engineer • dev tools • open source

i enjoy writing c.

keep it simple. keep it fast. understand what it does.
(Also yes, I use Arch, Neovim, and i3 btw.)

Experience

AI Tutor SWE @ xAI

Remote (Contractor) · May 2026 – Present
  • Evaluate and compare code outputs from multiple AI models across C, C++, Rust, and Python tasks, ranking responses based on code correctness, efficiency, and response quality.
  • Conduct structured code reviews to assess model performance on systems programming tasks, identifying edge cases, bugs, and stylistic issues in generated code.
  • Provide detailed, criteria-based rankings and feedback to inform model training and improvement at xAI.

Open Source Contribution @ Pandas

  • Refactored format_is_iso by replacing an explicit loop-based ISO datetime check with a compiled regex, reducing Python iteration overhead and improving performance. [PR]
  • Fixed incorrect ISO week 53 handling in to_datetime, preventing silent rollover for non-existent ISO weeks, ensuring standards-compliant behavior for ISO calendar years with only 52 weeks, and adding regression tests. [PR]
  • Aligned datetime parsing documentation with the PDEP-4 deprecation of infer_datetime_format, reflecting updated behavior and preventing user reliance on deprecated APIs. [PR]

What I've Built

Interests

"Fast is better than fancy."

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