Max's Projects
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Whirlwind
Private but compliant decentralized swaps.
Using zero-knowledge proofs, Whirlwind allows for temporarily private trades on Osmosis until withdrawal. Submitted to the Delphi Labs Cosmos Hackathon with a friend. May 2023. Circom, SnarkJS, Rust, Arkworks, CosmWasm.
![Whirlwind](/images/projects/whirlwind.png)
Plunge
Explore your curiosity :)
Use AI as your guide as you dive down your next rabbit hole. Apr 2023. Next.js, GPT-4 API, Vercel, Drizzle ORM, Clerk, Planetscale.
![Plunge](/images/projects/plunge.png)
Dance Music Player
Music player for dancers.
Navigate songs by lyrics, speed up and slow down songs, and loop intuitively. Mar 2022. React.js, Spotify API, Firebase.
![Dance Music Player](/images/projects/dance-music-player.png)
Table
Just you, your friends, and a tabletop.
We set the cards on the table, but you choose how you play. My brother and I are working together to recreate the "cards with friends" experience, but remotely. WIP. React.js, Three.js, Colyseus.
![Table](/images/projects/table.png)
Whitelist
A minimalist productivity app.
Managing tasks should be just that. This blazing-fast app helps you spend less time on checkboxing and more time executing. Jul 2020. React.js, Firebase.
![Whitelist](/images/projects/whitelist.png)
Network Analysis
Investigating disease spread using a human interaction network.
School project. Proposes a Markovian temporal graph generation algorithm based on existing data, with O(n) runtime while preserving temporal correlations. Nov 2020. NumPy, Pandas, NetworkX.
![Network Analysis](/images/projects/network-analysis.png)
Data Consulting
Better fundraising for nonprofits.
I worked with 5 analysts to devise a fundraising strategy for Friends of the Semel Institute at UCLA, analyzing $17M in donations. Aug 2020. NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, Scikit-learn, Mapbox.
![Data Consulting](/images/projects/data-consulting.png)
VoxelCAD
3D building made easy.
Anyone should be able to build 3D. Create smooth models using blocky voxels via marching cubes isosurfacing! Jun 2020. Three.js, React.js.
![VoxelCAD](/images/projects/voxel-cad.png)
COVID-19 Stories
An anonymous story sharing platform.
No matter what you're going through—you're not alone. Share your story or read others'. I led this project during my time as a Daily Bruin editor. It received a Pacemaker Award for COVID-19 reporting. Mar 2020. React.js, Mapbox, Django.
![COVID-19 Stories](/images/projects/covid19-stories.jpeg)
AnimalDraw
Enhanced animal drawings!
Use NVidia's GauGAN to transform your animal sketch into a more realistic version! Jan 2020. Pytorch, Swift, iOS.
![AnimalDraw](/images/projects/animal-draw.gif)
OWC Turbine
Ocean wave energy collection.
A smarter check-valve system to collect energy from both the push AND pull of ocean waves. Aug 2018. AutoCAD, 3D printing, plexiglass.
![OWC Turbine](/images/projects/owc-turbine.png)
Paper Mâché Latias
School project for AP Calculus BC.
I built one of my favorite Pokémon and calculated its exact volume! May 2017. Mathematica, chicken wire, paper mâché.
![Paper Mâché Latias](/images/projects/latias.png)