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Engineer in training. Builder by default.

I care about the point where strong engineering becomes a product people can actually use.

I'm Charles, a computer science student at Cornell University. I spend most of my time learning how reliable systems are designed, then testing those ideas by building full-stack products of my own.

My interests sit around backend development, cloud infrastructure, and natural language processing. Away from a keyboard, I'm usually playing tennis, watching a film, or finding a new game to get far too competitive about.

01Based: Ithaca, NY / Frederick, MD
02Studying: Computer Science at Cornell
03Focus: Backend, cloud, and applied NLP
04Current mode: Learning, building, shipping

Capabilities / 002

Where I like to work.

Backend systems

Reliable APIs, data flows, and services designed around clear contracts and real operating constraints.

TypeScript / Python / Node.js / SQL

Product engineering

End-to-end web products that balance a deliberate interface with maintainable implementation.

React / Next.js / REST / Testing

Cloud infrastructure

Practical deployment systems with observability, automation, and room to scale without unnecessary machinery.

AWS / Docker / CI/CD / Linux

Applied intelligence

Experiments at the intersection of language, retrieval, and useful software—not AI for its own sake.

NLP / LLMs / Search / Evaluation

Principles / 003

How I approach the work.

Good software is a series of careful decisions, made visible.

01
Clarity compounds
Readable systems, direct communication, and explicit tradeoffs make teams faster over time.
02
Details signal care
The small decisions in an interface or API often determine whether the whole product feels trustworthy.
03
Ship, then sharpen
The best feedback comes from real use. Build the smallest honest version, learn, and improve it.