Now

This is a now page, inspired by Derek Sivers. Last updated: January 2026.

Work

Currently working at GetReal Security as an ML & Data engineer, focused on:

• Scaling ML serving for real-time deepfake detection across all major video conferencing platforms
• Building data pipelines for training first-of-their-kind video, audio, and image deepfake detectors.
• Working on PostgreSQL & S3 with my favorite languages: Python and Rust.

Learning

Right now I'm diving deep into:

• DuckDB's novel datalake format Ducklake
• Vector encryption and security patterns.
• Automating more of my personal fincancial workflows.

Projects

Active side projects:

• N/A: Startups are all-consuming.

Reading

Currently reading and exploring topics in:

• Approximate Distance-Comparison-Preserving Symmetric Encryption
• Scaling HNSWs
• What you NEED to Know Before Touching a Video File

Writing

Planning to write more about:

• Nerdy things like media compression, vector encryption, and datalakes.
• Managing data pipelines for non-rectangular datasets (image, audio, video)
• Developer tooling and terminal workflows

Want to know what I was up to before? Check out the about page for my background and experience.