Background / editorial approach

Why I’m
writing.

I work in technology and study computer science. That gives me useful context—not universal expertise. Tech Notes is where I test strong reactions against product details, public evidence, and the people affected.

I aim to separate a technology’s capability from a company’s incentives and from a user’s behavior. All three shape impact, and none should be treated as an excuse for the others.

01 / EDUCATION

UC Berkeley

B.A. in Data Science. My coursework and projects connected data science with linguistics, computer science, machine learning, and the social context behind data.

02 / EDUCATION

UT Austin

M.S. in Computer Science in progress, focused on deep learning, machine learning, and generative AI.

03 / PRACTICE

Research

Climate-chemistry machine-learning work with UC Berkeley’s Cohen Research Group and chemical-reaction simulation research at UT Austin.

04 / PRACTICE

Software engineering

Production experience building features for an NLP application used to detect market misconduct in financial communications.