life: turned 22

yerp, turned 22 today.

i was asleep at home (too much coding the day before, i’m training a small llm on my own hardware for fun btw) when my friends showed up with a cake and gifts. i was surprised but also kinda knew something was coming, we always plan surprises for each other in our circle. they watched football while i lay in bed half-dead.

the cake was mango flavored and genuinely so smooth. after cake and gifts we went out for dinner, came home, slept. perfect day honestly.

since last year:

• won best elevenlabs project at a hackathon
• shipped eipi.boo and tes.chat, and the feedback has been really good
• started learning how llms actually work under the hood
• got a scholarship to a devrel conference in new york
• got a scholarship to black hat in las vegas (thanks blackhat <3)

i guess that’s it for the night. see y’all in the next one.