I am a software engineer living in Phoenix, Arizona.

Founding engineer at Pryzm (and first hire!)

M.S. in Computer Science from Arizona State University, B.A in Mathematics from Colby College

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I am experienced in full stack web development and data engineering. I build scalable, performant, and maintainable software. I particularly enjoy working in Python, TypeScript, Spark, and Linux. I am also comfortable in Docker, Postgres, Cassandra, Elasticsearch, React, and NextJS, among other technologies.

My technical interests include software engineering, computational theory, deep learning, and cryptography. I embrace free and open-source software (FOSS), defensive programming, and clean, simple design principles.

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Studying both Mathematics and Computer Science gave me a rigorous understanding of both theoretical and applied concepts in computing. I’m especially interested in using theory to shape how formal systems relate to practical software development.

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Fitness is my main hobby. I enjoy weightlifting, running, hiking, and playing tennis. I closely follow cricket and support the Indian cricket team.

I am an avid reader. My favorite fiction authors are Dostoevsky and Mishima. I also enjoy reading history, science, and technical books (including textbooks).

I enjoy music and played lead saxophone in my college's jazz band. My favorite genres to listen to are downtempo, trance, deep house, new wave, and classical, though I listen to many others from time to time. I used to make DJ mixes under the name Artless and hope to get back into it.

Over time, I aim to compile more lists of interests on this site.

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I speak English, Marathi, and Hindi fluently. I’ve studied Sanskrit conversationally and aim to master it formally. I was once proficient in Spanish and French and am actively working to regain those skills. Learning languages informed my interest in programming languages and, more broadly, in computing.

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My Myers-Briggs personality type is INTP.

More to come here...