Essays, notes, and miscellaneous writing

Here, you might find the occasional trace of a personality. I find writing to be the best way to clarify my thoughts on a topic and I hope that some of my writing might be interesting or helpful to visitors as well. All opinions are my own.

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An Opinionated Guide to Agentic Coding

On the rise of agentic AI coding tools, the importance of the harness over the model, and general principles for getting the best results from AI agents in a research workflow. Originally a talk given to my research group on March 13, 2026.

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March 16, 2026

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How I Got Here

How I started pursuing machine learning research full-time. I didn't always know I wanted to be a researcher!

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March 9, 2026