Fast facts

Hi there! I’m Kye (he/him/his), and here are some fast facts about me:

• I’m a 25-year old Asian-American college student currently studying Math & Computer Science at Harvey Mudd College.

• Nerdy stuff I like: math, CS/programming, physics, engineering.

  Less nerdy stuff I like: drumming, inquiry-based learning, puzzle hunts, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Minecraft, cooking, ballroom dancing, fountain pens, Sophia Cheng.

• Bands I’m currently excited about: Lydian Collective, Panic! At the Disco, Fall Out Boy.

  Other music I really like: the How To Train Your Dragon soundtracks, the Halo soundtracks, the Last of Us theme.

• I won a gold medal at the 2017 IPhO and am currently serving as a junior coach to the U.S. Physics Team.

• Some of my favorite foods: Shanghai-style scallion noodles (葱油拌面), chocolate lava cake, Peking duck, steak.

“Where are you from?”

I was born in California, moved to Singapore when I was two, stayed there for five years, then moved to Shanghai in the second grade, stayed there for seven years, then came back to California for high school and college. That is to say: I don’t know, you tell me!

Software I enjoy

• Some of my favorite programming languages:

  • OCaml and Haskell
  • Python (for fast coding settings, e.g. competitions)
  • Bash (I know, right?)
  • TikZ
  • Elm

  (Languages I really want to learn, but haven’t gotten around to:)

  • Rust
  • Clojure
  • Zig
  • Julia

• My preferred text editor: currently Neovim, but I’d like to get back into the Emacs groove some day soon. (Maybe I’ll explore VSCode some day, but on principle I’m reluctant to jump on the corporate-sponsored-open-source bandwagon just yet.)

• 3D modeling and CAD:

  • OpenSCAD
  • Solvespace
  • Blender (though I’m utterly no good at it yet, I enjoy it on principle)

Software with which I have unhealthy relationships

• Zathura
• $\TeX$ / $\LaTeX$
• OpenSCAD
• elm-format