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Reflecting on Spring 2026

Published: May 26, 2026

Overall, I think this semester was great, built projects, learned a lot, and got all A’s for once. Although the outcome was really well this semester, the journey was more intentional than other semesters, due to the fact that I was consistently reflecting on everything that I did. I also did took on a lot more leadership roles whenever available, whether that’s being the team lead for undergraduate research, to inquiring to becoming a director of a school organization, to becoming a vice president of the church fellowship that I go to on campus.

website thoughts

Published: April 20, 2026

i honestly don’t really like the way the website that i have looks, it seems standard and doesn’t have any personality. its basically like a copy pasta of what someone who’s a full time researcher or in academia has, only with different links for social medias, publications, and resumes.

i forgot march

Published: April 20, 2026

uh, i made a goal to write up at least a blog every month, and i lowk failed. but forget all my failures here’s all the good things that i remember tht happened in march:

so i tried sushi

Published: February 16, 2026

on sunday, i tried sushi for the first time, i went to sushi sack with my roomates to the spot, because one of my roomates brother was in town, and it was valentines day. i think we stayed there like 4 hours. there was like an houor and 30 minutes cooldown in between each round of sushi rolls. Oh also, I forgot to mention that it was a all you can eat sushi, so we paid $125 for 5 people and we eat like 17 rolls of sushi. i think that each roll of sushi has 10 thinly sliced pieces.

reasons to study cs

Published: January 09, 2026

1. CS majors adapt across industries
   • quant finance / trader / dev
   • swe / ai / ml / cloud / cybersecurity / devops
   • embedded systems / robotics / systems analyst
   • data science / analyst / block chain / IT
   • bioinformatics / research scientist
2. Combines multiple academic fields
   • cs + x major = higher impact
     • cs + math = computational theory, ai/ml, optimization
     • cs + physics = simulations, modeling, quantum computing
     • cs + bio = bioinformatics
     • cs + poli sci = ai policy / regulation, ai ethics
     • cs + psych = hci, ui/ux
3. AI has expanded cs value; not diminish it
   • programming -> systems
   • for SWE, just a shift from programming systems to understanding systems and showing the AI model how to create code that aligns with the system that you have in mind
4. Fundamental building block for the future
   • frameworks, programming languages will change, but logic and reasoning won’t
   • it is essential to pick up this line of reasoning as it will help you solve so many problems
   • similar to learning how to solve proofs in mathematics
5. CS trains your creative thinking
   • algorithm: tradeoffs between memory and time complexity
   • systems: designing tools/programs that scale and don’t break
   • debugging: finding uncertain creative solutions to unintended errors
   • abstraction: creating structured logic that serves a pursue (library, data structure)
6. Prepares you for life-long learning
   • the nature of the field requires you to learn, if you don’t you will drown & lose your spot
   • innovation is just tuesday
   • reflection is friday
   • mastery never ends, and there’s always something new to learn everyday
7. CS is a very inclusive field
   • Getting to a point that it’s similar to math and literature, where a huge chunk of fields benefit with advancements made in CS
   • most inclusive: math & literature
   • most grad programs will require you to utilize some sort of programming language or tool to model your findings

Goals for 2026

Published: December 27, 2025

Although I took the starting steps from SWE to Scientist in 2025. I think what I do in 2026 should probably ease the transition.

Reflecting on the fall 2025 semester

Published: December 23, 2025

This semester felt like the first time everything started to click for me academically and personally, and that matters more than having a perfectly clean transcript. I made the decision to aim for graduate school—leaning toward Ph.D. and post‑bacc programs instead of a traditional master’s because the funded, research‑heavy route makes more sense for the kind of long‑term ROI and impact I want. Even though I barely missed my “all A’s” goal by a few points in two classes, this was the first time I actually cared about my grades from day one, and the outcome reflects that shift in mindset far more than any single letter on a report ever could.