WRITINGS

Academic Writings

VectraFlow

Presented at the Conference of Innovative Data Systems Research (CIDR 2025).

Streaming settings present distinctive constraints, such as low-latency processing requirements and dynamic data flows, which necessitate new trade-offs and the application of both novel and established techniques. To this end, we are developing VectraFlow, a stream-oriented data flow engine to support scalable monitoring applications involving vector data.

Creative Nonfiction

How to Get Rejected From a Job

Everyone in the tech world currently knows that it’s a “hard job market” – that’s old news. But what are you going to do about it? Will you sit around and let them reject you on their terms? Or will you fight back against the system and take ownership of your rejection on your own terms? If you want this kind of empowerment, then you’re in the right place.

Textbook Guide to Brainrot

6-7, skibidi, rizz. If you’re thinking “What in the world does any of this mean?”, then welcome to the club. Kids these days are weird. But while they may be weird, they are not abnormal. Although at a first glance, the phrases kids use may sound like unintelligible gibberish, they do actually have quite the deep linguistic meaning.

The Peculiar Life of Susie

A descriptive piece about my adorable dog Susie and my life experiences with her.

Misc. Writings

God, Gilead, and the Gift of Charity

Should we love people regardless of whether or not they are deserving of love? Should loving the unlovable be deemed practical and laudable?

A Student's Symposium

A discussion on love, charity, and friendship.

The Pursuit of Passion

What is Eros, or romantic love? A comparison between C.S. Lewis and Alice Munros' perspectives, and my own.