codes.
A person who builds things to understand them —
then breaks them to understand them better.
The distinction matters more than it probably should.
| codename | what's actually happening |
|---|---|
| TermNav | keyboard-driven terminal navigation · published · npm |
| SecureFile-X | file + image encryption · distrust is a feature |
| MorphStudio | graphics and vector work · started as curiosity · became a tool |
| Nexis | distributed systems · one machine was not enough |
| Orbit | operating system · from scratch · ongoing · probably never "done" |
encounter thing → does not make sense
→ build smaller version → still does not make sense
→ break it on purpose → now it makes sense
→ rebuild correctly → find next thing
Where ML ends and systems engineering begins.
How schedulers decide what runs next.
Why some abstractions hold and others leak immediately.
AIML undergrad, unfortunately. Gathering dust on coursework, busy on experiments.
First thing that felt real: shipping TermNav to npm.
Still chasing that feeling.