Projects

Systems that shipped

A cross-section of the tools, platforms, and experiments I’ve built—from avionics and robotics to assistants and developer infrastructure. Most of them came out of high-stakes problems where reliability and polish mattered just as much as raw capability.

Active Builds

Defense Avionics In Test

Falcon Eye — Synthetic Vision

Low-cost 3D synthetic-vision for fighter aircraft. Real-time OpenGL rendering, stitched terrain tiles, and deterministic failover on <$100 hardware.

Stack: C++, OpenGL, STM32

Productivity 2025 – Present

Strata — Personal AI Assistant

YC-ready assistant unifying Gmail, Calendar, and Tasks with offline sync, long-horizon memory, and daily workflows that actually stick.

Stack: Kotlin, Redis, Gemini API

Commerce Security Private Beta

GhostPIN — Visual-Nonce MFA

Browser SDK that anchors WebAuthn, OTP, and device proofs to a visual nonce layered on checkout flows to prevent phishing and fake payment pages.

Stack: TypeScript, WebAuthn, Cloudflare Workers

Systems Lab

Distributed Systems 2024 – Present

ShardWise — Distributed Task Engine

Lightweight orchestration framework that keeps research pipelines alive via adaptive sharding, leader election, and replication across nodes.

Stack: Rust, Kafka, Redis

Enterprise NLP 2024

Semantic Task Observer

Multilingual reconciliation engine pairing transformer embeddings with Redis retrieval so global teams avoid mismatched assignments.

Stack: Java, Python, sentence-transformers

Conversational AI In Production

Spuddie Memory System

Long-term memory layer for a conversational companion, blending vector databases, heuristic scoring, and reinforcement feedback for recall.

Stack: PostgreSQL, Pinecone, Python

Experiments & Robotics

Robotics 2023

Expressive Voice Robot

Raspberry Pi 4 robotic head with synchronized speech, emotion detection, and servo choreography for convincing in-person interactions.

Stack: Raspberry Pi, TensorFlow Lite, PWM servo bus

Realtime Control 2022

Global Nanobot Control

ESP32 + WebSockets stack for worldwide teleoperation. Adaptive buffering keeps command latency < 20 ms while preserving reliability.

Stack: ESP32, WebSockets, Rust backend

Avionics 2021

Rocket Lab Avionics

Arduino-based telemetry capturing 99.99% of flight data even under extreme vibration thanks to custom PCB layouts and fault-tolerant firmware.

Stack: Arduino, CAN bus, custom PCB

AI & Safety

Accessibility 2024

Calltender — Voice Calls for Accessibility

Gemini + ElevenLabs + Twilio agent that handles phone menus for hearing-impaired users, delivering natural assistance over standard lines.

Stack: Twilio, ElevenLabs, TypeScript

Security Analytics Hacklytics ‘25

PhishNet — Threat Visualization

Real-time dashboard for phishing detection using BERT classifiers, streaming ingest, and alerting for rapid incident response.

Stack: Python, BERT, Plotly

Civic Tech 2022

BikeNav — Safer Cycling Routes

Mobile app combining GPS, Mapbox, and crowd-sourced safety data to chart safer urban cycling routes with offline caching.

Stack: Mapbox, Firebase, SwiftUI