Behold… the author of this website!

Hey! I’m Kane, and I’m a nerd when it comes to computers and biz.

I mess with all sorts of computer-related projects – whether it’s the bleeding edge of AI research, writing CPU architectures, reinventing the cloud to learn and optimize systems, or creating video games from the ground up.

• I seriously believe that anything can be done quickly and effectively, at scale, with a little bit of architecture and planning.
• On the side, I keep up lots of engaging creative hobbies to stay fresh!

You can find my crazy journey on LinkedIn. If you have questions or biz, feel free to contact me!

> kanomeister

Brief

Attended the Colorado School of Mines, did my combined B.S. + M.S. in Computer Science with a focus on AI/ML.

Took a detour to blitz distributed systems, platform engineering, big data, and tackle learning to be a good leader. Does really cool content production work in the night… no peeking! 😎

Notable works

• https://www.mines.edu/undergraduate-research/lofting-estimating-mineral-distribution-with-convolutional-gan-models/
• https://home.cern/news/news/computing/cern-openlab-trains-next-generation-computing-experts
• Fine-tuned Llama-7B for long-context interactive character narratives with persistent history
• Low-latency voice command system using an Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) model built in PyTorch + trained on 12,000 audio hours with NVIDIA NeMo
• Low-latency runtime that integrated cameras and computer vision on low-power devices to auto-pan & stream live sports broadcasts

Favorite resources

Core Engineering

• TLDR
  • Curated newsletters sent once every weekday
  • Blog posts, forums, repositories, and news articles that I can draw my own intuitions from or constructively build upon (or verify)
• The Pragmatic Engineer
  • Written by Gergely Orosz, an all-round industry veteran
  • Covers posts ranging from the state of tech, to engineering deep-dives & architectures, to interviews of prominent tech folks on an array of topics
• Nand2Tetris
  • If you want a really fun project that takes you all the way from a single NAND gate to a functional baby OS, this is for you!
  • (I think every engineer should do this once)
• Vulnerable U
  • Excellent cybersec newsletter, for that security perspective – very insightful, and quite alarming at times
• Startup CTO Handbook), by Zach Goldberg (likely to make my own version of this)
• charity.wtf
  • Blog written by Charity Majors: a no-nonsense software & observability veteran, CTO of Honeycomb.io re the Observability 2.0 movement
• The Mythical Man Month, by Frederick P. Brooks
  • An older book, but is still extremely relevant to the craft of engineering software
  • Exemplifies the somehow-permanent battle between tech bosses and tech workers

System Architecture & Design

• (these are useless if you don’t actually work with and implement them, ala “lazy architect”)
• Core concepts quick reference

• Systemizer – visual design helper tool

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Machine Learning

• https://d2l.ai/
• https://jax-ml.github.io/scaling-book/

All of these should be taken with grains of salt, and a critical questioning eye!