temcat

my 2025 wrap. i turned 20 today. generational run type year. still feels unreal. here's a 2024 + 2025 recap: > landed @meta before i turned 18. worked on @instagram's auth infra. > named a @DEShawGroup Latitude Fellow. 1 of 47 nationwide > landed @apple at 19. did ML in Cellular Engineering (WTE) cupertino > published ML research under my professor at @HowardU > taught myself swift overnight to build an iOS app for @hack_harvard and won the track > @NASA RockSat-C program. built a robotic arm for suturing in space. we had to test it under some of the most insane vibration conditions (genuinely one of the hardest things i’ve ever done) > contributed to a couple opensource repos > research w @NIH AIM-AHEAD > 2nd place at @nvidia agents for impact. built a layer on top of @meta ray-ban glasses for real-time voice first aid + cpr coaching. @baxate_carter loved it > touched 12+ states. red-eyes between sf, labs, hackathons, conferences, people, everything!!! > shipped products @tryspawnlabs @deepubuntu, and others doing upwards ~$20k in quarterly revenue > secured $50k+ in scholarships from @amazon, @tmcf_hbcu, @UNCF, @Boeing, @Chevron among others for academic excellence. > finally met a bunch of online friends irl @tedddyoweh @clintonimaro, @TomiTokko3 > spent a lot of time this year building and learning around physical intelligence, perception & manipulation, robotics, humanoids, embodied ai, egocentric data, and vlms 2026 goals. saying it out loud: > @ycombinator Spring 2026 > publish this paper on embodied ai & egocentric data for robots (thanks @eddybuild) > gym consistency > win some. lose some. keep going > tweet more lol i shipped a lot this year.. probably a little too much cause i noticed i need to spend more time with friends and family. got the best advice from @tundespeaks - gtfolh. if you told me this in 2022 i wouldn’t believe you. ngmi isn’t an option. back to work @letstrace merry christmas, everyone🎄