About Me

Growing up, I was never really the type to just play with things, I always wanted to understand how they worked. There was even a joke in my family that I was the kid who never actually drove his RC cars properly. Most of the time, they were tied down with a rope because before I could enjoy using them, I needed to figure out what was going on inside.

My first real introduction to computing happened when our old family Toshiba laptop’s hard drive died. Instead of just seeing it as broken, I watched my dad replace the hard drive and reinstall Windows. That moment stuck with me. It was the first time I realized that something which seemed completely dead could actually be fixed if you understood what was inside it.

After the replacement, the laptop ran really slow. Instead of just accepting it, I started wondering why. That question led me into researching how computers work, where I first came across things like RAM, storage, and SSDs.

Eventually, that laptop stopped being just a laptop and became my project. I upgraded the RAM from 4GB to 8GB, installed an SSD, and started experimenting with operating systems. I went from Ubuntu, to Windows 8.1, and even tried installing Windows XP after hearing people say it was one of the best.

Looking back, that phase wasn’t really about the upgrades or the operating systems. It was the point where I started thinking differently, instead of just using things, I began asking how they could be improved, changed, or rebuilt.

As I entered high school, even though I had already been interested in computing for a long time, I never really thought of it as something I would pursue full-time. I enrolled in a pre-med track during my O-Levels with a simple goal in mind I wanted to help people. Even though I didn’t particularly enjoy biology, becoming a doctor felt like the most direct way to make a real impact.

Around this time, I was also introduced to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Watching Iron Man for the first time changed something in me. It wasn’t the action that caught my attention, it was the engineering, the systems, and JARVIS. At that point, I didn’t fully understand what JARVIS really was. To me, it just felt like a more advanced version of Siri. But the idea stayed with me.

As time went on, the release of GPT-3.5 started gaining attention. Out of curiosity, I tried it and that moment completely changed how I saw computers. I realized that computers weren’t just tools for browsing or watching content. This was something entirely different. Something much bigger.

As I started exploring more, my interest in technology grew rapidly. The more I learned, the more I began to connect it with the ideas I had seen in Iron Man. What once felt like fiction started to feel achievable. That realization pushed me deeper into learning and experimenting.

I also began to understand how widely technology is used in the real world from systems that improve agricultural output to AI-assisted medical procedures. At that point, my perspective shifted. I realized that through computing, I could potentially help far more people than I initially thought possible.

That was the turning point. I started learning Python, and soon after, I bought my first Arduino kit. From there, I began building small projects, learning step by step through experimentation. More recently, I’ve started exploring areas like local AI systems and servers, continuing to build and expand my understanding.

Looking ahead, I’ve received offers from multiple universities, including McMaster and the University of Toronto, and I’ve decided to pursue computer science. This decision feels like a natural continuation of everything I’ve explored so far.

One of my long-term goals is to build a system similar to what I once saw in fiction something like JARVIS. I like to think of it as Project Alpha: a system that is intelligent, responsive, and capable of interacting naturally with the real world.

Beyond that, my goal is simple: to build systems that matter systems that are powerful, well-designed, and capable of making a real difference.

And finally, to whoever is reading this and to myself I wish us both the best of luck in whatever we choose to build next.