2024
Building a Self-Drawing Etch A Sketch
A Raspberry Pi robot that turns the knobs of an Etch A Sketch for me. It converts any picture into a single continuous line and draws it in about two minutes.
Full-stack software engineer
I build practical software, AI systems, and creative technical projects.
I am a Hawaii-based software engineer who likes turning ideas into working products, prototypes, and explanations. My work spans full-stack applications, AI tools, mobile apps, hardware experiments, and educational programming content for YouTube and TikTok.
15K+YouTube subscribers
250K+TikTok followers
1st + 2ndHACC 2025 professional awards
Selected work
Featured projects
2025
I Built a Bike-Powered Minecart to Exercise in Minecraft
I turned an exercise bike into a Minecraft controller. Pedaling in real life drives a minecart in VR while an Ender Dragon chases me.
2024
I Put ChatGPT Into an Eraser
I built a tiny ChatGPT-powered eraser prototype with a camera, OCR pipeline, home server API, OLED display, and 3D printed enclosure.
2024
Cookie Clicker in REAL LIFE
I recreated Cookie Clicker as a physical microcontroller game with an LCD, rotary encoder, real cookie button, upgrades, and a milk dispenser payoff.
Experience
Where I've worked
Full-Stack Software Engineer
One of two developers building Tadata.ai, a business AI assistant and workflow automation platform, and AiToVid, an AI-powered PowerPoint-to-narrated-video converter. Built full-stack features across Next.js, NestJS, FastAPI, TypeScript, and Python, including AI workflow orchestration, document processing, presentation analysis, voice narration, multilingual dubbing, and video export.
Student Assistant
Developed Hoku, a RAG agent for University of Hawaii questions, using LangChain, LangGraph, Neo4j, and a high-performance computing environment. Focused on reusable software design, graph-backed retrieval, and improved answer accuracy.
Content Creator & Educator
Created educational programming content across YouTube and TikTok, explaining coding concepts, algorithms, and software projects to broad audiences. Managed scripting, recording, editing, and production workflows with Final Cut Pro and DaVinci Resolve.
Content creation
Teaching programming through projects and real examples
My creator work gives me a direct feedback loop with learners and sharpens how I explain technical systems. I make educational coding and build videos for YouTube and short-form platforms.
On Patreon, supporters get behind-the-scenes build notes, early looks at videos and product ideas, and resources for people learning programming and AI development.
Let's build something useful.
I'm interested in full-stack engineering, AI product work, developer tools, educational software, and creator-focused technology.